I've always heard that being stressed makes your stomach bloated. This week has confirmed that idea for me. I've been eating well but drinking a lot of soda and lattes to get me through the nights at work. The prior week I probably had one soda and two cups of coffee. This week, I was having soda twice a day along with a latte and did I notice a difference! I was constantly thirsty and my stomach was bloated. I've been doing my exercises and eating well, but the caffeine intake really had an effect on me.

Lesson learned: cutting back on caffeine is something I need to do for my diet. As far as the stress, the gym or whatever you do to workout is such a stress reliever. The exercises I do everyday are low-impact, but the cardio at the gym released all the stressful things I encountered during the week. I just put all that annoyance into a workout, eventually spaced out on the machine, and just let everything go. I found being active in general is not only healthy for your body but your mind, too.