Stress is our arch enemy! When I was working at that high-stress job I've mentioned elsewhere in here, I developed a lump in my throat that was very painful and I could barely swallow. My doctor sent me to an ENT specialist who inserted a telescope down my throat -- that was fun -- and told me there was nothing down there, but he suspected it was nothing but stress! Can you believe it? (Ironically, he was right -- it went away as soon as I found out there was nothing there!) Shortly after that, my dentist asked me what was happening in my life that was causing me such stress. I couldn't believe it! He said he could tell I was under stress because I was grinding my teeth down -- and if I didn't do something about it soon, he'd HAVE to! He "prescribed" relaxation tapes and a pillow microphone so I could listen to the tapes all night long while I slept. I listened to the sound of ocean waves, my beloved loons calling, and waterfalls night after night after night.
Guess what?! It worked. You might give them a try.
As for the exercise, yeah, it does help the stress -- A LOT! But if you're stressed out about not exercising, you're causing more stress -- you're in a catch-22, Girlfriend! Yowza!
I think you need to be a lot easier on yourself and give yourself a break. You'll get back to the exercise when you're ready. You're like all of us. Right now we have other things on our minds -- my gosh, we're 3 days away from Christmas, and we have a LOT to do, family to visit and friends to be around. It's a lot of stress.
I have one thing going for me: my hubby. He's an animal. He would work-out all day long if he could. When we go out for a row on the water, he wants to keep going all the way down that river until it empties into the Bay! I have to turn him around -- I can't do that -- I'm not like him, I'm not a natural athlete. Nevertheless, he keeps me working out -- when I don't feel like going to the gym, he goes anyway, until I feel so guilty I end up joining him! Damn that guilt!
Anyway, ease up on yourself. RELAX -- and enjoy the holidays. After the first of the year, we'll all work out with you! KAY?
Bev.
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