How do you lower your stress?

Just at the start of my weight loss journey but I'm using walking in place of eating I have to elementary age kids and a husband who acts about the same age most days. The kids stress me out "Let's go for a walk" husband getting on my nerves "Be right back need a walk" I keep walking until either I come up with a solution or it gets to dark to see. Add me and check out my diary if you want (open to friends) you can burn alot of calories walking and its a valid stress relief technique. Walk it out sis!

eat in limit ,exercise especially runing, dumbell lifting , walking worked for me..all 6 days of workout...lost 13 kg:drinker:

I think ElegantElle recommendation of taking a walk is excellent. Maybe a conversation with your husband, "honey I need you to cover me on _______________. to help me with my weight loss efforts/fitness efforts" as far as tending to the day to day stuff. Since the bulk of that will still be on you, a book like "the Five Minute Manager," to help you with time organization to help minimize the chicken wtih your head cut off feeling. There are alot of benefits to setting aside time (10 min intervals) to quiet and refresh your mind. If you stress eat, you may want to focus on your "triggers" and what your "trigger" foods are.

I hope everything works out for you!

Swimming, yoga, Pilates,naps, and hot baths are the best stress busters for me. My kids will swim, do yoga & Pilates with me. Going for bikes rides and exercise in general can relieve stress. You can exercise with your little ones and it will help them too. It helps you sleep better at night and burns calories. Can't get much better than that.

I'm not big on exercising but I hear that it calms one down after a good workout. I would love to get a gym membership; i just need to find a place with flexible hours and accompanies people with children.

If you are not a big fan of exercising then I would be reluctant to spend a lot of money of a gym membership, Gym work is usually a lonely endeavor, and even when you're with friends it needs a lot of motivation. I think if you are not into sports much it would be a good idea to try team-based sports- not football or rugby necessarily but what about a running club, badminton, table tennis, rowing etc.
The benefit of being a student is that unis usually have all kinds of sports to try out. If you like socializing then the team atmosphere might help you get into the habit of actually liking exercise.

That said, most people I know that hate exercise usually have been put off by school sports. Just find something you like first.

By sleeping & doing cardio

Prayer or meditation help. Walking helps. Even just a few minutes of silence to listen to your own breathing can help.

And for me, NOTHING beats a good Vitamin B Complex. A good vitamin B complex may work wonders for you. B vitamins help a lot with your stress response (not just emotional stress, but also metabolic and physiological stress, like dieting or not getting enough sleep or whatever).

Many many people are deficient in Vitamin B... but signs of severe deficiency include: losing more hair in the shower than you think is normal, and racing thoughts at bedtime (like when you're trying to sleep but can't get your brain to relax and slow down. )

Vitamin Bs are hard to absorb, so they pack tons more into a tablet or capsule trusting that you'll get as much as your body needs. The undigested/unabsorbed Vitamin B turns your pee fluorescent yellow. But no need to worry, there's no level of toxicity or anything.

These analogies will sound bizarre, but it's the best way I can explain it. Before vitamin B...the stresses were like a flock of birds invading my space and my thoughts and pecking away at me every single minute. After Vitamin B...i still had all the same problems, but they were at arms length, sitting on a shelf, and I was in control of which one to handle when. When I started Vitamin B, I literally felt the weight of stress off my shoulders within just a few hours...stress I didn't even know was there.

Hope some of this info helps! I'm a huge fan of Vitamin B, and always take a good quality B complex on days when I don't get enough sleep or if work is particularly stressful.

When I'm stressed, I do the opposite of most people on here.. I just sit around and ruminate.. I take a breather.. watch TV, sleep, then I get right back up and continue.

What was told to me is when your stresslevels are too high for too long and you might be dealing with adrenal fatigue the highest priority is to get plenty of rest, not to exercise excessively, that could increase the stresslevels even more, because of the release of cortisol?

eat in limit ,exercise especially runing, dumbell lifting , walking worked for me..all 6 days of workout...lost 13 kg:drinker:

Thanks! Kudos to you!

Put my shoes on and walk out the door! I tend to find geographical solutions to emotional problems lol but seriously, walking, then walking some more, helps to clear my head

The Herb :smokin:

I have a very stressful job and am an emotional eater. So, after work, I make jewelry while watching the TV. With my mind occupied on the program and whatever I'm making, I don't think about all the awful stuff I hear at work, and I don't have any free hands to use to stuff my face.

I also exercise, but jewelry-making is definitely my therapy AND I make money off of it.

I like walking, running and yoga to relieve stress. I also find knitting and spinning (as in making wool threads on a spinning wheel) very relaxing.