Stress Summit

cstehansen

Not sure if anyone else is interested in this. Since finding a doctor who is LCHF friendly late last year and finding out my elevated BG is primarily due to cortisol (generally stimulated by stress) and not IR, I was thinking there might be some useful info in some of these talks.

Also, I know many who are attempting to lose weight hit stalls which can be caused by raised cortisol. Cortisol can also kick you out of ketosis. It drives our fight or flight response which jacks up our BG which also raises our insulin, which makes losing weight near impossible.

http://globalstresssummit.com/?idev_id=22&idev_username=hto

Sunny_Bunny_

This is a great resource shared by @cstehansen . Thank you!

If we don't prioritize our coping with stresses great and small, we cannot expect to see the weight loss and/or health gains we want.
I bet if this were titled "How to break a stall" it would've gotten more attention.
Managing stress is key. Figure this out and it will take you a long way.

swezeytba

Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »

I bet if this were titled "How to break a stall" it would've gotten more attention.

I completely agree.....I just registered.....I think it could provide some very useful information. I think reducing stress would definitely be better for my overall health and well-being.....

kimberwolf71

Thank you for this! I am quite positive that my lack of sleep is a huge driver in my lack of progress!

Sunny_Bunny_

kimberwolf71 wrote: »

Thank you for this! I am quite positive that my lack of sleep is a huge driver in my lack of progress!

Me too! The sleep stuff will probably be my focus. I'm averaging 5.5 hours a night. That's sooooo not good.
I feel fine but I know I can still be better.

MyriiStorm

Thanks for this, @cstehansen. It couldn't have come at a better time for me.