Stress, Sleep & Why Dieting Feels Harder Some Weeks than Others

Dieting doesn’t exist in isolation. It lives inside your actual life - work pressure, family load, mental load, poor sleep, and everything else.

When those things climb, appetite regulation changes. Cravings increase. Decision-making drops. Energy feels flat. That’s not a moral failing. It’s physiology doing exactly what it’s designed to do.

Trying to diet aggressively in that state usually backfires. The effort increases, the frustration increases, and the results don’t improve.

A smarter move is to support the basics first:

• consistent bedtimes

• regular meals instead of grazing

• walks for stress, not punishment

• two or three simple strength sessions per week

• realistic calorie targets, not extremes

Once those foundations stabilise, fat loss gets simpler. Not because you’re suddenly “disciplined,” but because your system isn’t under constant pressure.

Your body isn’t the enemy. It just works better when it isn’t running on fumes.