Maybe you spent too many hours in your cubicle listening to mindfulness practice, cogitating on the unfairness of life, until somebody from HR rudely disturbed you. You have lost income, and as a result could start to gain weight, potentially at the rate of 5 pounds a year.
Strategies
Sleep well and consistently – The stress of the sudden job loss can lead to sleepless nights and insomnia. So, promote better sleep through exercise, sedentary people who committed a six-month exercise program fall asleep more quickly at night, felt more rested in the morning, and had better quality sleep than they did before the program. Their anxiety and depression levels fell too.
Make Your Lunch – Prepare a healthy lunch at night, just like you did when you …show more content…
But you can make better food decisions for yourself and your child. Don’t let the kid dictate what you eat. People under estimate what children will eat, they assume kids will only eat burger and cheese and hotdogs, but that’s wrong. Kids are genetically hard wired to be skeptical of new foods, which keeps them from eating dangerous stuff. Fruit is an easy sell.
Play Like a Child – Go to the playground with your kid, and don’t just watch. Monkey bars are great for pull ups. And let junior’s nap time serve as your workout time. Do planks, work up to three one-minute holds or pushups, do 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off for 4 minutes daily to strengthen your core and stabilize your spine, which despite the name has absolutely nothing to do with the monkeys.
Sleep Like a Baby – Shuteye is critical because you produce the hunger hormone leptin every two hours during your slumber. When you don’t log that sleep, you’re susceptible to carbohydrate cravings, satisfy your urge with an apple or a pear so you don’t reach for something that lacks filling fiber, like jelly doughnuts or potato