Hi, I’m Cairo Carrot, a dietary aide, who happens to be a social media influencer/blogger/host on Cairo Carrot’s World: Lifestyle Podcast. I post dets on my nutrition, lifestyle, and career endeavors! Also, I’m the head E.I.C of Self-Care Magazine, a magazine spreading love and advice on positive health behaviors by popular social media influencers...check me!
Struggling to unwind and destress? I know the feeling. Some nights I come home from work tense or wake up with lower back pain. In addition, when I’m stressed out, I feel drained, tired, and frustrated. Stress has such a high impact on my physical and mental state that it is visibly apparent on my face, back, and shoulders. These areas tend to be more prone to acne.
Some of the best ways I find to alleviate this problem is by practicing simple stress-free habits on a weekly basis. See below for a few tips.
Brain organisms at its best. Any ASMR artist will do, but ASMR by Itsblitzzz is one of my top favorites.
Purchase a Energy Beauty Bar from Cru Day Spa, a Texas spa that has an online store.
(Shop Amazon for similar Beauty Bars. Search for “T-Bar” in the search box or search engine)
Water is essential. Keeping your body hydrated as much as possible with water and high water content fruits. I’m still a work in progress in this area.
Drinking C2O Coconut water is an added bonus!
Best damn tea there is that will help break up stress in your body. For me, I feel immediate benefits along the spine of my back. My nerves love this herbal tea.
Just a few pumps of this therapeutic lotion will have my stress melting away in no time. Bath and Body sells one of the best!
Listen, if you can get it in, go ahead and do it...either or, it’s entirely up to you. (Psst...don’t forget the condoms).
Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor nor a specialist, but I’m sure you can find one in the area that will agree to my curated list.
I’ve been skinny my whole life, but it didn’t come from genetics or a fast metabolism. (Matter of fact, heart disease and diabetes runs in my family). It came from just staying active. With participating in cheerleading, dancing, and running in my younger years, I’d managed to maintain my weight at around 140 pounds. (Now cut to my not-so-pleasant moments of weight gain.)
As I grew older, I started to pack on the calories from primarily an unhealthy pescatarian diet and sedentary lifestyle. Although I felt cute and curvy, I developed poor lifestyle habits that wasn’t conducive to my health. For instance, eating greasy, spicy foods late nights after work, buying tons of gym memberships and opting out as the “no show”, and of course, eating high calorie meals consisting of carbs, fat, and protein while excluding fruits and vegetables...need I say more? Yes, the biggest downfall I experienced was becoming an omnivore. Even though an omnivore diet can be healthy, I became a omnivore as a default of my negative circumstances. It wasn’t a positive health behavior change that I planned intentionally nor was it tied to healthy emotions. It was a decision made based off of life changes I was going through at the time.
I cannot count how many times I had to regroup and focus on my health. One would think I would be sad or embarrassed at some of my lifestyle choices as a adolescent or adult. However, I was not nor am I now ashamed of my health journey. It’s all a learning process and I am humbled by the awakening experience.
Here are a few activities/habits I’d like to share with you that helped me keep my weight off:
The fastest way I found shedding off my access fat (adipose tissue) was by cutting out red meat. This change in habit was very helpful in regaining mental focus and control over my pescatarian diet.
A minimalist type vibe workout, MadFit, is one of the most simplest and cheapest ways to exercise. The best part about these workout videos are they can be played from the comfort of my home.
Sometimes the best way for me to melt away the stress and lose weight is by dancing around the house. I promise I will dance circles around you with my quacky, sultry, and sometimes awkward moves...lol. It’s all in fun.
Idris Elba performs a pretty good set when he dj’s. Turn up Charle and have a house party!
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