Maintaining a healthy and fit body on cold winter months is very essential on an individual's quality of health. To exercise in a frigid temperature may be difficult to achieve, but you can certainly do it by maintaing a healthy diet, and ensuring that you are mentally fit as well. The holidays can put a slump in your daily routine, but there are some ways to maintain your physical and mental health.
MENTAL HEALTH
Learn to keep a set of healthy limits. According to Angie Cerniglia, an associate marriage and family therapist with New Leaf Resources, especially that nowadays, the holiday rush can really bring stressful obligations from work, family and the society which can sometimes be overwhelming. Cerniglia adds that when you overcommit yourself to these things, it usually leads to anxiety and stress. So to prevent this from happening, setting of good conditions for the things you can and cannot do will really help a lot on an individual's well-being.
Furthermore, Cerniglia adds that it's okay not to be OK all the time. She believes that holidays really be stressful time for people, and if the holidays bring you anxiety, never hesitate to seek help and support from a family, friend or a professional counselor.
Make time to have fun. As the holidays are known to have a lot of rushing that's going on, Cerniglia suggests that you also have to make time for activities you enjoy doing even if it means saying no to something else. By doing so, she claims that you don't have to stop doing the things that makes you happy. Even if it's just taking a walk, reading a good book or doing yoga as it can add up to a sense of enjoyment over the holiday season rather than frustration.
