I get it, putting on weight is scary. In the 90s the bodies that were in style were starved, drugged and abused. When I grew up, the fashion was walking dead or heroin chic.
And I was never skinny. Never “fat” either, but with areas of stubborn fat, even at my lowest weight I could never appear slim.
I struggled with an ED most of my life.
But let’s think about how fat works. Fat cells store energy for later. That’s all. The reason fat starts to build in your body is that you are not getting enough energy to do what you need to do. Usually, these are essential repairs on your body and the key different is resting.
If you do not rest effectively, you will always be malnourished and gain weight.
Big physical injuries might include broken bones, organ damage from poor gut management, drug or alcohol abuse or exhaustion. They could also include chronic stress and emotional injury.
If you’re the kind of person who lives through big emotional waves that can overtake your life, this places a huge tax on your nervous system. Your brain and body interprets emotional pain like physical. And the intensity of impulses travelling along your nerves cause them to fry, quite literally.
Your nervous system protects itself with fat. Myelin is the fatty sheath around nerve cells that insulate them as impulses travel around your body. Through normal wear and tear and cell turnover your body must myelinate your nerves constantly. This requires a little sugar, healthy fats and a lot of rest. You also need to strengthen your nerves with a little stress – gentle and regular exercise is perfect for this.
So remember – in times when you gain a little ask yourself:
- am I sleeping enough?
- am I eating enough?
- am I moving enough?
Am I loving myself enough?
Stay healthy
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