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For the past three years, I have had an incredible amount of stress on me. It doesn't help that I am a caring person and constantly worry about my family's medical issues.
I've always had a sensitive stomach. I do not eat greasy fatty or overly sugary food because it has always caused me to feel nauseas and often get sick to my stomach. So, because of that, I am forced to maintain a healthy diet. I love vegetables and fruits!!! I drink lots of tea -- not so much water.
But because of the stress, I have gained 30 lbs. or so in the past three years, and the scale keeps climbing which is scary!!!
What can I do to prevent weight gain when it is not even caused by poor eating?
I must also say that at times I go without eating because of the stress and nausea the stress causes, so I understand that that food gets stored as fat because the body goes into starvation mode.
I do not really exercise. I know I should. Stress sucks energy from me, though, so what I can I do about that?
And the saddest thing is that I have not even enjoyed gaining weight- ya know... like eating all kinds of delicious foods. Its been a lot of stress, tears, anxiety that has put on weight. I have also noticed a lot of water retention -- like my body is too stressed to release the water! And yet I dehydrate VERY easily! Which makes exercising that much more difficult when I start feeling nauseas from lack of hydration.
Any recommendations? Any words of advice?
I've always had a sensitive stomach. I do not eat greasy fatty or overly sugary food because it has always caused me to feel nauseas and often get sick to my stomach. So, because of that, I am forced to maintain a healthy diet. I love vegetables and fruits!!! I drink lots of tea -- not so much water.
But because of the stress, I have gained 30 lbs. or so in the past three years, and the scale keeps climbing which is scary!!!
What can I do to prevent weight gain when it is not even caused by poor eating?
I must also say that at times I go without eating because of the stress and nausea the stress causes, so I understand that that food gets stored as fat because the body goes into starvation mode.
I do not really exercise. I know I should. Stress sucks energy from me, though, so what I can I do about that?
And the saddest thing is that I have not even enjoyed gaining weight- ya know... like eating all kinds of delicious foods. Its been a lot of stress, tears, anxiety that has put on weight. I have also noticed a lot of water retention -- like my body is too stressed to release the water! And yet I dehydrate VERY easily! Which makes exercising that much more difficult when I start feeling nauseas from lack of hydration.
Any recommendations? Any words of advice?
I gained 30 lbs this year from stress. But mine didn't magically appear. I drank a LOT of wine and ate a ton of food. I skipped the treadmill and sat down with a martini instead.
And I went from a size 8 to a 16. Sad.
So we're all in this together. My advice: these boards are great for comfort and support. Write to us whenever you're stressed.
Stress in itself can cause weight gain due to the cortisol levels rising in the body, but if you are exercising and eating healthy.....it should help counteract that.
Definitely talk to your doctor and get some tests done. If they run thyroid, ask them to run a FULL panel (not just TSH to really evaluate whether you have hypothyroidism or not. Most drs will just run TSH and they need to run TSH, FT3 and FT4 at a minimum).