Stress Sickness

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    Over the course of this school year I have already been sick 4 times. That's insane, right? I mean what is going on with me. I talked to my dad about it and he said that high stress levels can lower your immune system enough that you can get sick more often. It turns out that junior year is literally making me sick. I have had the flu, two chest colds, and my throat is currently sore. So what are you supposed to do when stress sickness hits?

    The first step is to take care of your health. Eat a ton of healthy foods, especially oranges, to keep your immune system running smoothly. But you also have to take care of your stress level too. Personally, I have a lot going on and when all of my schedules start to collide my brain explodes. Apparently this ruins your immune system, so make sure you build in relaxing days on your weekends. It also helps if you get all of your school work done early so you don't put as much pressure on yourself later on. 

    The main thing to remember is: don't make yourself sick with stress. Like I said in an early post, school tends to run your life, but don't let your performance in school hinder your emotional health. Check back for more later.

Bree

Don't Let School Ruin Your Life

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    If you just read the title you might think I'm a little bit crazy. What I'm trying to say is that school is stressful for everyone. Getting good grades will get you into a good college which will lead to a good career, so we all base our success on grades. I do it too, almost everyone does! The flaw in this mind set is that you are going to have off days where you don't do well on a test, or get an awful grade on something. I just recently found out about one of my grades in an AP class and flipped out. But you have to remember that you are taking hard classes, they don't expect you to get 100s, they are ecstatic  if you get As or Bs! So don't stress over the small stuff. And maybe I should take my own advice sometime aha. Check back later for more!

Bree

Water

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Recently, my friend Leah, from Love Ling, and I have been doing this 30 day flat stomach challenge. The calendar includes a list of ab workouts to do everyday and also talks about how much water you should drink. Cassie, from Blogilates loves to talk about not only fitness, but hydration and nutrition too. So I decided to look up all of the benefits of being hydrated, here is what I found:

Water Helps Prevent Dry Mouth. Water keeps your throat and lips moist and prevents your mouth from feeling dry
Water Promotes Cardiovascular Health
Water Keeps Your Body Cool
Water Helps Muscles and Joints Work Better

Water Keeps Skin Supple
Water Cleanses Toxins from Your Body (www.onemedical.com/blog/live-well/6-benefits-of-staying-hydrated/)

This is just a few of the many great things that water can do for you! 
I know that this is kind of a nerdy, informational post, but I think everyone 
should drink water even if you think it's not "cool." So tomorrow, take a 
bottle of water with you to school tomorrow and see how much better you 
feel after staying hydrated all day!
Check back later for more posts!

Bree