BURNING STEADY & STRONG
Your goal: MAINTAIN

Congratulations! You’re on fire. You’re taking good care of yourself and reaping the rewards of a balanced, energized lifestyle (p.s. you’re also a rare breed). You’re being mindful of your food, your energy, your sleep, and your choices. Part of this may come naturally to you, and part of it you have likely taken great pains to ensure. Either way, it’s working for you.

The key is to maintain it – and at the pace your life is going, it’s easy to get thrown off when stress levels rise. Balance is never a given; it’s delicate and requires upkeep and care. As soon as you feel your ability to cope beginning to slip, it’s time to return to the healthy practices that serve you well.

These practices will help you maintain the energy to live your life the way you want it:

• Eat well. Balance your blood sugar by eating a mix of healthy carbs, fats, and lean proteins every 3-4 hours.
• Rest well. Make getting a good night’s sleep a priority – it will help your body repair and give you a good start to your day.
• Manage stress. Stress is an energy killer, and keeping it in check is the key to rebalancing.

BURNING UP
Your goal: REBALANCE

You’re revved up, alright — and doing everything you can to keep up with the demands of your daily life. But while you feel energized, the source of that energy isn’t a calm, sustainable resource, but a finite one — because your cortisol is running high and hot, and you don’t have a limitless supply. That’s why you feel ramped up one moment, upset the next and manic after that. Your goal is to rebalance your hormones so that your energy is more grounded and can carry you further, longer.

The reason you’re so keyed up—and yet fighting to keep up—is the excess cortisol your body is making. If you’re feeling these symptoms of high cortisol levels and don’t take action now, you’ll start burning low, a state where your adrenals can’t make enough cortisol to keep up with your body’s demand. Then you’ll feel perpetually spent, like your “get up and go” just plain got up and went.

Energy is never a given. It’s delicate and requires upkeep and care. With some focused effort and changes to your daily habits, you’re going to wake up feeling like a whole new person!

These practices will help you achieve the energy to live your life the way you want it:

• Eat well. Balance your blood sugar by eating a mix of healthy carbs, fats, and lean proteins every 3-4 hours.
• Rest well. Make getting a good night’s sleep a priority – it will help your body repair and give you a good start to your day.
• Manage stress. Stress is an energy killer, and keeping it in check is the key to rebalancing.

BURNING LOW
Your goal: REPLENISH

There’s a reason you’re feeling depleted, why you can’t get out of bed and can barely drag yourself through the day. Because you have effectively burned through your body’s supply of cortisol, and you’re like a sponge that’s been wrung out one too many times. You’ve got no juice! But hope is not lost. You may feel less than able to cope, and get derailed by every little thing, but that’s going to change. Your goal is to replenish your resources by shifting your hormonal state, shaking up your routines, and nourishing your body back to full capacity. The result? You’ll feel like your best self again.

The reason you’re crashing—and losing your resolve to make changes—is not a lack of willpower. It’s a lack of cortisol. Like a car whose engine has run out of gas, you’re sputtering out. If you don’t take action now to restore your hormonal balance, you’ll end up in full-fledged physical burnout—unable to cope with stress at home and work and unable to lose weight, take on new goals, or lead a full life.

Energy is never a given. It’s delicate and requires upkeep and care. With some focused effort and changes to your daily habits, you’re going to wake up feeling like a whole new person!

These practices will help you achieve the energy to live your life the way you want it:

• Eat well. Balance your blood sugar by eating a mix of healthy carbs, fats, and lean proteins every 3-4 hours.
• Rest well. Make getting a good night’s sleep a priority – it will help your body repair and give you a good start to your day.
• Manage stress. Stress is an energy killer, and keeping it in check is the key to rebalancing.

BURNING OUT
Your goal: REIGNITE

You don’t need anyone to tell you what you’re feeling, because it’s a stark and painful reality to you every day – you’re flat out done. No energy for work or play, and what follows is no interest in the things you normally like to do (um, including sex!). What used to motivate you now can barely get you out of bed. You get sick easily and take longer to heal. You’re functional, yes, but you are working with an incredibly spare margin, and that leaves you with little energy to put into anything but the bare necessities.

Small inconsistent changes won’t get you back to where you need to be. You’re past throwing a few logs on the fire; it’s time to reignite. It can happen and you will do it. With some focused effort and dramatic changes to your mind and body, you’re going to wake up feeling like a whole new person!

HPA axis suppression makes you feel sick and tired, ruled by food cravings, cranky, and unable to finish tasks. If you don’t take action now to heal your adrenals, you run the risk of developing more serious physical problems—if you haven’t already. Your body cannot cope with any kind of stress while running on empty.

Energy is never a given. It’s delicate and requires upkeep and care. With some focused effort and changes to your daily habits, you’re going to wake up feeling like a whole new person!

These practices will help you achieve the energy to live your life the way you want it:

• Eat well. Balance your blood sugar by eating a mix of healthy carbs, fats, and lean proteins every 3-4 hours.
• Rest well. Make getting a good night’s sleep a priority – it will help your body repair and give you a good start to your day.
• Manage stress. Stress is an energy killer, and keeping it in check is the key to rebalancing.