After the Holidays: Getting Back on Track

Post Holiday

Getting Back on Track

      
Along with Holidays comes the tendency to over indulge, in sugar, dairy, and rich foods. Comfort foods bring long ago holidays to mind, and loved no longer with us who made or shared holiday fare. Holidays are an excuse to indulge, and not feel guilty about it. Occasional 'Feast Day Foods' are a good thing, important for gatherings and celebrations. But with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years so close together, and the ongoing parties in between, moderation can easily become excess. Excess can tax the body, mind and spirit. Though I was never one for New Years resolutions I like the idea of a new year, new beginnings, and the perfect opportunity to get back on track.
      
Getting back on track, food wise, means eliminating sugar, minimizing starches, and making sure that each meal has a good source of clean protein, and assorted vegetables. Getting back on track means more energy, mental acuity, and better moods.  
       
This morning I started off the day with organic chicken sausage and a vegetable smoothie. For lunch I brought turkey and a salad. Tonight red meat for dinner! I am a blood type O, so red meat makes me feel great, mentally and physically, and helps remove extra holiday pounds. Red meat and assorted steamed vegetables, will help me kick off the New Year, on a good note. I plan to cook a roast, so I have rare roast beef though out the week. My husband, being a type A, doesn't digest red meat well, so I cook extra turkey, chicken or fish that he can eat when I am enjoying my red meat.         
      
With the Holidays behind it is also a good time to get exercise back on track. By coming up with a good daily exercise, and weight bearing, arobic and stretching routine, that can be done every morning, any additional trips to the gym or other exercise is a plus, with the basics out of the way. 
      
Pumping blood through the muscles , ligaments and tendons, by stretching and moving, keeps people from getting stiff, keeps people toned, so their bones don't get out of alignment and cause pain, and helps people retain good balance, preventing falls. 
       
So, with the coming of the New Year, embrace the opportunity to get back on track, with food, and exercise, and make the resolution to feel great.   

                                                        Health & Happiness,
                                                               Nancy Burton, L.Ac.
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