💧Water retention & weight loss 💦

How is water retention affecting your weight loss results?

We talked about the metabolic adaptation, patience and now let’s talk about stress and water retention while trying to loose weight.

If you think that strict diet it’s not that stressful, ask your body then.

It’s probably going a bit crazy trying to live your usual life with the low energy availability.

If you have been dieting for a while now too, your body will be releasing stress hormones like cortisol (A. J. Tomiyama 2011)4 and as a result you will start retaining water.

And of course, ladies, this is even more obvious for us, as the menstrual cycle plays a huge role in water retention, so take this into account if your weight increases on or around your period.

An example of the same body with 24hr difference:

Note, the change you can see is due to water retention and not fat loss. Water tricks you that you have not lost any weight even though you probably did if you were following the right nutrition/exercise program.

If the above did not make a big sense, have a look below:

Your life might be stressful enough and dieting at this moment is just another unwanted factor to your body.

What you think is healthy (clean eating, early gym sessions, running, underfeeding etc) your body is not thinking the same!

Losing fat and gaining muscle will be even bigger challenge when you are feeling stressed.

What to do??

RelaxxxzzzZZzzZ

- Get out for a stroll in a nature (check my insta post about the 6 benefits of being in a nature)

- Get a massage

- Meditate

- Do some journaling

- Call or meet with your friends

If you would like for me to check on your program/nutrition to ensure you're not destroying your health and body, fill the consultation form that you can find on the main page of my website!