This week we’ve heard from some lovely locals with their tips on how to have fun this season without putting on the extra pounds or being overwhelmed by stress. Hopefully, this advice will help us all a little so we can save our New Year’s resolutions for bigger and better things than the bit of fluff we put on in the run of a month. Moreover, this knowledge is something we can probably all stand to take away from throughout the course of the year.
What are some of your tips for staying fit and healthy, particularly during a season filled with so much expectation and temptations?
If you missed any of the posts this week, you can check them out here:
Smart Bites: A little gal’s guide to staying that way over the holidays by Kristen Pickett
Stay fit for the holidays: body, mind, spirit by Helen Fong
Embracing Balance: healthy holiday tips by Jaime (a.k.a. @balanceblog)
Festivus for the rest of us…and a healthy holidays! by Scott Thomson
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Eat the veggies without dip at cocktail parties and drink a glass of sparkling water or still water for every alcoholic drink you have.
Fill up the tub, turn down the lights. Pour in two cups of Epsom salts and enjoy for fifteen minutes, or more, saying softly to yourself as you crawl into your private little spa: “Screw the world and everyone in it.”
Don’t read a magazine, absolute no phone. Just you relaxing. Ah. Let your muscles unwind. You are allowed to hum a happy Christmas song if you choose.
And take this bath when everything and everybody seems to be going mad this Christmas: the house is a mess and the inlaws are annoying. Excuse yourself and go take a hot bath in Epsom salts. You deserve it! Once you are in the tub, you’ll feel like a million bucks.
Audrey: The drinking water between alcoholic drinks is a great one for preventing hangovers too! And since hangover cures usually involve some form of grease, this is definitely a case of prevention is better than the cure.
Barry Wood: I love this idea. Taking a little “me time” during the holidays is not a crime..!