Nutrition & Exercise Under Control but Still Not Losing Weight?
by Kim Hynes, MBA CIHC, Nutritional Health Coach Wellspring Counseling and Health, LLC
ARE YOU WORKING OUT AND EATING WELL, BUT STILL not able to lose any weight or feel your best? Is it really all about exercise and food alone?
Lack of sleep can actually contribute to weight gain, depression and food and exercising regularly. It can also contribute to an increased risk of developing heart disease, stroke, or heart attacks.
Let’s dig a little deeper.
People who get less than 7-8 hours of sleep are at the highest risk. Most people report they don’t have deep sleep and don’t dream.
When clients are cleaning up their nutrition and getting exercise, but still haven’t lost the weight or not feeling well, we look to other
some, that seems very early, but the reality is we were meant to go to bed when it gets dark and meant to wake with the sun.
Other components to a healthy lifestyle include stress management, self care, career, relationships and one of the most overlooked...sleep. Without sleep, weight loss through just adjusting our food and exercise will only go so far. Without sleep, our bodies cannot recover
day which causes imbalance in our cortisol levels. We need cortisol to energy drinks when we hit that late day slump. It can take up to 8 hours
a stressful day when your body is running on empty. Many of my clients are reporting not being able to stay asleep or get to sleep. Many people don’t go to bed until very late and have less than 7 hours of sleep. In fact, some people even brag about being
with chemicals designed to preserve them and give them consistency which disrupts our hormones and our gut health.
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