I’ve already covered the “ stress ” chapter and the role that stress plays in our battle against extra pounds. Dieting and feeling on a diet increase stress. As I wrote in this article , cortisol, the main stress hormone, is one of our bitterest enemies for staying in our healthy weight or losing a few pounds. So how to lose weight without a diet and without stress?

Let’s first consider the reasons why dieting increases cortisol production.

1. According to a study, both dieting and reducing calories too much increase cortisol levels.
2. The restrictive diet of any macronutrient increases our stress .
3.  Excessive physical activity (more than three times a week or for several consecutive hours) increases stress.

These are the consequences.

1. Hunger for foods that contain sugars and fats (high energy) and difficulty getting sated. This is due to the drop in the hormone leptin, the satiety hormone.
2. Hormonal, digestive and water retention problems. The thyroid produces less active hormone, this experiences digestive difficulties, apathy, bloating.
3. Risk of subclinical stress hypothyroidism, in particular of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis .
4. Consequent slow metabolism, with a reduction of metabolism by a percentage ranging from 7 to 11%.
5. Resistance to weight loss, yo yo effect, tendency to gain weight much easier than before the diet.
6. Deconcentration, difficulty sleeping, irritability, in women also changes in the menstrual cycle, a sense of weakness and fatigue.

All this due to stress? Well yes.
But above all: the consequence that interests us most is that the more the stress increases, the less the balance goes down.
On the contrary. We gain weight or we would not lose weight as much as we would like despite the sacrifices at the table.

How to lose weight then? Simple. No diet no stress.

Yes, it is possible to lose weight without a diet and therefore without stress.
I give you 5 simple tips to do it.