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How Stress Can Cause Weight Gain

🙇🏽‍♀️Today’s CHEATCODE: How stress makes you gain weight

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🙇🏽‍♀️The Link Between Stress and Cortisol:

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🙇🏽‍♀️Researchers have proven the rise in stress hormone cortisol can lead to weight gain.

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🙇🏽‍♀️Every time you’re stressed, your adrenal glands release adrenaline and cortisol, causing glucose release.

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🙇🏽‍♀️Cortisol and Sugar Cravings: 

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🙇🏽‍♀️Cue the sugar cravings—sugar supplies your body with the quick energy so it’s often the first thing you reach for when you’re stressed.

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🙇🏽‍♀️your body tends to store sugar mainly in the form of belly fat, which can be very hard to lose. 

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🙇🏽‍♀️Cortisol and Metabolism:

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🙇🏽‍♀️Even if you aren’t eating foods high in fat and sugar, cortisol also slows down your metabolism, making it difficult to lose weight.

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🙇🏽‍♀️Stress-Induced Unhealthy Habits:

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🙇🏽‍♀️Emotional eating

🙇🏽‍♀️Eating “accessible” or fast food

🙇🏽‍♀️Exercising less

🙇🏽‍♀️Sleeping less

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🙇🏽‍♀️How to Break the Cycle of Stress and Weight Gain:

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🙇🏽‍♀️FAST‼️

🙇🏽‍♀️exercise
🙇🏽‍♀️Eat healthier comfort foods

🙇🏽‍♀️Practice mindful eating

🙇🏽‍♀️Keep a food journal

🙇🏽‍♀️Drink more water.

🙇🏽‍♀️De-Stress‼️Incorporate stress-relief strategies into your daily life.

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👇🏻what Do you stress eat?👇🏻

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