There are a lot of factors that come into play
when it comes to weigh gain and weight loss.
The reason why people gain weight is not always so
straight-forward and many times there are several
reasons and causes for weight gain. The same goes
with weight loss as well. People somehow expect
weight loss to be very simple and easy, when it is
not. If you want to know how to lose weight fast, you must understand the importance
of stress and the effect it has on you.
Eating under stress is one of the biggest mistakes you
could do!
People could be eating a very healthy and nutritious meal, but if the
food is eaten under stress, the nutrients will not be digested properly
and metabolism will slow down.
Eating is very much an emotional experience!
If you are eating food in a nice place and you are feeling good,
the food will have a positive effect on you and weight loss as well.
If a person is under stress, the nutrient absorption will drop because there is less oxygen in
the gut, less enzymatic production and less blood!
Not only that but the nutrient excretion also increases.
Your body will try to eliminate selenium, chromium, zinc, magnesium, calcium and other minerals
through urine. This means you will be deficient in water-soluble minerals.
Another problem with stress is that blood cholesterol goes up, as does the triglyceride levels,
when being under stress. Blood platelets get sticky, which is one of the causes of heart disease.
When you are under stress, the body produces more cortisol as well. Cortisol, as you know, signals
your body to stop building muscle and to store fat.
To be able to absorb all the essential nutrients from the food you eat, you need to have a good gut
flora – healthy bacteria inside the digestive tract. The less nutrients you get from food, the more your
body forces you to eat, to compensate for the lack of nutrients.
Not to mention that growth hormone – important for building and maintaining muscle mass
– decreases as well!
Other negative side effects of eating under stress are:
• Decrease in Thyroid hormone, which results in decreased
metabolism!
• Higher risk of osteoporosis.
• Increase of inflammation in the body.
Not to mention that people tend to eat more food under stress, because it helps them relax and to feel
better. You really need to pay attention to the state of your mind prior to eating food.
If you are under stress you can avoid the negative effects by breathing properly.
When people are relaxed, they breath rhythmical and deep. The breathing pattern of stress is infrequent,
arrhythmic and shallow.
By breathing in a rhythmical and deep fashion, your body will think you are relaxed and
not under stress. The effect of this is very quick and you can do it before every meal.
The important thing is to take 1-2 minutes to really relax and breath deep and rhythmically.
You can feel the effect and notice the difference very quickly.
This is one of the things people really need to learn, if they want to know how to lose weight fast.
If you don’t learn these things, you will always struggle to lose weight and get the nutrients you need!
