Are there emotions in body FAT????

emmamwale · May 2013

Hi all
A good friend of mine, was told by a dietician who works for a well respected and well know weight loss advisory company, that in our body fat there are stored hormones. So that it is to be expected that when we are in the process of loosing weight and releasing stored fat from our bodies that we will experience hormonal changes as a result of this. Such as vivid dreams and very high and low emotional periods.

Has anyone else been heard this or is my friend being fed a load of rubbish?

Emma x

cebreisch · May 2013

Yes, there are hormones there (like cortisol), but I don't think it should cause wierd dreams or mood swings. However, admittedly, I am no doctor or nutritionist. I've been on this path for 2 years, and have been meeting with a variety of dieticians and bariatricians, behaviour coaches, etc. and this has never come up. So call me suspicious.

I will tell you that the belly fat wants to fester and grow. I wondered if that was true or not until I just had surgery to remove the loose skin/fat from my belly from having lost enough weight to warrant it. Now, after the surgery, it doesn't seem like I'm having nearly the cravings that I was having prior to surgery or am hungry nearly as often.

thecakelocker · May 2013

I don't remember having any mood swings or weird dreams when I was losing weight! I know my Dr told me that losing weight made me extra fertile leading to instapregnancy. I tried looking this up because I was curious but my Google skills are failing me since any combination of fat/weight + hormones in the search bar yields a towering mountain of weight loss scams as results and no actual information.

Erin0164 · May 2013

I have heard that too! Apparently fat also stores medication - like antihistamines. As you burn the fat the chemicals are released.

emmamwale · May 2013

Thanks for the replies.
Also very interesting about the retention of medications!
xoxo

smoira · May 2013

Hiya again, I think this explains a lot my mood does change, days where I feel really down and just want to eat, but I have heard that after 3-4 weeks on a diet are the hardiest but once you get past this your body gets used to it, and that's when you will fell better.xx

emmamwale · May 2013

Eurgh! I already hate belly fat....... but now I really do!! (((Curse the belly fat!))

Thanks for the advice

Have a great day

Emma xo

swingsintherain · May 2013

I've not heard of fat storing emotions, but I have heard of people being emotional when going through new exercises (I heard this in relation to yoga, not sure about others). Apparently emotions are sometimes released due to muscle memory associated with specific movements.

hfox9707 · May 2013

I am taking physiology right now, I have never heard of that. I have learned that chemicals or hormones that deal with emotions are stored in muscles. But it would make sense as somebody mentioned about cortisol.