I feel like the main challenge of these 3 months is more than to just to lose weight, it's also about being healthier.
A major issue that affects our being healthy, and can sometimes prevent us from working out, is stress.
The following are some of the ways stress affects our bodies
Stress can cause chronic fatigue, digestive upsets, headaches, and back pain.
Stress can affect the blood cells that help you fight off infection, so you are more likely to get colds and other diseases.
Constant stress can increase blood pressure and can increase the risk for stroke.
Stress can increase the danger of heart attacks, particularly if you are often angry and mistrustful.
Stress can make an asthma attack worse.
Stress triggers behaviors that contribute to death and disability, such as smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse, and overeating.
Stress can lead to diminished sexual desire and an inability to feel pleasure.
Stress makes it harder to take other steps to improve health, such as giving up smoking or making changes in diet.
Being stressed can add to weight gain and a hard time losing weight
Here is a very good article that talks about dealing with stress
When we were in church on Sunday we discussed the talk entitled "Come What May, and Love It." from Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
It is a fantastic talk! In it, he explained how he and his wife learned to laugh. When things went wrong, or for example, when they got lost, they laughed. And instead of having a bad time, they were able to make a lasting memory.
There are a lot of ways to deal with the stresses of life, but my favorite is to learn to laugh.
There are a lot of health benefits to laughing. Some of them are as follows:
Laughter relaxes the whole body
Laughter boosts the immune system
Laughter triggers the release of endorphins
Laughter protects the heart
Laughter eases anxiety and fear
Laughter burns calories -not a lot, but the more you laugh, the more you burn
Laughing can get you out of your head, and away from your troubles
Laughing helps you to not feel overwhelmed
Here is one of the really good articles I read about laughter
It's important to work on not getting stressed...
What is something you do to lessen your stress levels?
Let's all learn to laugh!
5 comments:
Brilliant thinking.Humour can be a wonderful tension reducer. There is clinical proof that it is an effective remedy to help combat stress. It can be like taking a tranquillizer.
elen
You are so informative! Awesome!
Wait, does sex increase your sex drive? It should be more clear on important points like this...
hello..
Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.
quency
Well, thats good to know. But is that just in India? Maybe things works differently in different countries.
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