February 05, 2025

The Simple Reason You Still Can’t Lose Weight

11 minutes

If you exercise regularly and eat healthily and still fail to lose weight, the reason could be a hormone that we all produce called cortisol. The most common way to produce it continuously is when you are under constant stress. Producing a lot of it destroys the muscles and alters the metabolism negatively.

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TIMESTAMPS:

Classic symptoms of high cortisol 1:17

Easy ways to reduce it 1:57

Exercise to burn fat 4:45

How to do it 4:56

Why it's effective 6:32

SUMMARY:

This hormone is vital as it’s the one that causes us to react when there is a danger. However, a continued excess of high levels of cortisol can trigger a series of problems that are summarized in a syndrome called Cushing.

To get your dream body, you should avoid caffeine, alcohol, foods with high sugar content, sweeteners (especially aspartame), and excess potassium.

You need to eat more foods rich in phenylalanine such as chicken, eggs, brown rice, broccoli, pumpkin, watercress, and artichoke.

Don’t forget to include foods rich in tryptophan in your diet. They are brown rice, soy, oilseeds, meat, eggs, milk, and derivatives.

Train 3 times a week but not more than 50 minutes as too much exercise also increases cortisol. Never train seven days in a row — rest at least 2 or 3 days.

You need to have between 8 and 10 hours of sleep so that your cortisol levels decrease and the body recovers.

Look for some technique of relaxation or meditation, and incorporate it into your life. Try yoga or meditation.

You can take vitamin C, vitamin B5, folic acid, vitamin A, zinc, ginseng, licorice, chromium, magnesium, calcium, St. John’s Wort, chamomile, and oats.

Stay well hydrated every day, and make it a habit of drinking a glass of water in the morning on an empty stomach and another glass of water before going to sleep.

Compared to the regular plank, the reverse one loads your gluteus and calves much more.

The reverse plank guarantees an improvement of posture as you use the muscles that help keep your back straight. It’s particularly important for office workers.

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