The last couple of years before my burnout I was constantly hungry. I ate six times a day, and my portions were always bigger than everybody else’s.
When I healed from my burnout. I didn’t only recover from fatigue. My nervous system could finally calm down and get back to normal. And so did my hunger.
You might think that burnout is only exhaustion, but it is far more. In this episode I'll share how stress makes the nervous system make your hunger go bananas, and how to get it back to normal again.
Key takeaways
- Weight loss is very seldom about self discipline, it's a complex mix of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Its a mix of biological signals, mental beliefs and your surroundings. You don't need to blame yourself, but you don't need to feel like a victim either. You can change this.
- When the nervous system that's stuck in fight or flight, it will make your hunger go bananas. By reducing the stress and calming your nervous system you will automatically be less hungry.
- Eating can be a way to handle stress and get a much needed break, calm down and get some stress relief.
- When you’ve gotten used to eating a lot, you've built a habit. It takes time and effort to realize you’re not hungry because of lack of food, but because of habit.
- You need to be aware of your eating patterns, and change your snack to other activities that give you a break, stress relief or whatever you need.
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