Understanding Stress Management

4th January 2015

Nobody with high stress levels looks or feels good, right?

This is because your stress hormones are a nightmare when it comes to creating an environment in your body that hosts a fat burning machine and maintains a lean physique..

Try reading about how to manage your thoughts and do not internalize everything that happens in the crazy world that we live in..

Take a client of mine, Richard. He has a stressful job, this we cannot change. When I taught Richard how to process certain stressors in his life differently then his waistline started to drop too..

Training and eating well will not work if other areas are not addressed. We identify that here and create strategies to overcome this..

So, stuff happens in life but it is your reactions to it that will determine the outward ‘expression’ of the stress on your body shape..

The easiest and cheapest trick is to breathe deeply as much as you can..

A drill we do is to aim for at least one period of 5 minutes per day using my Box Breathing Drills. This involves you lying or sitting at your desk inhaling deeply through your nose for 4 seconds, holding it for 4 seconds then exhaling through your mouth for 4 seconds and holding for 4 seconds. Repeat for 5 minutes..

Your blood pressure and stress hormones will fall as a result allowing you to feel better and this will encourage an environment for fat loss..