S15E13 - Fit 280: Tools to Eliminate Stress Eating
Fit Girl Guide Podcast
English - October 02, 2022 17:54 - 29 minutes - 42.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 118 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness fitness weight loss lose weight tone body motivation nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Stress and food go hand in hand for several reasons. Food can cause stress and stress can cause you to crave food! This manifests itself in a few ways culminating in a vicious cycle that is almost impossible end, unless you use what you learn in todays podcast.
Here's How food and stress work together to ruin your fitness plan:
1. eating the wrong foods and lack of foods (skipping meals) can cause stress
2. stress can cause you to overeat or eat the wrong foods..vicious cycle
3. lack of good nutrients can cause you to have cravings and go back to #2
Don't worry, with the right mindset and tools I'm about to give you, you can break that cycle once and for all!
Stress is damaging on many levels and turning to food as a way to relieve stress is detrimental to your body and mindset. Here's what's happening when you use food as a way to fight stress:
1. you are masking the real issue
2. you are creating another stressor on yourself
3. you're creating a new problem
Tool #1 is the biggest one for reducing stress on your body!
Tool #2 opens your eyes to what's happening
Tool #3 deals with your motivation
Tool #4 creates new habits
Listen to the whole episode for details!