Insulin Sensitivity vs Insulin Resistance and it’s effect on your weight.
- Becoming more Insulin Sensitive (therefore less Insulin Resistant) = Easier and faster fat burning. (Yay)
- The opposite is also true… Becoming more Insulin Resistant (IR) = Harder fat burning and easy fat storage (Boo)
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Recently I spoke about this on a Facebook Live video lesson..
Insulin Sensitive Sally and Insulin Resistant Rosie
Insulin Sensitive (IS) Sally and Insulin Resistant (IR) Rosie decide they want to lose weight. They both follow exactly the same eating and exercise plan.
Insulin Sensitive Sally loses more body fat than Rosie (way more). Sally also finds the whole thing much easier. She has more energy, less hunger and cravings than poor Rosie.
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I see this exact scenario play out ALL THE TIME with my new fat loss coaching clients.
Good news
If the plan Insulin Resistant Rosie follows includes managing her blood sugar levels, she will gradually become less insulin resistant and more insulin sensitive.
When this happens Rosie will find that fat burning becomes easier, she wont be as hungry (HANGRY) and she will have more energy.
** Real life Case study HERE – Rosie improves her hormones to lose weight and regain health
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I consider becoming more Insulin Sensitive as the “secret sauce” to long term successful fat loss.
Not all weight loss plans address this.
Some calorie controlled diets that are high in refined carbohydrate and low in fibre, protein and nutrients, can result in you becoming more insulin resistant, even if you do lose weight.
These plans often contain a lot of “diet” foods such as rice crackers, low fat muesli bars or juice fasts etc.
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Signs that Insulin Resistance (IR) might be a concern for you
- you hold most of your excess weight around your mid section
- you find it difficult and slow to lose weight, even when you seem to be doing all the right steps
- you are often tired
- you are often hungry (REALLY hungry), to the point of shaking at times and usually wanting high carbohydrate choices
- you have high triglycerides and cholesterol.
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So what do you do?
See Part 3 – Simple tips to manage your blood sugar levels
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** This is part 2 in a 4 part series on managing your blood sugar levels for health and weight management
- Part 1 = Managing blood sugar levels for health and weight loss success (video lesson)
- Part 2 – HERE
- Part 3 = Simple tips to naturally manage your blood sugar levels
- Part 4 = How Rosie lost weight by balancing her blood sugar levels and hormones
Change your habits. Change your life.
With almost 20 years experience, Chriss Tinslay is one of Australia’s leading Personal Trainers.
She coaches regular people how to reach and maintain their healthy, happy weight and shape by making one small habit change at a time.
Chriss doesn’t believe in strict diets, excessive exercise or ALL or NOTHING approaches. She believes in making slow and sustainable progress for long term success.
She runs Healthy, Happy Habits – a revolutionary new coaching program that teaches you how to listen and trust in your own body and internal voice again.
When Chriss is not teaching fitness and weight loss, you can find her hanging out with her family and little dog Timmy, listening to 80’s music or maybe laughing out loud to Kath n Kim re-runs.