 KICK
in the TUSH Club™- An art-KICK
a week keeps you on your losing streak!
May 3, 2004
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Our Lady of the Full Lotus
There are thousands of causes for stress,
and one antidote to stress is self-expression.
~ Garson Kanin
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Stressed out and hungry?
When we feel threatened or stressed, our neuroendocrine
system kicks into high gear and releases a series of hormones.
One of these is Cortisol, which gives us the biochemical strength
we need to fight or flee our stressors. Back in evolutionary
times, this served us well. We needed to replenish our bodies
after a bout with a man-eating lion. It was a survival issue.
In modern times, most of our stress comes to us in a less
physical form from balancing our checkbooks, filling out college
applications to making car payments. Yet, we are still hard-wired
to release the same hunger-causing hormones as our loin-cloth
wearing ancestors. The stress is still there, but the physical
exertion isn't.
We can't help feeling hungry, but we can work at ways to
feel less stressed, which will keep the food cravings in check.
Here are some ways to short circuit stress and weight gain:
1. Exercise: Still the best stress-buster in town.
2. Never Skip a Meal: Keep the blood sugar levels
even.
3. Restful sleep: When we don't get enough rest,
Cortisol levels rise!
4. Relax: What activities make you feel relaxed
and calm?
5. Deep Breathing Exercises: Take a moment to stop
everything and breathe!
6. Meditate: Sit and center yourself. Take a spiritual
break.
7. Avoid caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol: All
three can cause Cortisol levels to rise.
8. Express
YOURself: Feast on your own creativity.
If you can't keep those Cortisol levels down, and the refrigerator
is calling you, choose wisely. Fruit over the three C's (cake,
cookies, candy)! (See KICK
# 16: 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day).
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If you are remotely interested in meditation,
check out Learning
Meditation. Great info., plus audio
meditations!
(Take a 2:48 minute break at home or office.)
Is there more to breathing
than you thought?
Need more sleep?
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Our
Lady's Top Ten Tush Bustin' Tips
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Dear OLofWL, Could you please
outline the benefits of Yoga? I've just started and am really
enjoying it, but what could the long-term benefits be? I would
like to know that what I'm doing helps me in ways other than
stretchiness! ~ Getting Stretchier, Winnetka, IL
Dear Getting Stretchier, Yoga, which has been
practiced for over 2,000 years, strengthens the body as it
calms and awakens the spirit. There are so many health, biochemical,
psychological and physiological benefits to Yoga, I thought
it best to link you to a site that says it all: The
International Association of Yoga Therapists. And now,
I'll go work on my 'tree pose'! ~ OLofWL
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Our Lady.
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