NUTRITION
- Enjoy the holiday meals at those specific events, and keep focused on intentional eating at your other meals.
- Stick with your planning for meals and snacks for the week to avoid excessive “on-the-go” eating during this busy season
- Keep those temptations that find their way into your house out of easy reach or sight by placing them into a cabinet or above the refrigerator for example. When you go to have some, take one portion and put the rest back in its storage place.
HYDRATION
- Stay well hydrated to help that immune system function optimally!
- Good hydration can help you better decipher when you are truly hungry.
- Try these warm herbal teas, if you are not in the mood for cold water:
- Harney & Sons: Chocolate mint
- Tazo: Glazed lemon loaf, Baked cinnamon apple, wild sweet orange, pumpkin spice chai
- Celestial Seasonings: Apple Cinnamon, Sleigh Ride Sugar Cookie, etc.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
- Daily movement is key! It does not have to be “exercise.” In fact, there is great benefit to those small, daily movements to your overall health, including bones and joints!
- Keep it fun and stress reducing!
- Take a winter walk or hike with a family member, friend, or neighbor!
- Online classes, such as yoga, which offers many levels and lengths of classes.
- Ice skating at a local rink (currently free at the outdoor rink at Bushnell Park!)
STRESS
- Stress can lead to mindless and more spontaneous eating instead of planned meals and snacks.
- Identify triggers of holiday stress such as finances, travel, and celebrating the holiday with or without family members.
- Once triggers have been identified, strategize how you can better manage them this year.
SLEEP
- Holidays are fun, but can be exhausting!
- Aim to maintain a regular sleep pattern as sleep deprivation can result in feeling hungrier as well as less satisfied after meals.
- Aim to maintain your normal sleep pattern
