Health and Fitness Today out tomorrow

The festive season is just around the corner and that almost always goes hand-in-hand with over-eating and over-drinking. However, more often than not that is just a mind-set where we are not simply allowing ourselves a few more liberties but we just let go altogether.

While having an extra drink or two or sitting down to dinner with friends is inevitable at this time of year, not going overboard at parties and keeping up a healthy lifestyle in between parties is not impossible - and it will ease the January guilt trip once the festivities are over.

Check out Daniel Petre's list of superfoods. Adding foods to your diet can help you lose weight? That sounds like a good plan for the Christmas season! Stock up on some healthy superfoods to keep you going through the festive season and help keep your waistline trim.

Keeping up your exercise programme through the festive season will not only keep you slim but will keep the stress levels at bay. Darryl Poulton talks about the stress relieving factor of exercise and over the Christmas period, nothing is more important than stress relief.

To avoid stress building up, get things done quicker. Mariella Dimech talks about the underlying causes of procrastination, a habit that has become socially acceptable. Get to the root of the problem, identify the reasons you procrastinate and pro-actively take measure to stop them, to have a organised, stress-free Christmas.

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