An Easy Way to Beat Stress

For me having a dog and other pets beats stress in the best way.
The companionship and joy is a huge stress-beater, and the exercise
is fantastic! Great walks, wonderful exploring trails and other
sites together. That combined with gardening, lifting light
weights, yoga, stretching, drinking lots of water, and the
immediate stress-beater: taking long, deep breaths
regularly.

*sigh* I miss having acreage of land to mow...I like hiking,
swimming, or just plain going for a walk. Exercise is a mandate for
me, I'm training for the fire department; there are times when I
downright hate it, but invariably I feel great afterwards. Maybe
completely pooped, but I feel good about and within myself. Diet is
also another HUGE way to mitigate stress. Avoid high-fat,
high-salt, high-sugar foods, eat fresh fruits and veggies, and lean
meats, fish, and poultry (if you're not vegetarian). For me it was
sugar. Once I cut down to only natural sugars (i.e. what's already
in the fruit), I suddenly began to feel a whole lot
better.

YOGA! I love it. It relaxes my body and my mond and believe it
or not it is a work out.I have three kids and a grandkid and
believe me sometimes it's hard to keep up with everyone and the 28
acres that have to be brush-hogged every other week.You can even do
it at work. There are poses for evrything. It may ake several trys
to perfect a pose and several years ti use it properly, but wow the
change in my body and soul needs it now!DeniseWV

I keep in shape by playing badminton 3, sometimes 4 times a
week.also workout with weights 3 times pw.Baddy is a great social
game and a lot of funI turn 80 this year, so you can see it's not
just for youngsters.What IS stress??

well, indeed. you are right in saying that through exercise, we
can easily beat stress away. i have already experienced that
before. there was really a time where i've been worrying a lot
about school works such as research papers and the like. those were
really important. then, i was really haggard that time. i didn't
know what to do. nonetheless, i finished doing it, because of our
physical education teacher. she drives us to exercise. i tried,
then ask me what happened? i was able to think well. thus, in the
final analysis, i was overwhelmed upon discerning that i was alredy
through with all the schoolworks consigned to me. truly, by keeping
in mind the importance of exercise, a person will find it easy to
battle with all the challenges life could bring. by the way, thanks
for the further information you have shared to all of the
readers...:):):):):)

Belly dancing is an excellent form of exercise, it is mentally
stimulating, it is a full body workout and, most of all, it is
fun.

The best thing I did for my health and well being was to retire
to our 5 acres woodlot on Whidbey Island. Gathering and splitting
our own firewood with a maul is great for relieving stress and good
exercise too. Taking care of the house, trails and wildlife habitat
is very gratifying. Have lost 50 pounds since leaving the corporate
world and the long commutes behind.Now I do these things for
pleasure and exercise. No need to deal with stress. It's
gone!

I mow the lawn. With a push mower.No easy feat! The front half
of the property alone is well over an acre - the back I leave
wild.Takes a total of 16 hours, which I split up into 3 days...Sure
keeps me in shape, and I'm fixing to turn 55!