I've been eating well.
I haven't been exercising regularly other than the bending, walking and stretching I do on my job as a teacher. When I came down with my chest cold a few weeks ago, I was so fatigued by the end of the day I gave up on doing the Dr. Oz work-outs.
How has my cycling been going?
My husband says my bike is like a piece of art. I haven't ridden it more than twice because I was battling my cold and had a hard time breathing as I was coughing so much.
I have to dust off my new bike, insert the Dr. Oz workout DVD and get my pedometer back on my hip.
Enough excuses. The antibiotics worked, I am not coughing very much and I am back to my new/improved self.
I am getting stressed about my self-imposed monthly "skirt-in" (as opposed to weigh in).
Although I have lost five lbs (I've kept it off despite not upping my fitness levels this past month), I am not sure I have lost inches.
How stressed are you? How do you tell if you are burnt out versus stressed out?
Dr. Oz has a stress test you can take on his Dr. Oz website. On Monday's show he had a cardiologist as a guest who measured the stress levels of Dr. Oz and some of the audience members prior to the show taping. Getting stuck in traffic, trying to fit everything in during the course of the day.....can elevate our stress levels.
Even Dr. Oz became stressed at certain points throughout his day when he wore the measurement device.
The cardiologist said that a man's blood pressure goes down when he arrives home and gets in the door. A woman's blood pressure goes up. She is on her second shift.
Burn out, is it the same as being stressed out.?
The difference is that when you are burnt out, your feelings of exhaustion, tension and anxiety are chronic and don't disappear.
Another specialist told the audience that it is important to differentiate to your physician how long you have had stress symptoms and how debilitating stress is on your health since the treatment will vary.
Most of a woman's stress according to Dr. Oz's guest is relationship stress.
Women have an emotional reaction to stress whereas men have a physical reaction.
A cup of tea, massage, twenty minute walk, yoga class, break from cooking or house work or a weekend getaway can cure that everyday stress one experiences.
The chronic stress that builds and takes a long-term toll on our emotional and physical health often requires intervention and sometimes medication.
Cortisol levels goes up when one encounters everyday stress.
The opposite happens when you are burnt out, the level of cortisol goes down. A simple saliva test can determine your level of cortisol in your body if you are worried you are on the verge of burn-out.
More about burn out in a future post.
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