Stress Exercise

arewethereyet
arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I hear people talk all the time about stress eating and mentioned it to my trainer friend .

She pointed out we can change our mindset, and become stress exercisers!!

What a cool thought!

Upset with your spouse, take a walk!

Kids talking back, do 10 push ups!

Hate your boss........do squats in the bathroom!!

Seriously, I have tried it and it works. I MUST do 10 push ups before I am allowed to eat that sumpin sumpin I am eyeballing. I have gotten into the habit of hitting the Ellip if working at home, or walking around the bldg if I am in the office when my mind is so clogged with work stress I think I am going to burst.

It works!

Tell me how you use exercise to burn out the stress,

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  • jojogirl
    jojogirl Posts: 99
    I will take my dog for an extended walk and tell him about my day, he is so understanding!!
    :laugh:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Great idea! Tomorrow T ( my Aussie) will love you!!!
  • mamaturner
    mamaturner Posts: 2,447 Member
    I love it! I don't have one but I'm gonna have to find one!!
  • DeeDeeLHF
    DeeDeeLHF Posts: 2,301 Member
    This is actually how I started excercising! When I was going through a very difficult and stressful time my spiritual director told me I needed to excercise. He asked what type of excercise I like to do and I told him that there is not one thing that I enjoy...soooo...he recommended that I join the local YMCA with the kids and hubby and FIND something I like. :laugh: Well, now there are not enough hours in the day and week for me to do all of the things I enjoy.:love:

    After I started excercising I no longer needed to take Zantac everyday and my hair stopped falling out and I sleep better. For the first time this past winter I did NOT suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.

    I cannot even begin to express my gratitude!! And I could never encourage someone enough to excercise too!
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    This is actually how I started excercising! When I was going through a very difficult and stressful time my spiritual director told me I needed to excercise. He asked what type of excercise I like to do and I told him that there is not one thing that I enjoy...soooo...he recommended that I join the local YMCA with the kids and hubby and FIND something I like. :laugh: Well, now there are not enough hours in the day and week for me to do all of the things I enjoy.:love:

    After I started excercising I no longer needed to take Zantac everyday and my hair stopped falling out and I sleep better. For the first time this past winter I did NOT suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.

    I cannot even begin to express my gratitude!! And I could never encourage someone enough to excercise too!

    Dd that is an awesome testimony!!

    I used to lay in bed in the morning wondering if I needed a hand to get up-or if rolling off the side would do for the day. 10 minutes to get out of bed due to aches and pains made much much worse by stress

    I now drop and give 'em 10 if someone stresses me at the house. Can be pretty darn funny at times, but my arms are looking good:laugh:
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