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The REST habit

REst-based Living

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What is the deal with stress?

Stress is one of the biggest health disruptors and also one of the most prominent toxins in our life. Stress is so bad it weakens our immune system and adversely affects every other system in the body, leading to disease. In fact, it has even been shown to help cancer cells survive. Mindset around a lifestyle of rest and relaxation is the cure.

Trying to lose weight? Stress must be addressed. Everything your metabolism does is designed to do one major thing… measure and react to stress. Stress and other lifestyle factors work through complicated hormonal and metabolic mechanisms that alter not only the amount of calories we eat, but also where on the body we store them.

Stress = Fat Storage. Rest = Fat Loss.

"When you fall in love with the

process rather than the product,

you don’t have to wait to give

yourself permission to be happy."

-James Clear

HABIT

HABITS OF A HEALTHY FREE LIFE