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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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.
Stress Skews Choices Toward Hyperpalatable Foods
- High perceived stress correlates with higher intake of palatable, nutrient-poor foods and less nutritious choices.
- Removing hyperpalatable snacks from your main environments reduces likelihood of stress-induced overeating.
Host's Personal Breakthrough With Emotional Eating
- Brandon De Cruz recounts struggling with emotional eating earlier in his life and seeking therapy to change it.
- He used walking and nature as a practical tactic to pause impulsive eating and regain rational choices.