Posts Tagged ‘Stress’

Stress and your emotions do not find refuge in your thighs or belly because you overeat. Some tips to avoid over-consumption due to stress or emotions:

1) Recognize that being stressed is normal. Talk about stress with your family and friends.

2) Know that the recession is beyond your control. Concentrate on what you can control.

3) Find ways to soothe you healthier than eating. Some people walk. Others focus on their hobbies. Listen to your favorite music or read something unrelated to work.

4) If you’re at home, do not eat in front of the TV or computer. Eat at the table during the times when you’re supposed to eat.

Eat as often as possible in family, around a table in the quiet and not watching television is part of the changes in behavior to lose weight without dieting.

5) Do not feed your social outlet. Meet friends in a park, go see a movie, visiting a family member that you have not seen for a long time.

6) Change the wrong foods for healthy foods. If you need to eat something crunchy, try carrot sticks.

7) If you feel an urge to eat come, practice deep breathing. Once you slow your breathing, your blood pressure goes down and you will decrease the production of stress hormones.

Do not deprive yourself of food. Sometimes the answer may be a small pleasure, as a few spoons of ice cream (no more).