#12 Use Your Repressed Anger For Positive Release
July 9, 2011 by nelkins
Filed under Diet Secrets
Did you know that you can use your repressed anger to lose weight and become more fit? Instead of using your anger to be destructive, you can actually use it to your benefit. Don’t go punching walls and throwing things. Instead, channel your repressed anger into working out. Anger is energy; negative energy if it is used to be destructive. However, if you use this energy to work out, it can then be viewed as positive energy.
When you work out, you are releasing that energy. As you are working out, you are exerting your adrenaline. Running is one of the most common exercises you can do to exert repressed anger. If you’re not much of a runner, you can also go for a brisk walk. You can do many simple exercises without even going to a gym such as push ups, sit ups, and crunches. However, if you decide to take a few hours and go to the gym, you can use many different pieces of equipment. Some things you can try in a gym is a treadmill, stair stepper, elliptical machine, and many others.
Aside from working out, it will be important to form a diet that you can stick to. If you are still eating junk food while you’re working out, you will not be able to gain the full benefit you would if you followed a healthy diet as well. You want to eat healthy and take in a healthy amount of calories. However many calories is ideal for your body mass index and activity level, subtract 500 from that. That should be your daily calorie intake goal. This will help to keep your weight stable.
The great thing about working out to release your repressed anger is that as you are seeing results you will begin to feel much better about yourself. As you begin to feel better about yourself, it is possible that your anger will dissipate. Even if this does happen, you may want to continue on with a healthier lifestyle to prevent any future anger outbreaks.
