{"id":11157,"date":"2009-08-20T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11157"},"modified":"2009-08-20T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T14:14:44","slug":"stress-hurts-weight-loss-3-ways-to-avoid-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/stress-hurts-weight-loss-3-ways-to-avoid-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress Hurts Weight Loss: 3 Ways to Avoid It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"stressed man\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/stress-hurts-weight-loss-3-ways-to-avoid-it\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11198\" title=\"stressed man\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/stressed-man1.jpg\" alt=\"stressed man\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Between working, everyday life, random mishaps, and trying to find time to lose weight, stress is bound to happen. Well, Chill Out before you give yourself a coronary. Stress may be doing more than just making you feel bad, it can actually be stopping your weight loss, and may even promote weight gain! This problem isn&#8217;t just for adults, but for young people as well. According to new research, people are <a title=\"healthy comfort foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/even-dieters-can-enjoy-comfort-foods\/\" target=\"_self\">comfort eating<\/a> more due to stress. Kids who are stressed are more likely to become overweight. Stress is also linked to water retention and that pesky <a title=\"belly fat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/extra-belly-fat-linked-to-early-death\/\" target=\"_self\">belly fat<\/a> that we are all trying to get rid of.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me, the stressors in our lives are affecting just about everything in our lives. If you&#8217;re like me, when you are stressed you put the gym on hold, or have a lack-luster workout. All that water retention combined with a bad workout really does not do wonders for the scale.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now, having stress is bad enough, but now knowing that it can hurt weight loss may put you into a tailspin, but don&#8217;t worry.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips that I use to help <a title=\"stress management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/manage-stress-with-simple-relaxation-techniques\/\" target=\"_self\">de-stress<\/a> my life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make lists<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a0Make a to-do list. Weekly, daily, whatever. Write down what you have to do for the day. Why? WE FORGET THINGS. I found that when I put my schedule down on paper, not only is it out of my mind, I can easily see exactly what needs to be done and time accordingly. Far too often we try to keep everything inside our heads. It just causes more stress<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fuel the fire<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a0Turn a bad day at work into a great workout. Use some pent up anger at your boss for fuel. When I&#8217;m angry, I do interval sprints. I seem to run faster for longer and by the end of them not only did I get a great workout, but I&#8217;m not mad anymore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get it out<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Let your stress go. Yell, scream, hit a heavy bag, punch a pillow. Whatever works for you, just let your stress air out. You will feel calmer and can look at your list and start working.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between working, everyday life, random mishaps, and trying to find time to lose weight, stress is bound to happen. Well, Chill Out before you give yourself a coronary. Stress may be doing more than just making you feel bad, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/stress-hurts-weight-loss-3-ways-to-avoid-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[22,29,761,320,74],"class_list":["post-11157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-nutrition","tag-relaxation","tag-stress","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11157"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11161,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11157\/revisions\/11161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}