As you probably have heard by now stress and weight gain go hand in hand, thanks to our hormones. The good news is, anyone, and I mean anyone, can beat stress if they want to.  I interviewed a handful of my clients, friends and our nutrition and fitness experts to get their take on how they relaaaaxxxx.  Read on.

"No matter what, before I go to bed at night, I read a good book.  Nothing that requires alot of thought, just a simple, easy to read novel by one of my favorite authors.  It clears my head and I end up focusing on the characters in the book instead of my own hectic life, and this helps me go to sleep faster and stay asleep!"  Kimberly

"I used to stress out about what to eat, but as a member of this program I now know what to do.  Then I started stressing about how I would get my meals in, have the food on hand and basically make it all work.  Then I came up with a plan.  Every Sunday I spend an hour and a half prepping easy foods in bulk for the week- my grilled chicken, some veggies, some sweet potatoes.  Then I throw all of it in containers, and the food is always on hand.  No excuses, no stress."  Jaclyn

"I hit the gym after work.  I sweat it out and take my stress out through my workouts.  I've gotten some of my best workouts that way."  Steve

"I used to think massage was an indulgence, but now I call it health maintenance.  I'm active and I've learned that not only do I look better, get faster results and prevent strains and pains with deep tissue massage, but I also get my stress out.  Honestly, what other activity can you do where you just lie on a table and get taken care of and actually reap helathy rewards from it? I can't tell you how much I look forward to that one hour every two weeks."  Mel

"Dinner and movie night.  My wife and I do this religiously and it honestly erases the work week every time."  Jack

Valerie Cogswell

Head Chef and Nutrition Coach