Cortisol and Adrenaline: Hormones Causing Weight Gain
As long as you don't eat when you are stressed, you should be ok - from the weight gain point of view.
According to Dr Pamela Peeke, the bigger your tummy fat the more chances you have to get diabetes or a heart condition. Cortisol kicks in when you are stressed and you get a huge appetite for junk food, anything to calm you down instantly, like chocolate or bad-carbs. Adrenaline makes your body think that you worked out as a maniac, when all you had been doing was to sit down and bite your nails.
There are two ways that can help you here: one is eat only healthy food and follow a schedule and two, learn some relaxing techniques. If you can't control your stress level and you normally don't care, think about disease and weight gain. Probably that would calm you down instantly. You might as well drink less coffee... or Diet Coke or Pepsi Light. Or Dr Pepper. Or Mountain Dew. Should I continue or did you get the point?
Anyway, if your have some great collegues at work, make a few jokes and laugh. It wasn't said for nothing that laughter is great medication.
Sounds weird, doesn't it? Well, it is true. Adrenaline can help you lose weight. But don't underestimate it, because too much of it can cause stomach problems. And not only.
The funny thing is that while my hubby is not an adrenaline junkie, he has no problem with weight. He never had and I doubt he will ever have. I am an adrenaline junkie - which means that 'stress' is my middle name. I wouldn't have realized it until I read the definition on Wikipedia:
"Adrenaline junkies enjoy engaging in activities that stimulate the adrenal glands, which are responsible for producing a broad spectrum of hormones which cause the stress response, also known as the fight-or-flight response. "
I always wondered why I am so appreciated at work and why I tend to quit so fast. Well, I am addited to adrenaline and I pump it into my blood until I waste myself. I love stress. I cannot live too long with it but I cannot live without it either. I love horror movies and books, and if my life is not spicy I spice it up.
While this can help you with your weight loss, the stress it causes can make you eat.
Do you know one of the enjoyable and not so dangerous ways to start this adrenaline rush? Shopping when you're out of time. Playing a game against the clock. Trust me, any of these are better than sitting on your butt all day long.
Losing weight and staying healthy is easy, when you care. Forget famishing yourself: there are other ways.
Since I was 15 I've been obsessed with healthy diets, losing weight, sports, and everything included. I read books after books and I collected articles on staying fit and healthy. Even now, 12 years later, I am still reading everything I find on the subject.
I will share with you, step by step, everything I know. Free advice.
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