stress.

One of the biggest things that I think makes me hold on to my weight and also makes me not eat well is stress.  Here are a few things that I like to do when I'm feeling stressed out:

*Get up from my computer and DO SOMETHING ELSE.

*Lay on the floor reach my hands above my head and point my toes.  Reach as far as I can with my toes and fingers and then bring my hands down to my side like I'm doing a snow angel.  Do that a few times in a row.  On the last time just let your toes relax out and your hands rest at your side.  Let them fall naturally where they will.  Now just take a breath in through your nose and out through your mouth.  Lay there and think about relaxing the corners of your eyes next to your nose into your eye sockets.  Let the outer sides of your eyes relax.  Now just lay there and think about your breath.  In and out.  In and out.  If a thought comes into your mind just watch it float into the stage of your mind and across like a cloud in the sky.  Don't think it just watch your thoughts come and go.  I do this until I feel losened up.  When I get up I feel much less stressed out.  Emma loves to lay on the floor and do this with me.

*Stop doing things for myself and do something for someone else...that is living and breathing next to you...a friend or a family member or a next door neighbor.

*Take a walk.

*Turn the TV off.  Really, I think I'm less patient when I am or have been watching TV.

*Journal.  This always helps me to get some perspective.

*Take a bath.

*Exercise.

*Sex. (Probably the most fun of the group...)

*Take a break from whatever is stressing me out and do something that I enjoy.  Read a novel, go for a hike, call a friend.

Taking the time out to relieve stress totally helps weight to come off.  To read more about how stress may be keeping you from losing weight check out this great site: click here.  It's worth it in so many ways to reduce your stress.

relaxing. LIFE.