07/24/2021
What stands out to me is the battle between stress, and weight loss.
For an example: Finally my client has her children old enough to be more independent, they may not need her as much. And her career can afford a personal trainer! Most likely she is a professional. Maybe even middle management somewhere. Sheās confident in every area, but just not in the area of self love. Our conversation always starts off confident, but ultimately winds up with some tears as she sits in the chair in front of me. I always wondered if itās because she is finally taking time for herself, or is it fear of doing something sheās never done before? Probably all of the above. It is scary. The thoughts she must have, āwonder if I failā. I mean she rocks her mothering, being a wife, daughter, boss, employee⦠Sheās kept the balls in the air for so many years. Maybe even feels like a hamster on a hamster wheel. Confused as to how she can be on top of everything else, but just not her body. She wonders how she got to this place. Now she feels like she cannot climb out of the hole she is in.
As much as I love throwing a good workout at someone, unless she understands what stress is doing to her hormones, I am just going to be jumping on that hamster wheel with her.
So here it is. Stress and hormonal imbalances.
We actually are estrogen dominant during peri and menopause. Let me explain. Usually our progesterone is low which which allows our estrogen to be high. Plus we have been exposed to environmental factors that increases our estrogen in our bodies. Now letās add stress to the equation.
Adrenaline dumps, you become insulin resistant, thyroid goes whacky. And you are estrogen dominant.
*Too much stress taxes the adrenal glands, compromising their ability to produce progesterone.
*Excess body fat absorbs and stores estrogen, increasing estrogen levels.
*A sluggish liver is unable to remove excess estrogen.
*Birth control and hormone therapy can add additional estrogen.
Being estrogen dominant can cause you to have insomnia, Fibroids, ovarian cysts, autoimmune disease, endometriosis, and more. Try running a household or business on little sleep.
SOLUTION! Eliminate stress and toxins!