Stressed spelled backwards equals Desserts! Ever heard that before? The truth is our body takes stress and makes it equal hunger! If you are not controlling your stress in a healthy way, your system will elevate levels of the hunger hormone, ghrelin into your body. This makes you feel hungry, and “favours the accumulation of lipids in visceral fatty tissue, located in the abdominal zone…”according to www.ScienceDaily.com (May 20, 2009).
With this knowledge we have to take deliberate healthy steps to reduce our stress. I am going to challenge you to walk for the month of January, 30 minutes every day. Now this is not just walking around the block with your dog or walking the aisles at Wal-Mart. I am talking about a planned, intentional walk to get your body moving and heart rate up. Just doing this everyday will make you feel better and keep those stress induced hormones down!
Fit it into your schedule when it works best for you and commit to it. This is as important as a good breakfast and taking care of your children or pets. You have to take time to take care of you!
What time of day are you choosing? Do you have a buddy to walk with you?