How Hormones Impact Weight Loss
How Hormones Impact Weight Loss
If you are looking to see an accelerated rate of weight loss, one thing that you must be taking into account is the hormones present in your body. With the right hormonal control, weight loss becomes much easier than before.
With the wrong hormones in your body however, you’ll notice weight loss becomes incredibly difficult. This is why mastering your hormones is vital to your success.
Let’s go over what you need to know.
Insulin
The first hormone that will be important to control is insulin. Insulin is released whenever you eat carbohydrate rich foods, so if you want to keep it under control, you need to be moderating your carbohydrate intake and the type of carbohydrates you eat.
Unprocessed carbohydrates high in fiber will keep insulin levels under control and prevent fat storing from taking place.
When you consume simple sugars however or highly processed carbohydrates, insulin levels spike and this puts you into fat storing mode immediately.
Choose lean proteins, complex carbohydrates, and healthy fats for optimal insulin control.
Cortisol
Next, cortisol is another hormone that you must master for better success. Too much cortisol running through your body will increase your risk of storing fat in the abdominal region, so clearly this is something to avoid.
In addition to that, it can also cause muscle tissue breakdown to occur, so yet another reason you must make sure to minimize it.
You do this by controlling your stress levels. Cortisol is a stress hormone so the more stressed out you are, the greater your release will be.
Keep stress under control and you’ll notice you feel better and weight loss takes place far better as well.
Leptin
Finally, the last hormone that must get mastered is leptin. Leptin is a hormone that is going to be highly correlated with your metabolic rate as well as your overall hunger level. When leptin starts to decline, which occurs as you lose weight and your calorie intake gets lower and lower, you’ll notice extreme periods of hunger, fatigue, and a general sense of being unwell.
To help restore leptin levels, regular reefed periods where you eat at a maintenance level for 2-3 days are required. This is why any good diet should make use of diet breaks on occasion.
So there you have the main hormones that you should know and try and control to improve your chances of fat loss and feel better on a daily basis as well.