Dealing with Mental State and Dieting

It is a well documented fact that diet and weight loss can cause changes in mood, making you short tempered, emotional, or depressed. There are many chemical and biological changes that you go through while losing weight that causes these changes in mood and they subside when you stop losing weight and are merely working to maintain it. There are lots of things that you can do to off-set this change and keep yourself in a better mood when you are losing weight without resorting to any sort of pills or other medications.

Perhaps the most important thing you can do to improve your mood during a diet and weight loss program is exercise a little bit every day. When you exercise, your body releases endorphins which help lift and stabilize your mood. Sleep loss and hunger are problems associated with weight loss that can affect your mood and exercise can alleviate these symptoms as well. Exercise both helps you sleep better at night and raises your body temperature which reduces your appetite and helps you deal with cravings.

Maintaining proper nutrition while you are dieting also helps the minor psychological problems associated with a reduced calorie diet and weight loss program. You should always make sure that your diet is balanced, that you are getting adequate vitamins and minerals as well as fats, protein, and carbohydrates. Consult a doctor or a nutritionist for more information on how many calories, how much fat, etc., you should be getting every day on your diet.