Is stress the reason you're gaining weight? When you have consistent high levels of cortisol, it tells your body to store visceral fat, which is particularly hard to lose and comes wirh a bunch of health complications, because this is the fat we store around our organs (unlike subcutaneous fat which is stored under the skin). This type of weighr gain should not be treated with excessive exercise or calorie cutting because it will create more stress in the body, releasing more cortisol, continuing the cycle, and making it worse. Instead you need to first focus on stress reduction tp bring your hormones into balance. Here are 7 signs that your Buddha belly is actually a cortisol belly. #cortisolbelly #balancehormones #cortisol #cortisolimbalance #weightloss #weightgain #StressRelief #stressweight - @theinternalcosmos