Inside Knowledge – The Quickest Ways To Diet Easily
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If we could change our lifestyle to get some extra sleep, and decrease the amount of stress we endure, we might just find we lose weight as well. We find it hard to say no, and so end up rushing around doing far too many tasks – often skimping things instead of taking the time to do them well. Tension increases as one thing after another piles up. And that’s when we develop an overwhelming desire for food.
But now it seems there’s a scientific reason why we reach for the most fattening foods at times high stress and exhaustion. This is the thinking behind weight gain that is stress related: When the human body undergoes enduring tension, it exudes the stress-hormone cortisol.
The presence of cortisol encourages a release of insulin (attempting to level out the blood sugar). This in turn leads to a desire to eat more food high in fat and carbohydrate. So we eat carbs and fats, and pretty quickly feel more energised.
For a while the stress settles down and we feel satiated. Yet shortly after that, we feel drained again. An explanation for this is as follows: the insulin removes the glucose from the blood, and then allocates it to areas of the body that store fat, e.g. the waist.
Thus if weight loss is your objective, first try to create a more harmonious lifestyle! It’s also thought that there could be a relationship between the amount of sleep we have each night and our weight. There was a time when the average person slept eight hours a night. This is no longer the case, with seven being optimistic for many today.
Respectively, the level of obesity in our society has risen. There could be a hormonal link to the two factors. Poor sleep patterns stimulate an increase in our appetite hormones. Since we have a longer ‘day time’, the body’s logic is that it needs more food.
Obviously, when we’re tired, we feel the need for more fuel to energise ourselves, and once again we crave high fats and carbs. Sleeping for an additional hour a night could well re-program our appetite.
In short, gaining weight could have been more down to lifestyle than anything else. Why not ask others to take on some of your workload – delegation is often the answer. And so when night-time falls, you’re ready to drift off to sleep at a reasonable time, without fighting the desire for just one more snack!
