Are your hormones stopping you from losing weight?

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve talked to trainers who are having problems with clients not losing weight.  Their clients are eating better, exercising more but not seeing results.  A lot of the time their clients are actually getting hormone imbalances that are stopping their weight loss.

Here is the deal, if you have a hormonal imbalance even if you’re eating the “right” amount of calories, or  getting “killer” workouts in you can get zero or next to zero fat loss results.  Most clients that come to see us are actually in stage 2 or 3 of adrenal fatigue.  This basically means there bodies are under too much stress.  When your body is under too much stress it can put an instant stop to any weight loss no matter what you’re doing.

So how can you identify if you’re having any issues with your stress hormones.  I’m going to give you a good place to start.  First I’ll give you a few symptoms of too much cortisol (your main stress hormone):

·         Sleep disturbances, fatigue, weight gain around midsection, loss of muscle mass, issues with thyroid function, feeling tired but wired at the same time

Here are some symptoms of too little cortisol:

·         Fatigue, sugar cravings, allergy symptoms, chemical sensitivities (ie. Smell of gas or perfume bothers you), cold body temperature

If you’re reading that list and thinking almost everyone has some of those symptoms.......yes almost everyone does.  Over half of our population is also overweight, so what’s typical is far from what’s normal. 

If you have too little cortisol or too much both of these imbalances can shut down your ability to lose weight.  If you have symptoms from either of those lists are you’re trying to lose some inches check out our free teleseminar on January 25^th to learn how to take control of your hormones and your weight loss. 

You can find more information by following this link http://www.peak-personaltraining.com/weightlossteleseminar.html.