Shifting the Scale: How Stress Hormones Influence Your Waistline (Unveiling Cortisol Series)

Send us Fan MailStruggling with weight can often feel like a never ending  journey  of calorie-counting,  crushing gym sessions, and a carousel of self-hating indoctrination on repeat in your head.But what if the real culprit was something as insidious as stress? My own path has been marked with the ups and downs of body image battles, and in our latest discussion, we unravel how cortisol, the stress hormone, can sabotage our metabolism and appetite, leading to unwanted weight gain. We're not just talking about the occasional stress eating; we're delving into a chronic elevation of cortisol that can profoundly influence our relationship with food. Reflecting on personal experiences, the science of how the hormone cortisol influences weight and some of the statistics between the two, our conversation casts a new light on how stress might be shaping your body in ways you never expected.I give you three strategies in this episode that you can use to help shift the scales. I want you to understand that your body has been responding to your stress levels and that what you eat and how little you might be exercising have likely been in a partnership with this impressive, essential, but somewhat, overbearing hormone. Over on the Reverse Reset Restore Blog (which comes out a day after we drop our episodes) I take you through 8 more strategies you can implement. We've talked about most, if not all, of these before, but it's always good to remind ourselves of the steps we can take to empower ourselves and make some changes in this journey of self-reclaimation. We close out the episode with a final quote. This is from Doctor Jason Fung - the world leading expert on fasting and specialist in kidney function and diabetes. He says “Not coincidentally, both insulin and cortisol play a key role in carbohydrate metabolism. Prolonged cortisol stimulation will raise glucose levels and, subsequently, insulin. This increase in insulin plays a substantial role in the resulting weight gain.”https://www.instagram.com/reverseresetrestore/?fbclid=IwAR0ycrx4XHwDTZIwEx5LpeXF2NQOJ3cK1eJ7P1nUezK3REQR6wdBm3Mr_nYhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092872185263