Do you eat healthily and do you exercise regularly? But do you still have a belly that you would like to get rid of? Often stress is the cause and then diet or sport does not help in weight loss progress!
In the following post, we have written about the relationship between stress and abdominal fat.
Because of the stress hormones, you get into a kind of alertness and other functions in your body go into energy-saving mode. For example, your metabolism gets slow down, that also means that less fat is burned and you can see that in particular on your stomach. This mainly concerns long-term stress or if there are many stressful moments.
Causes of stress
Stress is sometimes not as clear as you think. There are very recognizable stress situations, such as a very high workload, a baby who cries a lot or argues with your partner.
But did you know that the points below also cause more stress than you think?
Finance
It does not matter whether you are from middle class or lower class but the financial problem is always has been the major problem.
Running (with some people the body thinks you’re fleeing)
What other people think of you
It is a psychological problem of a normal human being to be judged by other people. An introvert person is very conscious about it and always worry about their look and other judgments.
Count calories
serious illness with family or friend
Traumatic and improperly processed experience from the past
sexual problems
be impatient
irregular life
stress before the holiday
perfectionism
By the way, everybody can react differently. There is also a smaller group of people who lose weight due to too much stress. But they often have other problems, such as sleeping or health problems.
What can you do about stress?
Stress is part of life, so nobody can completely take it away from you. You can learn to handle this better. So that you feel better in your own skin and can release the stress more. This also provides more energy and fewer fat fringes …
A healthy lifestyle with at least 80% healthy eating and regular exercise.
Get enough sleep. If you are well-rested, the world looks much better and you worry a lot less.
Do not follow a diet where you have to count calories, for example, if you become restless.
Visualize your concerns. If you are unable to cope with the high workload at the moment, you can add more relaxing moments to it. Mapping can be very enlightening and yield eye-openers.
Visualize the moments of relaxation. For some that are reading in a good book, for others, it is nice dancing at a party. Make sure you also put relaxation on your agenda.
Tell your loved ones what causes stress and relaxation for you. And ask what that is for them. You can help each other very well.
Meditation and mindfulness have been proven to be effective against stress.
Are you very perfectionist? Then see if that is realistic. A heart surgeon must be perfectionist while working, but his home does not have to be a sterile operating room.
Accept yourself how you are and what you look like. Be happy with yourself because nobody is perfect. That also saves a lot of stress …
Are you really stuck? Then look for a professional coach who can help you further with your relationship, your career, upbringing, struggles about life questions, etc.
Sometimes reducing stress means that you have to make a radical decision. Perhaps you have known for a long time that this job is not good for you, that one friend requires far too much energy from you or should you really sell the boat….
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