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WENDY:
Yep, stress makes you fat - that's what an interesting new story in Ladies' Home Journal this month says,
and it seems to have the science to back it up.
Here's how it goes: While we're under stress, the hypothalamus in our brains triggers the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol releases glucose and fatty acids for extra energy -- and then the sneaky stuff also makes us crave food. And not just any food, but sugary, carbohydrate-rich, and fatty foods.
And for those of us who seem to spend our lives stressed, this creates a vicious cycle. Eating makes the brain stop producing stress hormones -- temporarily. But, says the magazine, "if we're under chronic stress, as soon as we burn the fat deposits off, our cortisol level spikes and stimulates our appetite again." Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, in New York, says in the article: "It's a vicious circle. You're under chronic stress and your body starts producing hormones that increase the pleasure of eating sugar, starch, and fat. But the more you eat, the hungrier you get."
And there's more: "Stress may also trigger a disorder known as the night-eating syndrome, in which people eat one-third or more of their daily calories after their evening meal, sometimes getting up once or twice during the night to snack. In fact, scientists think this syndrome may be an unrecognized stress-related contributor to the obesity epidemic in this country."
Good grief! I always seem to lose weight when I get stressed -- but usually where I don't want to. (Why won't worrying make my thighs thinner?) What have you guys experienced?
JENICE:
I've always believed that stress - well, misery in general - plays havoc on your health for a lot of complicated reasons. Like you, Wendy,
when I'm stressed, I tend not to eat. Often, I can't. But unfortunately, once the stress is off, the weight always comes flying back. And you know, I've
worried that the weight I loss was lean muscle mass and not fat...brother.
APRIL: I actually find that I eat more when I'm tired. On days when I've gotten only a few hours of sleep, I am eating several tiems a day and never
seem to feel full. But when I'm stressed, I actually tend to lose my appetite.
YVONNE W: I try not to eat after 7 p.m., but it's a real struggle. I will eat 1/3 or my daily calorie intake after 7 p.m. if I don't control myself. It's a toss
up with me. Fifty percent of the time I control myself the other fifty percent of the time I don't. It's one my fitness battles I haven't conquered.
LAURIE:
I, too, seem to lose weight when I'm stressed. But only if it's romantic stress! The other kinds usually have me chasing that cortisol high.
This information is great to have because when those urges come to eat sweets, at least I can recognize them and try to control them. I think the
eating at night when stressed thing is true as well, from my experience.
JILL:
It depends on the kind of stress I'm under whether I indulge myself in chocolate and pasta and bread, notoriously feel-better foods, or whether
I can't eat. Anxiety results in the latter. Generalized oppression and worry results in the former. I think the psychology of it is that life can be so
difficult and stressful, that you deserve to reward yourself in whatever way you can, and that often is through food.
Boy, I must be under a lot of stress! Another good excuse for letting myself get so fat. ;)
Posted by: Angela on April 15, 2004 11:31 PMI recently had surgery on my lower back, but prior to that surgery I had gone on a diet. Within 30 days I had lost 35 pounds (I was over 300 pounds at the time so it came off extraordinarily fast). Since the surgery, I haven't been able to loose an ounce even though I've stuck to the diet faithfully and have even been walking as much as 3 miles per day (which I hadn't been able to do prior to the surgery). I originally chalked it up to "just being a plateau", but it's been a month since surgery so I asked my neurosurgeon if she knew why I was stuck. She informed me that since the surgery had caused physical stress on my body (even though I'm in excellent spirits) my adrenal gland was excreting an excess of cortisol. She said to stick to the diet and exercise regimen and that it would eventually work itself out. Of course I'm DYING for a piece of chocolate! LOL!
Posted by: Lanipux on May 28, 2004 09:38 PMI am searching for a way to be a volunteer in Dr. Louis Aronne trials of implanting the obesity pacemaker. I'm desperate and am hungry most of the time, but especially in the evenings and late night. PLEASE HELP ME! I am dying from carrying so much weight around.
Janet
I am searching for a way to be a volunteer in Dr. Louis Aronne trials of implanting the obesity pacemaker. I'm desperate and am hungry most of the time, but especially in the evenings and late night. PLEASE HELP ME! I am dying from carrying so much weight around.
Janet
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