5 Ways to Stop Stress Eating

Everyone gets stressed and a lot of us turn to food to feel better.  But blowing your diet certainly isn’t going to help with stress, especially when you face next morning’s guilt trip!
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For successful weight loss you need a strategy to cope with life’s challenges — stress, boredom, non-supportive spouse, kids driving you nuts … and the list goes on.
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Here’s 5 quick ideas to break that vicious cycle:
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- Tense then relax your muscles one at a time.
- Stretch with yoga or Pilates and practice daily.
- Take out frustrations with a sponge — on your dirty sink, floor or toilet.
- Brush your teeth & tongue for 5 full minutes.
- Squish clay in pottery class, shovel dirt in the garden or do other energetic hobbies.