On my Saturday run last week I was listening to a podcast
about nutrition and quickly found myself overwhelmed. Now I’m a person who listens to this stuff on
a regular basis so it shouldn’t have been a big deal. It’s kind of my obsession. However, in this case the person was talking
about adjusting macros and calorie counts to lose weight, and the whole thing
got quite complex. It all made sense
mathematically, I suppose, but in real life it sounded like a recipe for a
mental breakdown.
Besides, the human body doesn’t necessarily follow
mathematical rules.
There are a lot of variables to consider. Are you stressed? Well then, your body will produce more
cortisol, which leads to insulin resistance.
Are you sleeping well? If not,
your body is looking for quick energy in the form of sugar and is probably
insulin resistant. (We
want our cells to work in harmony with insulin to process our blood sugar—not
overwhelmed and resistant to it, which happens when we eat too much of the
white stuff.)
Do your calories come from processed food or from whole
plants and proteins? Are you constantly
grazing all day, never giving your body a break from digesting and processing
food? Are you exercising so much that
your body is stressed and hungry?
Yes, calories do matter to some extent, but so do all these
other things. I wish it were as easy as
doing the math, but that seldom works for long.
Usually you just end up feeling hungry, stressed, and frustrated.
Give your body whole, healthy foods, a moderate amount of
exercise, lots of sleep, and tools to help you deal with stress. I know that’s not always easy either, but our
bodies are smart and we need to learn to trust them. If we go back to the basics and forget about
all the craziness, our bodies will tell us what we need to do.
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