When I ask women what is the #1 thing they want to fix first when it comes to their hormones, it’s always ‘𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩’
So first we need to determine WHAT is causing the belly fat? Then from there, we can work on fixing it.
When most people think of hormones, they tend to think of estrogen and testosterone, but cortisol is also considered a hormone and is known as the STRESS HORMONE.
If your entire life is high-stress and always in high gear, your body will constantly pump out cortisol.
This in turn increases your blood sugar levels which causes you to want to eat more and crave sugar or processed and more palatable foods.
And where do you think those foods go?? Yup, directly to the belly area.
Here are just 2 of the 6 steps to Ultimate Hormonal Balance, but the 2 I feel are most important!
The number 𝟏 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬!I get this…. Because I tend to run on stress, it’s just who I am, but I am finding that as I get older and now post-menopausal, my body can’t handle it as much, which ends up putting on that belly fluff. And up until just a few years ago, I never had any. 
So now I find myself trying to deal with my stress, versus letting it control my life.
I take regular vacations. I have a daily STOP working time each day and then I do something that I enjoy ~ taking a walk, reading a book, listening to a podcast, or just watching TV!
I make sure to take Saturdays completely OFF from work. And if things get out of control, I do some journaling or I listen to affirmation videos on youtube.
Stress is not just internal, there is also physical stress. If workouts are too intense or you are doing the wrong kind of workouts for what your body needs, it will cause belly fat.
How do you know?Do you feel energized after your workouts or lethargic?
Is your sleep interrupted after long, hard workouts?
Do you find you are experiencing more muscle soreness and joint pain?
These are tell-tale signs that the workouts you are doing are not serving you right now.
𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭? 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?
𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩?
𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴?
𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴.
Your body needs enough food to fuel your engine. If you are depriving it of food and it needs more, it will hold on to body fat.And everyone knows the whole calories in vs calories out logic, right? You cannot consume more calories than you are burning or you will gain weight.Your body needs all the macros, fats, proteins, and carbohydrates and that means starches and grains too! If you are removing one of those things from your nutritional needs, your body will revolt and go into stress mode. That is what happened to me.I was putting too much stress on my body by cutting my calories and carbs way too low for my body’s needs. And BOOM came the belly fat.
Putting inflammatory foods into your body messes with your gut health and your digestion. When your body is not properly digesting foods, you are not getting all the nutrients your body needs to burn fat.I am not saying you have to give these things up forever, (unless your BODY tells you you need to), but cut them out for 21 days to start. See how you feel, see what happens to your belly fat.
𝙎𝙤𝙤𝙤, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩?