Here are a few quick tips to help you stay on track over the festive season:
Allow your body time to relax. For many of us, it is a time of year that can wind up becoming very stressful. With Christmas shopping, extra food preparation, and extra get togethers with friends and relatives, unless we have extra time off from work and our usual commitments, all of this can become very tiring and taxing on our nervous system. Add to that a little extra alcohol and treats that we wouldn’t normally eat, which deplete our body of nutrients and you have a recipe for exhaustion!
So if we could give you one simple hot tip to help you stay calm and centred over the Christmas festive season, it would be this:
Remember to breathe.
So often it is the little things that we forget, we rush around and forget to breathe deeply, and when we stop and pay attention we realise that we are ‘shallow breathing’ which can have a detrimental effect on our nervous system.
So go on and take a nice big breath in… inhale… and out… exhale…
…Repeat this 5-10 times and notice how different and re-energised you feel…
This will help you stay calm and relaxed, so that you remember to make healthy choices for your mind, body and spirit, in the ‘silly season’.
Drink Lots of Water!
It is easy to do, but also easy not to do – and that is drink more water!
When we are busy rushing around and have a lot on our mind, sometimes we forget to drink the good stuff.
Keep a bottle with you, at your desk, in your car, on your kitchen bench top, and remember to drink at least 1-2L per day to stay hydrated. This will help your body detoxify from any extra ‘treats’ you may indulge in, or other beverages that you would not normally be drinking 😉
If you are celebrating with an alcoholic beverage or two, make sure you alternate 1:1 drink of water to help flush through your system.
Create Healthy Delicious Treats
Do you need to ‘bring a plate’ to a celebration or function? Bring something healthy so that you can be guaranteed that there is going to be something on offer that won’t de-rail your results.
Think organic chocolate balls, fruit platters, delicious fresh pestos with veggie sticks – keep an eye out on our website over the coming weeks for more ideas and inspiration.
If you are taking time off to relax and unwind, make sure you have plenty of delicious healthy alternatives available so that you don’t feel deprived.
Get enough sleep
Make sure that you allow your body time to rest and get plenty of sleep. You have been working hard all year and for many of you it has been a tough year. If you have extra time off make sure you allow some time for quality R&R and allow your body time to rest and recover ready for an awesome year ahead in 2017!
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