Tip #33 - Control Your Eating Under Stress

We are all stressed at different times in our lives. This is not to mention that losing weight can be a stressful process. DO NOT let stress be an excuse to eat more. DO NOT take out your frustrations or stress on food. Eating more during stressful times is only going to make weight loss that much harder. Also, you will feel more stressed and guilty after you eat excessively.

Eating while stressed is not an easy thing to combat. My best advice is to have a bottle of water handy. Drink water when your stressed, you will feel full and drinking gives you that quick break from work that you would get from popping a chip in your mouth. Another way to combat too much eating during stress is the use of gum (sugar free of course). I chew gum all the time when I am stressed, it keeps my mouth busy, and I can take out some stress on the gum. With water and gum as alternatives, try to avoid over eating when you are particularly stressed out. MORE EATING WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE STRESS!!!

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Tip #32 - Exercise More And More Everyday

You will not be able to go out and run a marathon the first day you hit the treadmill. It is important for you to start small and build up. The same way you cannot go full speed when you start exercising each time, you cannot start a work out routine by running for an hour on the first day. The best thing is to do a cardio work out for as long as you can (even 5 minutes if that is it). Do that for a few days to a week. After that, build up your time, adding 5 minutes every few days. You can also try mixing in different speeds and levels of cardio. By doing this, you will get a sense of accomplishment and your body will be used to working out for up to an hour in no time.