Chasing Clarity: Health & Fitness Podcast EP. 103: LIFESTYLE FACTORS LIMITING YOU FROM GETTING LEAN: HOW EMOTIONAL EATING, STRESS, MINDLESS EATING, BOREDOM, & SLEEP LOSS CAN INCREASE YOUR APPETITE, CALORIE INTAKE & BODY FAT LEVELS
Mar 29, 2024
Discover how stress, emotional eating, mindless eating, boredom, and sleep loss can impact your appetite, calorie intake, and body fat levels. Learn strategies to combat these lifestyle factors and optimize your well-being and physique goals.
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Stress, Emotions, Sleep Are Major Levers
- Stress, emotions, and sleep are major lifestyle levers that alter appetite and body-composition progress.
- Awareness of these factors helps prevent mindless decisions that derail physique goals.
Short-Term Stress Drives Nonhunger Eating
- Acute psychological stress triggers eating in the absence of physiological hunger, especially for sweet foods.
- Short-term stress increases 'wanting' for snacks and boosts total calorie intake even when participants are well fed.
Chronic Stress Creates A Vicious Eating Loop
- Chronic stress creates a downstream cascade that increases drive to eat and reliance on comfort foods.
- Using food to cope compounds stress, creates guilt, and stalls physique progress over time.