I Need To De-Stress A Little

I need one of these:

I have never really heard of tibetan singing bowls before, but they are supposed to help with meditation and relaxation, which is exactly what I need right now. For some reason, the past couple of days have been pretty hard on me.  I'm not sure why, but I have got to find a way to relieve some of this stress.  Maybe this bowl can help with that.

How To Deal With Stress

The past two days I have been a ball of nerves. I have been upset and anxious, and I am not sure how much more I can take. I need help with the prevention of stress in my life, or maybe I just need to learn how to manage my stress. I am the queen of routine, and if anything upsets that, it upsets me. Dr. Kathleen Hall founded The Stress Institute in 1997, and since then has been helping people find ways to manage the stress in their lives.

I was reading their website, and they talked about Mindful Living Everyday. From what I understand, you basically live your life in the moment, making each decision on how it will affect the world around you. They talk about finding your inner energy instead of gaining energy from the things around you. This makes perfect sense to me, because I know when I work out, I feel a whole lot better than when I don't. I always feel more alert and have more energy. I really need to get back into the habit of exercising everyday. Not only will it help reduce the stress in my life, it will also help me lose some of this weight I've been carrying around.

If you find yourself stressed out and miserable, don't hesitate to check out this website. Even if you only take away one way to manage your stress, that will be one step in the right direction.

I Need To Relax

I think the stress of the Holidays is finally starting to creep up on me. I'm the most worried about money, as I'm sure a lot of you are too. I just don't know where we are going to find the cash to get all the gifts we need to. The adults are easy because they are getting home made things. It's the kids I'm worried about. My kids especially. Worrying about this is making me tense. I would love to have a Takemi Select massage chair to sit it. That would be the perfect way to help this girl relax. Maybe Santa can bring one to our house this year.

Get A Flat Belly

It's time, once again, to talk about my ongoing struggle to lose weight. Like many women, I carry my weight in my belly. Sure, having three kids didn't help, but I can't keep saying it's baby weight. I mean, it's been almost seven years since I had my last baby. In those seven years, I have lost a lot of weight, then put even more weight back on. I can't seem to find the answer to keeping weight off.

I found out that stress can destroy your ability to lose belly fat. The Flat Belly Diet suggests that in order to lose weight and keep it off, you need to deal with the stress in your life. I know when I get stressed, I get depressed, and then I eat. And eat. It's finding other things to do beside eating that will help me, or you, succeed in reaching a healthy weight. Taking time for yourself, finding "me time", will help reduce stress. Do something you love to do, but haven't taken the time to do in a while. Take a bath. Take a walk. Read a book. Maybe blog a little. Whatever it is, finding a way to manage stress is encouraged as part of the flat belly diet regimen.