Keep Going to Keep Going!

Okay, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Christmas is coming quickly. So you work all day, shop for gifts during lunch or on the way home (or both), get home, cook dinner, clean up, etc. Whew! Makes me tired just thinking about it! Where do you find all the energy to do all that? The first thing you do is add one more thing to your "to do" list. Exercise. Don't skip it. Keep to your schedule. Yes, it will limit your time a bit more, but that hour of exercise will give you hours more of energy to get everything done. Promise. When I need more energy for busy times, I even add in extra exercise. Nothing major...just little extra things. Park at the end of the parking lot. You're already getting in your 10,000 steps every day (I hope!) so add in an extra 1,000. Swim? Add a couple extra laps. The leaves are falling...go outside and rake for a few minutes. Do some yoga in the morning to get going. Or do some calming yoga poses before bed. Have a stationary bike? Pedal for 10 minutes while dinner's cooking. You will feel better through the holiday season and have more resistance to "food pushers" (and they're so abundant and persistent this time of year aren't they!) by keeping to your exercise routine.