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Tag: stress

  • Your breakfast is waiting, where are you?

    Your breakfast is waiting, where are you?

    Let us see what the morning is like for the following three people who decide to give the breakfast a miss.
    Scene 1 

    A lousy you is woken up by your shouting mother. You bury your face into one of the pillows and tell her that you did not want to have breakfast and were not hungry. She shouts back that it wasn’t your choice to decide and had to have it. You go off to sleep anyway and your mother continues to shout.

    Scene 2

    The alarm clock strikes 8. You wake up startled and realize that you are late again. You curse yourself for forgetting such an important meeting! You take a shower hurriedly and get dressed, pick up the important files and documents, grab the wallet and the keys. You storm out of the door in an eye’s blink.

    Scene 3

    The sun has not even risen fully yet and you are up and going. You take a bath, offer the morning prayers. It’s time to wake up the children and the dear husband. You prepare the breakfast. You prepare the lunch and fill in their lunch boxes. At the same time, you are running around and tying your 5 year old son’s shoe laces. And who will braid the daughter’s hair but you! And oh, you got to make sure that your husband doesn’t forget the wallet and the watch again. Everyone leaves for their destinations. You are so tired by now that you simply sip in a cup of tea and watch a re-run of the last night’s television show you missed.

    This is the daily routine of most of the people. Time is less and the work to be done is a lot. Or maybe it’s just ignorance. Whatever might the reason be, missing out on breakfast is not an option but a terribly bad idea. Scientists and researchers say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You can skip any other meal but this one. In today’s world that is so fast and furious, everyone is missing out on the importance of the morning’s meal, breakfast.
    The top most important reasons for starting your day with breakfast are:

    1) Re-fueling the body
    Breakfast when broken into two gives its clear meaning, breaking the night long fast. You last ate at night and there happens to be a lot of time difference between the two meals if you skip breakfast and rather have lunch directly. Your body cannot endure that. You need to feed in that little boy something time to time! Like you have a timely routine to follow, the body has too. It needs to be refueled in order for it to work properly.

    2) Controlled and maintained body weight
    All the weight issues the mother of those two doting kids always complains about can be put to a rest. That is, if she decides to take care of herself like she takes care of her children and husband. It would take her an extra 5 minutes to sit along with them and have her breakfast. If she can do it for them, why can’t she do it for herself?
    Having a timely and healthy breakfast reduces the chances of obesity and controls and maintains the body weight.

     

    Keeps your body weight on check.
    Keeps your body weight on check.

     

    3) Lessened concentration issues
    The guy who missed the breakfast because he woke up late and had an important meeting to attend will anyway be not able to concentrate in the meeting. Reason you ask? An empty growling stomach! All those lousy students in class who do not understand a thing about what the teacher is saying in the classes before lunch, can increase their concentration levels if they have a healthy breakfast. It enhances the brain power and makes you feel more energetic. Wish to attain higher grades? Start your day with a breakfast.

    Concentration issues at school? Have some breakfast, you!
    Concentration issues at school? Have some breakfast, you!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    4) Reduced stress
    The body does not get the required energy in the morning when you don’t have your breakfast. It then tends to take up whatever is available in the energy reserves and takes the fuel from them. This leaves you all irritated and stressed out due to the release of the stress hormones. You are not able to concentrate and work effectively. You do not produce a good result. On the other hand, if you do have a healthy breakfast, your energy reserves remain untouched and you remain stress free.

    So much to do and so less time. Helps if you have your breakfast properly.
    So much to do and so less time. Helps if you have your breakfast properly.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    5) Reduced intake of unhealthy snacks
    When you set out for office or school with an empty stomach, hunger creeps in hours before lunch. And as lunch is a time where you sit and eat a proper meal, it is not convenient for you to have a full meal before it, even if you maybe very hungry. Hence you decide to have some sort of snack here and some sort of snack there in order to quieten the growling stomach. The intake of such unhealthy snacks disrupts the functioning of the body. It also increases fat and sugar levels. The metabolism of the body gets adversely effected. A healthy breakfast in the morning kills the cravings for junk foods all together.

    Say no to munching on unhealthy snacks! time for breakfast.
    Say no to munching on unhealthy snacks! time for breakfast.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    6) Reduced risk of chronic diseases
    There are certain vitamins and minerals that only the breakfast can provide. Having a balanced and healthy breakfast reduces the risk of chronic diseases like heart attack by maintaining the cholesterol levels. A proper intake of breakfast maintains the blood sugar levels and reduces the risk of diabetes.

    Keep your cholesterol in check by having a healthy breakfast.
    Keep your cholesterol in check by having a healthy breakfast.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    All the points very well establish the fact that it is extremely necessary to have a balanced, nutritious and energy enhancing breakfast. If you had to opt for one meal out of the three, go for breakfast. It is the meal that lets you survive the day.

