Is technology wrecking your weight loss goals?

May 10, 2018 Ashley 0 Comments

You’re super proud of yourself, aren’t you?

Really, why wouldn’t you be? After all, you deferred dessert. You stowed the snacks. You hacked that bad habit. And now, instead’ve binging on biscuits, you binge on reruns of Friends or that one stellar Starz show everyone’s talking about with the robot people. It really is good, by the way. And so is your attempt to eradicate your weight loss enemies – like evening snacking. Truly, an applause is warranted. However, according to some studies, spending an excess of hours watching West World could be sending your fitness path south. Same goes for too many Youtube videos throughout the day. I know. I know. I’m a terrible person. Here you already did this hard work, and now someone’s telling you it’s not enough.

What kind of nightmare weaver of a monster am I?

Now, when I heard this, my first reaction was to ask why.

Why would too much technology make us gain weight? Well, for a few reasons. The first is one most’ve us know well. When we spend a lot’ve time in front’ve the sofa, we tend to snack more. But you’ve already quit your nibbling habit, haven’t you? Maybe you’re even doing your squats during the commercials (like everyone says we should all do, but no one actually ever does). Well, good for you, Glen Coco. But, unfortunately, that still leaves us with point two: that too much technological stimulation (especially close to bedtime – the only time most’ve us have to watch our fave shows) plunders your slumber of all its quality. (Not to mention that pre-sleep exercise may wake your brain up as well.) And, as a result, we end up making poor diet and overall lifestyle choices the next day. (Ever notice how good bad food looks when you’re running on snooze fumes?) And then, if those two things don’t getchya, there’s still good old fashioned science to back it up. Because, in one research effort, even people on bed rest had a spike in triglyceride levels. So what, you ask? Great question. Because increased triglyceride levels correlate with diabetes and lower levels of adiponectin (another thing I had to look up, which is), a protein that keeps our glucose levels in check and manages fatty acid breakdown. And if that badboy’s low, it’s no bueno. ’cause then our blood sugar goes kooky, we don’t disintegrate those fatty acids, and our weight loss progress hits an impasse.

And what’s this all mean? Do we hafta perma abstain from our favorite entertainment?

Am I telling you your go to show is inherently bad for your?

Of course not.

It’s a T.V. show. An inanimate thing. It doesn’t sprout eyeball pliers and force you to stay up ’til midnight watching, Clockwork Orange style. We’re the ones who either abuse it like entertainment heroin or occasionally take in an episode or two. So the fix’s simple. We just need to make like adiponectin and regulate our enjoyment of it like it’s blood sugar. It’s about moderating. The same way we’re meant to get up and stretch after a stretch’ve time during work, we should do the same as we ingest our technological preferences. So, maybe only spend an hour watching James Marsden play robot cowboy before toggling off the T.V. and taking a walk or jog. He’ll be waiting faithfully for you later, I promise.

After all, the less time you spend with your new viewing addiction, the more episodes you get to enjoy later.