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We're tired, our wounds don't heal as fast, our hangovers are worse and last longer, and we have stubborn weight that doesn't fall off like it used to. What's going on?
BODY TYPE & BEAUTY: Sports Illustrated got some heat last month over bowing to pressure to feature more regular sized women in their famous bikini spread.
HERE'S WHY I LIKE THE EXPANSION OF THEIR FEATURED BEAUTY IDEAL:
As much as we'd love to live on caffeine and cortisol forever sprinting along at a manic, dopamine releasing pace, it's not good for us - & it's not sustainable.
I'm 32 and have stage 2 Adrenal Fatigue which in our Western Culture is almost a badge of type A honor: except it's really bad for us.
Whether we want to admit our need to break or not, our body's going to direct us to mindlessly troll Facebook, hop on words with friends, or justify an obsessively long trip to the bathroom mirror. The brain needs zone out time.
So 3 weeks before my wedding it occurred to me I had hosted or attended parties in multiple cities every weekend the last 3 months.
All the travel, alcohol, and missed sleep was leaving me looking tired, bloated, with less than glowing skin. What were my options?- cuz I suck at diets- and I'm even worse at being told I can't have something.
Just as exciting as super hormone Vitamin D, the B vitamins are a vital, fingers in everything, behind the scenes set that are helping with our mood to our heart to our skin to our metabolism.
WHAAAA!!?
Yeeeeeeaaaaaah weekends are fun. And some of have made it an art form to have a summer's worth of fun in a 2 day span. Sure the pictures and stories are great but no one escapes that slight anxious whir that starts on Sunday evening and gets to full boil Monday Morning.
What does weight gain, fatigue, disease, early aging, stress, low mood, and a propensity for anger have in common? INFLAMMATION!!
A video on other restful tools we can employ to keep our stress hormone Cortisol from staying unhealthily high & a little helpful reminder on just how bad "Stress" is for us and what it's ACTUALLY DOING to our body. (10 min long video w lots of good tips)