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1. More Fibre: Eat a bowl of high fibre cereal half of an hour before the party
2. Just start: On days when you lack motivation or truly do not have time to do your full exercise routine just do 10 minutes
3. Make resolutions early: Write you new years resolutions now and put them on your fridge as a reminder what you are aiming for in the new year
4. Know what is important: Remind yourself that it is time with friends and family that is the treat, not that third shortbread
5. Go for maintenance: Recognize that weight loss will be difficult during the festive season and develop a weight neutral goal
6. Be mindful: Stay aware of what you are eating and how much, it is so easy to lose yourself in the season and purposefully ignore those niggling doubts that keep popping up
7. Do it with a friend: Recruit your partner or friend to help you stay healthy over the holidays with a clear goal such as no alcohol from Sunday-Wednesday night.
8. You are not being a Scrooge:Tell yourself that staying committed to your healthy lifestyle is not about you not being able to let loose and relax over the holidays, you know that you will feel better, live longer and not sabotage all of your hard work in the gym
9. Write it down: Jot down your planned exercise sessions into your calander at the beginning of every week
10. The extra weight does not go away: People gain on average 1 pound over the holidays which doesn’t seem like much yet a study done by the National Institute of Health shows that the majority of the group were a pound and a half heavier the following year.
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Wellness goes beyond weight loss
