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We all like to indulge over Christmas but following the advice below will avoid over-indulging. You will be given tips to enjoy the festive season and get through Christmas without adversely impacting your health.
From Christmas catch-ups with friends, office parties and family gatherings, not to mention New Year celebrations it is easy to lose track of how many units of alcohol you are consuming. Follow these tips to ensure you make the most of the festivities but stay within guidelines.
Allocate alcohol free days
Don’t drink on an empty stomach
Pace yourself; alternate between an alcoholic drink and water
Avoid drinking before you go out or have guests over
Try low or no alcohol alternatives
Be mindful of the Health Department advice; To reduce the risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury, healthy men and women should drink no more than 10 standard drinks a week nd no more than 4 standard drinks on any one day.
While you may be tempted to curl up and sleep after that hearty Christmas lunch, for a better health option, consider going for a walk, not only can this improve digestion it can also;
Decrease stress
Improve blood sugar levels
Aid better sleep
A brisk walk where you can easily converse is all that’s needed.
Christmas time is the one time of the year where we let ourselves eat what we want and get away with it.
If you want to avoid excessive calories, you can look for healthy alternatives.
There are lots of useful websites that offer variations to the traditional Christmas Dinner and party
food that won’t pile on the kilo’s.
www.shape.com/healthy-eating/healthy-recipes
www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/collections/healthy-party-food
www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/g4778/healthy-appetizers
www.livelighter.com.au/Top-Tips/Healthy-At-Home
www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/healthy-christmas-recipes
Preparing a meal for family and friends can be enjoyable but tiring and stressful at the same time. To help reduce the stress of Christmas cooking you could:
If cooking Christmas Dinner at home, delegate tasks, you don’t need to do it all yourself.
Consider keeping it simple – you could do a buffet-style lunch where everyone brings a platter.
Write a timetable, i.e. when to put the turkey in the over or whatever suits your cooking agenda.
Make a list of ingredient.
Consider doing an online food shop.
Stress, anxiety and depression are common during the festive season and can be compounded at the thought of large family gatherings. Strategies to reduce stress include:
Set realistic expectations
Avoid known triggers. If someone brings up a touchy subject, use a distraction and quickly change the subject
Get everyone involved in after-dinner activities, keeping everyone busy should decrease the likely hood of arguments
Research shows that being kind to others can actually make us genuinely happy in a number of different ways.
There are many ways to show kindness at Christmas and they don’t all involve spending money. Here are just a few:
Pay for someone’s groceries behind you in line.
Take lunch, cookies, or cupcakes to your local fire department and/or police department.
Put sticky notes with positive messages in public places.
Sing Christmas Carols, play board games, or just visit with senior citizens at a nursing home.
Sing an employee’s praises to a manager or on a comment card — a little recognition goes a long way.
Let someone go ahead of you in the checkout line.
Invite someone you suspect will be alone to spend your holiday celebrations with you.
