Dieting is a Battlefield

www.findyourbodytype.com

So this website basically wants to sell you a dieting plan, BUT you can get some really good information about what body type you have.  You enter in some information about sleep habits, cravings, height, weight, and such then it will give you a body type your information most closely relates to.  Mine was right on target.

You Are An Adrenal Body Type

When your body can’t handle stress, it creates an increase of the hormone, cortisol. The purpose of Cortisol is to help you survive and handle stress.

Excess cortisol causes your body to produce fat. Why? Because "Fat", to the body, is potential energy. Body fat is stored by your body as energy reserves.

Your body works in this cycle: the more stress the more cortisol, the more cortisol the more energy reserves. This results in more and more fat storage. 

You have the most challenging body type because of this imbalance.

Whether you realize it or not, you are in a constant state of stress. You are very active mentally, always thinking and solving problems. You can’t stop thinking.

You have dark circles under your eyes. You crave chocolate, energy drinks and salt; which is a sign of your blood sugar issues. You may find yourself eating six times a day just to stabilize your sugar levels.

The Three Stages of The Adrenal Body Type

You will start to see the various stages your body will go through. As your body type stages progress, you will develop a sagging stomach. Your face becomes round, you develop a double chin, and start storing fat in other places like the back. You have inflammation and swollen ankles or hands and get stiffness and pain in your the hamstrings.
By Stage 3, your muscle proteins begin to break down in your legs, which causes them to have tremendous difficulty climbing stairs. As an Adrenal Body Type person's stages continue to progress, they feel overwhelmed. Arthritis and pains in the heel of the foot and lower back become chronic.
Ironically, following a low calorie diet with strenuous exercise makes the Adrenal Body Type worse. You are adding MORE stress into an already stressed-out body. Adrenal body types often develop an addiction to stimulants, like energy drinks and caffeine. These are triggers for more fat storage.

SO, I took this information from the body type quiz and researched further into what foods would stabilize my blood sugar and help boost my metabolism without stressing my body out.  Here's what I found:

A-Types are stocky, with “tucked” rear ends and potbellies without pronounced waists. Type-As crave meat and salty foods, which over-stimulate their adrenal glands. The Body Type Diet for As emphasizes  carbohydrates, light dairy products, vegetables, and caffeine (if desired). By eating like this, they stimulate their thyroid glands and bring their hormones into balance, leading to a “lighter, more flexible metabolism.” A light breakfast and lunch with more calories in the evening meal is their ideal schedule.



Knowledge is power.  I feel powerful today knowing that there is an honest, god given reason why I am fat and always have had issues with my weight.  I can take what I know to help me battle the bulge.   


...because every day dieting is a battlefield.

 

 

 

Yesterday weigh in: 189.9
Today weigh in: 187.6