You’re probably thinking, what does rest have to
do with weight loss? We’re so glad you asked, because rest has everything to do
with weight loss. Chronic unrest-lack of sleep coupled with a high stress lifestyle-can
nullify the best diet and supplement plan. We’ve seen this happen so often in
practice. We counsel a patient who seems to be doing everything right.
According to her food records, she’s eating exactly as prescribed, yet the
weight isn’t budging. Then we dig a little deeper and learn she’s up repeatedly
at night to soothe her kids back to sleep, on the go constantly during the day,
and draining herself further with intense exercise at the gym.
This type of unrest keeps the fight-or-flight response in a permanent “on”
position. Our bodies are designed to handle periodic influxes of stress
hormones. Triggering your flight or flight response just once a day probably
won’t interfere with weight loss, because your body easily clears these
hormones. Triggering it every 5 minutes? That’s a recipe for weight gain.
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