Battling Adrenal Fatigue: How to Lose Weight

When you're battling adrenal fatigue, it is difficult to lose weight for several reasons. Not only are you exhausted and lack the physical energy to exercise the way that you used to, but those suffering with adrenal fatigue also crave sweets and salty food, as they use food to drive their pooped-out adrenal glands. The combination of being sedentary, having no energy and eating chips and cookies makes it seemingly impossible to lose weight, but there is hope, and it can be done without worsening your already delicate state of health, and without feeling famished.

Lifestyle Change One: Normalize Your Sleep Schedule

What does sleep have to do with weight loss? According to an article by Colette Bouchez featured on WebMD, "...Substantial medical evidence suggests some fascinating links between sleep and weight. Researchers say that how much you sleep and quite possibility the quality of your sleep may silently orchestrate a symphony of hormonal activity tied to your appetite." The bottom line? Sleep more, and sleep at the right times. Your body's circadian rhythm, or biological clock, is on a set schedule of secreting exact amounts of hormones that control ALL of your bodily functions, at the same times each day. If you are staying up extra late, pushing past that "second wind", or not getting enough sleep, your entire circadian rhythm is thrown out of balance, and therefore your body's hormonal balance is, too. Did you know that circadian rhythm disorders can actually cause adrenal fatigue in the first place?

So, at what times should you be sleeping, and for how long in order to alleviate adrenal fatigue and optimize weight loss?