Twitter topic of the day: Stress management

This post is my twitter daily tips / topic of the day. Follow me on Twitter @ezhomefitness

My #questionoftheday is what do you do to relieve stress? I'll retweet the best answers!

Stress can wreak havoc on your body - not only mentally but physically as well. Stress can undo your diet too! Stress taxes the body's recuperation ability, as well as other internal issues such as high blood pressure, upset stomach, fatigue, etc. Exercise helps relieve stress physically and mentally it helps too as exercise releases feel-good endorphins. Feel stressed, exercise! Stress wreaks havoc on your sleep patterns and how deep you sleep. You can get a full night's sleep and still wake up feeling fatigued. Stress also wreaks havoc on your diet as you turn to comfort foods to help you through the stressful time. Worse yet, smokers begin smoking more when stressed and that's a huge double whammy to the body's recuperation system. Same for alcohol. Another thing about stress is that it wears you down mentally and makes you even less motivated to diet & exercise (which would help!) Unfortunately, I know about stress & its effects all too well as I went through a very rough time with my mother's year-long health battle. She battled for a year with various physical problems & sadly lost the battle. I was there for the family & it all took its toll on me after. My fatigue was coupled with anxiety (which I never had) & it really took me out of my game for a long time so I am speaking from experience. I began my road back by eating better & then getting back to exercise. I knew exercise was the key. Doing weights was too much for my system at that point so I looked to my martial arts background & began doing Qi-gong which is like Tai Chi. Within a week, I began feeling the stress cloud on my body lift and that gave me new energy to do more. I exercised my way out of it. You can too! Find what works for u & will de-stress u- take time for yourself, LAUGH, eliminate stressful things, stay away from negativity. Above all exercise! Exercise is the key to beating stress. Yoga, dance, martial arts, cardio, weights, etc. Do what makes u feel better. Don't let stress beat you and don't let the stress also become a stressor upon you. Take control as soon as you can & get yourself back!

#Quote of the day: The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. - Ivy Baker Priest