7 Tips to Avoid Carrying around Physical Stress, Psychological Stress, and Weight Gain

You either love, hate or love/hate the Holidays. We search for the perfect gift for our friends, family, partner, your child's teacher, and the clerk at your favorite grocery store. We go to Christmas parties with the mini brownies and mini cookies. Dang those mini pastries that try to fool you into thinking they have less calories. We visit people we have not seen all year long. Man, we are busy. Fun right! No. Actually you get stressed in these situations and if it becomes a chronic stress issue, your body can suffer lasting effects past New Years. When your body becomes stressed, physical and psychological effects happen at the same time. You may have symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, a persistent feeling of urgency, headaches, backaches, stomachaches, and being irritated - all of this in December. Pepto-bismal, Rolaids, and over-time in January. The good news is that you can do something about it before it becomes a runaway stress train. The following 7 tips...