Get Healthy for Holidays Starting Now

Every fall in Anchorage, Alaska, folks know precisely when the long winter has begun. They wake up one morning to see the local mountaintops freshly capped in white. They call it termination dust and shift gears for the coming season.

Well, for the rest of us, our version of termination dust comes the first time we see holiday decorations in stores.

It seems to come earlier every year, and it’s so startling to see Santa’s elves and reindeer on display almost a whole month before Halloween.

But here we are, like it or not: The holiday season is upon us.

So, let’s talk about what it means for healthy habits around exercise, eating right, getting enough sleep, and managing stress.

And no, it’s not too early to think about New Year’s Resolutions, either.

Join us. For Holiday Healthy Habits, 2022.

1. If you’re not already exercising regularly, this is a great time to start. The seasons are changing, and as the days get shorter and cooler, it can be easier to snap new routines into each day or week.
2. Maintaining a commitment to work out will help you manage the coming months’ social demands and help you resist/manage those temptations to overindulge that you know you are coming.
3. Sit down with a calendar to plan the next three months. Include days and times you’ll exercise. Add travel, parties, and other social commitments – will there be challenges or temptations? We have plenty of strategies – from eating a light dinner before you go to a party with heavy appetizers to being the designated driver on nights when you might otherwise drink too much. Simple planning can help you manage the whole season.
4. When receiving invitations and planning commitments, remember that “No, thank you” is a complete sentence. It’s entirely OK to decline an invitation; you don’t owe anyone an explanation. It’s so easy this time of year to get overwhelmed with obligations, fall out of good habits, and create resentments. Remember to say no sometimes.
5. Start your 2023 resolution now. You probably know what it will be, so why not spend the next few months prepping for it? Imagine how ahead of the game you’ll feel on January 1st when you have already gone to the gym for a few weeks, when you wake up without a hangover or feeling stuffed and lethargic when you wake up ready to tackle the day and the year!

Look, you need to think of this time the way our friends in Alaska do. Like it or not, seasons change, and we must anticipate them to make them work for us.

No. 1 on your list: Move that body every day. We are here to help show you how – even when you can’t come in and workout with us.

Remember, it could be the key to your whole holiday season – and beyond.

Please don’t wait until the holidays are over to get active; get active now by joining our 21-day Strength and Longevity Program and see guaranteed results through the holidays.