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Your Body is Keeping Score: Understanding Cortisol and Its Impact on Weight Loss
In this episode, Alana addresses the intricate ties between the hormone cortisol, weight management, and emotional eating. She unpacks cortisol's vital role in stress response and how its chronic release can lead to weight gain by impacting metabolism and various bodily functions. Alana emphasizes that the strategies for permanent weight loss encompass more than just diet and exercise; it requires an understanding of how our lifestyle, thoughts, and feelings stimulate cortisol production. She advises on ways to achieve balance by releasing the need to control food intake through restrictive measures and by curating an energetic space that promotes relaxation and well-being. Listen as Alana explains the biochemistry of emotional eating and discover holistic and sustainable approaches to weight loss that harmonize mind, body, and spirit. Join Alana to delve deeper into the cortisol question and unravel its effects on our eating behaviors and overall health.
Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode!
Curious to learn more about working with Alana so that you can end food overwhelm and create an empowered life through permanent weight loss? Inquire about the Alana’s Elite Coaching Experience
Ready to overcome emotional eating, reclaim your life, and never feel like a slave to food again? Learn more about The Emotional Eating Solution
Are you feeling called to take the step toward a permanent solution for sustainable weight loss? Learn more about Decoding Permanent Weight Loss
Explore more from Be Well by AK
Be sure to follow Alana on Instagram at @bewellbyak.
Takeaways
Chronic stress and the constant release of cortisol can lead to weight gain and metabolic imbalances.
Understanding cortisol and its impact on the body's functions is crucial for holistic healing and weight loss.
Letting go of the need to control and how curating one's energetic space are important strategies for achieving balance and sustainable weight loss.
Food is only a fraction of the story when it comes to weight loss; healing the mind, body, and spirit is essential for optimizing metabolism.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Appreciation of Spring
04:21 Weight Gain as a Symptom of Hormone Imbalance
09:04 The Problem of Chronic Release of Cortisol
13:12 The Limitations of Control and Macro Counting
21:48 The Role of Lifestyle in Cortisol Balance
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By Alana Kessler
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In this episode, Alana addresses the intricate ties between the hormone cortisol, weight management, and emotional eating. She unpacks cortisol's vital role in stress response and how its chronic release can lead to weight gain by impacting metabolism and various bodily functions. Alana emphasizes that the strategies for permanent weight loss encompass more than just diet and exercise; it requires an understanding of how our lifestyle, thoughts, and feelings stimulate cortisol production. She advises on ways to achieve balance by releasing the need to control food intake through restrictive measures and by curating an energetic space that promotes relaxation and well-being. Listen as Alana explains the biochemistry of emotional eating and discover holistic and sustainable approaches to weight loss that harmonize mind, body, and spirit. Join Alana to delve deeper into the cortisol question and unravel its effects on our eating behaviors and overall health.
Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode!
Curious to learn more about working with Alana so that you can end food overwhelm and create an empowered life through permanent weight loss? Inquire about the Alana’s Elite Coaching Experience
Ready to overcome emotional eating, reclaim your life, and never feel like a slave to food again? Learn more about The Emotional Eating Solution
Are you feeling called to take the step toward a permanent solution for sustainable weight loss? Learn more about Decoding Permanent Weight Loss
Explore more from Be Well by AK
Be sure to follow Alana on Instagram at @bewellbyak.
Takeaways
Chronic stress and the constant release of cortisol can lead to weight gain and metabolic imbalances.
Understanding cortisol and its impact on the body's functions is crucial for holistic healing and weight loss.
Letting go of the need to control and how curating one's energetic space are important strategies for achieving balance and sustainable weight loss.
Food is only a fraction of the story when it comes to weight loss; healing the mind, body, and spirit is essential for optimizing metabolism.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Appreciation of Spring
04:21 Weight Gain as a Symptom of Hormone Imbalance
09:04 The Problem of Chronic Release of Cortisol
13:12 The Limitations of Control and Macro Counting
21:48 The Role of Lifestyle in Cortisol Balance
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