The holiday season brings family, friends, festivities and lots of food! The temptations are everywhere and with all the extra activities, your daily routine gets disrupted. How can you stay on track when splurging is so apparent? We can help!
Here are a few tips to help keep you healthy through the holidays:
- Holiday proof your plan. While you can’t control what is served during the holidays, you can control our plan of attack. Stay on schedule. Stay as close to your normal meal times as possible or if you are invited to a party, offer to bring a healthy dish.
- Be smarter than the buffet. When you are faced with lots of choices, make healthy choices easier by starting with vegetables to take the edge off your appetite or have a small plate of something you really like and then move away from the buffet.
- Keep moving. With extra things on our plates this time of year, exercise can get pushed to the bottom of the list. Exercise can be your secret weapon – it can help with those extra calories and the added stress.
- Get your Zzz’s. This season brings more late nights, which means we lose sleep. If we’re sleep deprived, we tend to gravitate towards high-fat and high sugar foods. Aim for 7 to 8 hours per night to combat the mindless eating.
More importantly, remember what the season is about—celebrating and connecting with the people you care about.
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