Is Stress Making You Fat

Time to put down that tub of vanilla ice cream you’re holding! yes, stress could make you fat. But there are ways we could alleviate stress itself and that’s what we are going to dive into in this episode of Serial Stress Killer Podcast.

Chris clarifies that it’s not just your comfort foods – which are processed, high in fat or high in sugar – that contribute to the excess weight, it can be a lot of things. You may be lacking sleep and exercising less. Listen in to know how we can stop overeating and avoid insulin resistance. Chris also enumerates the causes and symptoms of insulin resistance. It’s now time to switch to a healthy diet and get on that treadmill!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Stress & Overeating
Why stress can cause people to overeat? For a short term, stress shuts down the appetite. Then, the body increases the cortisol levels which trigger you to eat. Stress affects food preferences. Stressed people prefer foods that are high in fat and high in sugar. These foods do dampen stress-related responses and emotions.
Stressed people also lose sleep, exercise less, or drink more alcohol that can contribute to excess weight.

Insulin Resistance
Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of it results to diabetes.
Insulin resistance is the inability of the body to convert what you eat to the energy needed resulting in a lot of glucose in the blood, which then becomes fat.
Factors that can cause insulin resistance:

Releasing insulin all the time because of high-sugar, high-fat and processed foods
Sleep deprivation
Being overweight

BEST MOMENTS
“It’s sometimes easy to forget why we do things in the moment and especially if we’re not in a good mental place. So, it’s important for you to recognize where you’re responding to your stress in an unhealthy way and do what you can to put the brakes on.”
“Stress really is all in the mind which means that we can get stress on trivial things.”
“Being in the state of constant stress will likely make you eat more.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES
Why stress causes people to overeat – Harvard Health

ABOUT THE HOST

After many years of dealing (badly) with personal stress for over 20 years, Chris Hackett is on a mission to help people understand and overcome stress and anxiety by tackling the problem head-on.

“Stress is the enemy and you are the killer.”

CONTACT METHOD

Contact the show
Website: serialstresskiller.com
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialstresskiller
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serialstresskiller
Email: [email protected]

Support the show
https://www.patreon.com/serialstresskiller

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time to put down that tub of vanilla ice cream you’re holding! yes, stress could make you fat. But there are ways we could alleviate stress itself and that’s what we are going to dive into in this episode of Serial Stress Killer Podcast.

Chris clarifies that it’s not just your comfort foods – which are processed, high in fat or high in sugar – that contribute to the excess weight, it can be a lot of things. You may be lacking sleep and exercising less. Listen in to know how we can stop overeating and avoid insulin resistance. Chris also enumerates the causes and symptoms of insulin resistance. It’s now time to switch to a healthy diet and get on that treadmill!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Stress & Overeating

Why stress can cause people to overeat? For a short term, stress shuts down the appetite. Then, the body increases the cortisol levels which trigger you to eat. Stress affects food preferences. Stressed people prefer foods that are high in fat and high in sugar. These foods do dampen stress-related responses and emotions.
Stressed people also lose sleep, exercise less, or drink more alcohol that can contribute to excess weight.

Insulin Resistance

Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of it results to diabetes.
Insulin resistance is the inability of the body to convert what you eat to the energy needed resulting in a lot of glucose in the blood, which then becomes fat.
Factors that can cause insulin resistance:

Releasing insulin all the time because of high-sugar, high-fat and processed foods
Sleep deprivation
Being overweight

BEST MOMENTS

“It’s sometimes easy to forget why we do things in the moment and especially if we’re not in a good mental place. So, it’s important for you to recognize where you’re responding to your stress in an unhealthy way and do what you can to put the brakes on.”
“Stress really is all in the mind which means that we can get stress on trivial things.”
“Being in the state of constant stress will likely make you eat more.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Why stress causes people to overeat – Harvard Health

ABOUT THE HOST

After many years of dealing (badly) with personal stress for over 20 years, Chris Hackett is on a mission to help people understand and overcome stress and anxiety by tackling the problem head-on.

“Stress is the enemy and you are the killer.”

CONTACT METHOD

Contact the show

Website: serialstresskiller.com
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialstresskiller
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serialstresskiller
Email: [email protected]

Support the show

https://www.patreon.com/serialstresskiller

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.