Feeling stressed?… Sometimes a hard workout is actually COUNTERPRODUCTIVE if you’re looking to lose your menopause belly. The body can perceive hard exercise as stress so this may contribute to elevated cortisol levels. Cortisol is the belly fat storing ‘fight or flight’ hormone that the body releases during stressful times. You may benefit more from … Continued
Yes, I know that sounds counterproductive, but honestly, you may just be causing hormone imbalances by over stimulating the para-sympathetic nervous system. Your body may be holding onto every ounce of fat because it thinks it’s in a crisis situation and you may need that fat to fight a sabre tooth tiger. We all know … Continued
Are you a stress eater or under constant stress? Apart from many hormonal consequences from increased cortisol levels that come with chronic levels of stress, one of the most common is increased food cravings and those cravings tend to be for sweet foods. However, the more sweet foods we eat, the worse our mood tends … Continued
Do what you can with what you have where you are… Here’s how we handled the challenges and things YOU can do to stay your health course: 1. Breathe. ‘This too shall pass’ 2. Delay panic and look for the possible good in the situation. Every adversity has a seed of good in it. Neutralizing … Continued
Are you stressed? We all have stress from time to time. One reason we want to keep stress under wraps is that chronic stress increases the hormone cortisol which is the ‘belly fat storing hormone’. If you’re interested in losing belly fat, we must keep cortisol under control. I have three … Continued
Healthy Secrets for handling schedule interruptions… ➡️Life will always throw us a curve call ball that will interrupt our healthy efforts… ➡️If we wait for life to open up the perfect time to make healthy changes, we will wait forever… ➡️The ‘secret’ to maintaining long term health is to implement simple principles: ✅Protect your sleep. … Continued
Stress! What’s it doing to you? How can you de-stress? Cortisol the ‘belly fat storing hormone’ is increased when you’re under stress. I’m sure increased belly fat is NOT a useful way to handle stress for you as it once was. In the caveman days, increased belly fat was a survival mechanism because back then, … Continued
Has your schedule ever been thrown in the blender? What do you do? Stress is the enemy and will pack on the belly fat, so make sure that you keep things in perspective, if for no other reason than for the vanity of maintaining a flat belly! ) Here’s what I do when my schedule goes … Continued