Stress and Weight Loss.....Must Read !

[nelly]

I have found a great book that might help explain why as we stress we don't loose weight.

FINALLY found the web page where you can read quite a bit of this book on line. ( will copy and paste this to the thought you should know thread)

Main page for author Dr. Shawn Talbott

Book page:
The Cortisol Connection-Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health and What You Can Do About It

Here is an excerpt

"In a similar manner, upon exposure to everyday stressors the human body ramps up production of cortisol through a complicated series of events that involves both the hypothalamus and the pituitary glands in the brain (more on that later).

One of cortisol's many functions is to stimulate the release of glucose, fats, and amino acids for energy production. In the liver, cortisol stimulates the breakdown of glycogen into glucose. In the adipose tissue (where we store body fat), fatty acids are released in response to cortisol stimulation. (Fat breakdown? Sounds good, but the longer-term effect is fat gain.) In the skeletal muscles, cortisol promotes the release of amino acids, which are either used directly by the muscle for energy or sent to the liver for conversion into glucose. The main problem with this last scenario, however, is that if it continues for any prolonged period of time, a significant amount of muscle mass may be lost (bad for long-term weight maintenance)."

[Stacy]

Here's a great article that explains how this works (or doesn't work, as the case may be...)!

http://www.advance-health.com/cortisol.html

[nelly]

Here's a great article that explains how this works (or doesn't work, as the case may be...)!

http://www.advance-health.com/cortisol.html

that is a good condensed article. Thanks!

The site I found has lots of info as well......happy stress free reading !!

[Stacy]

Makes me want to go live on top of a mountain and hum all day... ooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm....

[nelly]

Makes me want to go live on top of a mountain and hum all day... ooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm....

[nelly]

Actually, Stacy, this whole issue is very real.

I know at least 2 ladies and 1 man who have experienced this .... not with weight gain, but with the "crashing" part after going too hard for too long.

Another good book on this (not weight part though)

Is Adrenaline and Stress by Archibald Hart

http://www.amazon.com/Adrenaline-Stress ... 084993690X

I have that book and it is very revealing about how we live....the stress....all of it.

What happened is these folks went and went and did and did and excelled and kept going.......then they all crashed.......the one man had to quit his job and his wife went to work, the ladies were said to have "chronic fatigue" syndrome, and at one of them still has trouble.......after over 10+ years. The man may have had panic attacks and had low thyroid and still can't work.

This all is VERY real ...

The Book web site, has a great bit of information on it and I am going to read more as I have time

But I've got to go relax now !!!