  • Kill your stress before it kills you!

    Kill your stress before it kills you!

    With today’s rat race at full speed, stress has become an unavoidable part of everybody’s life. Be it a businessman or a salaried employee or even a housekeeper, this evil troubles everyone alike. It is more than essential to combat stress before it breaks you down from within. There are few simple yet effective ways in which you can easily fight stress and keep your smiles in place. Here they go-

    1. Identify-

      Identification of the reasons of your stress is the primary requirement for combat.

    2. Avoid someone-

      This is the most fundamental measure if your reason for stress is people. Just avoid them, simple!

    3. Avoid some things-

      there are various things whose vision itself can stress you out. Put out those things from your life.

    4. Deny-

      You know your limit to work without stress. Deny work that goes off limits.

    5. Compulsory? –

      Ask this question to yourself if you find yourselves overburdened after analysis of your routine. If the answer is no, you know what alterations to make!

    6. Extrovert-

      Express what’s on your mind. It is often not possible for people around you to know what actions trouble you. If they get an idea of your problems, they are less likely to trouble you unknowingly.

    7. Time-management-

      Managing your schedule is the key to a happy life. Keeping a throat tight schedule not only tires you mentally and physically but also reduces your efficiency towards all tasks.

    8. Rest-

      This is not something to be told. 6-7 hours of sleep per day will make your days fresh and efficient as you are likely to feel energetic.

    9. Positiveness-

      Don’t let the positiveness in and around fade away. Be clear about your problems and see the sweet side of things.

    10.  Adjust-

      You cannot get everything in life. Learn to adjust with situations and enjoy what you have in hand instead of trying to fit everything on the same plate, same day.

    11. Indifference-

      we all are surrounded with things which cannot be changed. People, places and rains are just examples. Instead of getting yourself mad over these things, isn’t it better to think about something that can be altered?

    12. Learn-

      When you make mistakes, try fixing them and learning from them instead of crying over the spilt milk.

    13.  Share –

      There are people who care for you. You can at least think of one such person with whom you can share your problems. Maybe you just need a listener instead of an advisor!

    14. Professional help-

      If your family itself depresses you, psychiatrists and counselors are always great alternatives. Expert advice can always help you.

    15. Forgive-

      if a quarrel/brawl/argument is the only cause of your stress, simply forgive others mistakes because no one can entirely avoid mistakes.

    16. Walk-

      personally, whenever I am stressed out or angry, I keep walking until all my anger fades away. It’s free and easy on your health. A good solution in all, yeah?

    17. Write, read and talk –

      Talk to yourself, write your problems, pros and cons on paper. Once, they are on paper, they won’t trouble you. If that’s not all, read a fictional novel and forget the real world altogether for some time.

    18. Music and movies-

      Music is known to heal your wounds. Listen to soothing music or watch a pleasant comedy just for fun!

    19. Cook-

      Cook something for yourself. Try out new recipes from the internet or go for your favorite dishes.

    20. Exercise-

      A marvelous way to discharge all your anger, exercise is something that can literally kill stress. Won’t you feel great after smashing the punching bag, imagining it to be your problem?

    21. Nature and pets-

      Pets give you unconditional love and expect nothing in return. Who cannot love such beings back? They can make you forget everything else if you play with them. If you don’t have pets, just sit calmly in the lap of Mother Nature.

    22. Relax-

      Sometimes sitting idle works wonders for you. Just stop your thought process, be blank and lie down peacefully without doing any work. It will calm your life down.

    23. Socialize-

      In this era of social networking, learn to connect and bond with new and old people. Talk to them and create a good support system for yourself.

    24. Loud-

      Be loud, be mad, cry out and listen to hard rock. let your emotions flow out with the tears and the harsh voice.

    25. Enjoy-

      Take out time for yourself in your routine. Play musical instruments, dance or go out with friends. You are the king of your joy!

    26. Laugh-

      Watch out for fun around you, there is sure to be some. Visit a friend whose sense of humor amuses you or just be the joker yourself.

    27. Diet-

      Make sure you get your daily dose of nutrients. Skipping meals is the worst idea you’ve ever had. It just worsens your condition to fight tough times.

    28. Let go-

      Leave your bad habits and think about your family. Let go of all bad company.

    29. No to caffeine-

      even if a dose of caffeine makes you energetic and keeps you up temporarily, it climaxes into fatigue and mood swings. So avoid it as much as you can.

    30. Stay away-

      Tobacco and alcohol are always no-no! And that’s not it, drugs and medicines are even worse. They slowly attack your mind, break your moral down and finally lead to bankruptcy. You may find them as short-lived solutions to stress but trust me, it’s a bad idea.

    Help yourselves because it’s your life and you want to make it better!