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Fight the stress in your life. Identify the source(s), avoid it if all possible, reduce it by simple and inexpensive techniques such as meditation, prayer, yoga, Thai Chi, massage, spa, playing with your pets, traveling, volunteering, hobbies, etc. The Sedona method is the one that works miracles for me.
Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that just 30 minutes of yoga a week could prevent waistline expansion in normal weight people and that it also helped overweight people to lose those extra pounds.
What better proof than this that if you fight stress you fight abdominal fat and everything a big waistline entails (high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome). The best part is that this is such an affordable healthy waistline solution.
Here are my favorite do-it yourself Quick stress relief techniques.
Big waistline solutions # 2: Sleep improvement
This is usually the big waistline solution that most people leave out of their new year resolutions but lack of sleep is shown to decrease the level of leptin (hormone that suppresses the appetite) that makes you eat more and store fat. People who get only 2 to 4 hours of sleep are 67% more likely to become obese and people getting 6 hours of sleep per night are 27% more likely to become obese than those getting 7 to 9 hours.
So let me tell you right away- it does not do you any good to deprive yourself from sleep in order to go to the gym. Listen to your body- if it feels like a lot of effort and you constantly feel tired, slow down and ask for advice.
Show me a better (and less inexpensive) solution to a healthy waistline than a good night sleep.
Read how to get a Better sleep with Feng Shui.
While talking about sleep problems- there is nothing better than a good massage to improve your sleep. Take my word on this one. There are many Massage techniques used for different purposes. See which one is appropriate for you.
Find out how Sleep deprivation affects your heart and sex drive
Big waistline solutions # 3: Eating habits
Should we care about calories?
I am sure you are going to love this.
A study (conducted by UCSF), published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, indicated that the urge to splurge while under stress might actually serve a biological purpose: "a high-calorie food may have the power to make us feel less stressed out".
Wow. So now what? We can eat all the fried chicken, BBQ ribs and double chocolate fudge, topped with ice-cream, and forget about all those big waistline solutions Yahoo!
Sorry guys, but this is not what the study recommended and this is NOT what you should do! While you can eat some comfort food you want, you have to reduce the size of the portions to balance the caloric intake. You get the point, right?
Just to make sure we are all on the same page here because it is very important. You don’t need to deny yourself the comfort food you are craving when under stress. Instead you have to eat a smaller portion of it.
You can do that because you are not feeling like stealing food, hoping that no one will see that the cheese cake is missing again. No. You know that the cheese cake is there for you but you don’t need the WHOLE thing, right?
Don’t you just love that? You are in control now, not your stress. You can eat your favorite food and deal with your stress without adding additional stress because you deny yourself the food. Now, that is a nice healthy waistline solution.
You can always use some food or drinks that Boost your metabolism.
I mean ONLY natural products. Talking about natural ways to spice (or sweeten) your food I am thinking about some natural sweeteners that are really underused and under appreciated like honey.
Now, keep in mind that food can not only boost or slow down your metabolism. Food (and drinks) can actually Improve your sex life.
Big waistline solutions # 4: Physical activity
I always refer to physical activity instead of exercise, because physical activity is what one needs on a regular base and it includes exercise, but one does not need to go to the gym every day in order to stay physically active. Some people hate to go to the gym- does it mean they are doomed?
No, it simply means that they need to explore other options like walking, gardening, swimming or even household chores.
I personally believe that anything that requires an extreme effort and sacrifice of any kind is not going to last and the benefits gained through this extreme effort would be quickly lost. Don’t push your self. Exercise should not be strenuous- it needs to be moderate but regular (30-60 min daily).
The point is not to loose 10 lb in 2 weeks and gain it all back two weeks later. The point is to release stress, not to create additional pressure on you by setting unrealistic goals. Only after reducing the stress will you be able to loose 2-3lb in 14 days.
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