Friday, April 25, 2008

Stressed out......



From: http://sg.yahoo.com/s/85963

Stressed workers often reach for calorie-rich foods, skip the gym after a taxing day or forego meals because of heavy workloads. Or they indulge in other bad-for-you behavior like smoking, drinking or staying out late.

As the credit and housing crises rattle Wall Street, pressures over bigger workloads, job security and shrinking nest eggs are upending diets and fueling unhealthy habits across the country.

Breakfast is diet Pepsi and two packets of M&M's. For lunch, macaroons and white chocolates filled with marzipan from the farmer's market near Wall Street.

After learning her job would be cut this summer, Kelly Daly started reaching more frequently for the soothing effects of sugar.

"It's a stress reliever. Especially now that a bunch of us are going to be laid off," said the 49-year-old Daly, whose job reviewing medical insurance records in Manhattan's financial district is being cut after 11 years.


I find myself reaching more for the soothing effects of sugar (cheesecake) too.

How do we combat stress using the word of God (instead of cheesecake :p)?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

we need DESSERTS to DE-STRESS!

tweakmax said...

i agree

more cheesecakes

Ruthie said...

Will someone bake cheesecakes for us all? PLEASE?

tweakmax said...

merril knows how to bake

i am still waiting :p

Ruthie said...

my birthday's coming up...
*hint*