Or have some bad news?’
that is…
Lose weight…
^^^ A question from a Fat Loss Mastery Member last week
Well, it depends on how you handle stress.
And – perhaps – the type of stress
I mean, when I was juggling my postgraduate research, stag do, wedding, British Physique Finals, and my body transformation coaching in 2014
I. WAS. STRESSED
^^^ You see, I didn’t prioritise ME
So much so that I just made do on whatever was in the cupboards (which was often…not a lot)
And would sometimes forget to eat
I would sleep 4 hours
Get a bus to Oxford at 5am
Be in a lab all day research different diets (where you were NOT allowed to eat yourself)
Then coach clients (telling them how to eat, exercise and look after themselves…Hypocrite, I know)
Now – unsurprisingly – I lost weight
And was incredibly run down on my honeymoon (good one, Matt)
Now, today…
I’m a bit more on top of things
I have a KEY 3 that I HAVE to do that day
Even I do them, all is well
So I tend to be more in CONTROL
BUT…
I’m still prone to a bit of stress
^^^ As we all are
You know, when things don’t go to plan?
You lack sleep
You’re tired
You can’t remember the last time you did something FUN for YOU
And you get home and think…
Sod it…
give me that pack of biscuits
And throw me the M&M’s
^^^ The peanut butter ones
Because you’re stressed and tired
and when this happens
You’ll gain weight
Because your ability to make rationale decisions is DAMPENED
And you eat your emotions
Stress hormones are higher
^^^ Which make it harder to burn fat
You become short with loved ones
^^^ I’l never forget when I got grumpy with the wife for using 3 different glasses for her water…it’s when things like that irritate me I know to take myself to bed 🙂
So, can stress make you lose weight?
YES
Can stress make you gain weight?
YES
So, is it how you CHOOSE to set up your environment that counts?
YES
But what’s the two things that you have to protect to help you handle stress better, get more energy, and spend more QUALITY time with loved ones?
your personal ENERGY and your CONFIDENCE!
Which is exactly what we focus on in Fat Loss Mastery
Matt ‘as stressed as the rest’ Fruci
