You started the year off strong, joining a gym in January with all the other New Year’s Resolutioners. You kept to your workout plan through the winter to be in shape as spring rolled into summer. You ate meals chock full of fruits and vegetables all summer long while they were fresh and right at your finger tips. And you even kept active and stuck to your nutrition plan as the summer shifted into fall. After all, even if you didn’t get to the gym as much, who could resist a hike at Pilot Mountain with the kids or biking along the Salem Creek Greenway during peak leaf season.
But now the holidays are here. Our evenings are filled with office parties and neighborhood gatherings, our days are crammed with shopping and baking on top of the regular duties of work and home. Something’s got to give, and too often it’s our healthy habits.
Here at Foster Chiropractic Sports and Wellness Clinic, we believe in a holistic approach to wellness. Dr. Scott Foster is an expert when it comes to alignments and addressing chiropractic issues, but he also helps clients with setting goals for diet and exercise to lead an overall healthy lifestyle. With that in mind, we’ve compiled some tips to help you stick with those healthy habits, even during this busy season.
Prioritize Your Health
The first thing to do is make your health a priority. During the holiday season there are countless articles about ways to find balance in your schedule. The idea is to not take on too many extra activities and miss out on what you find the most important. Whether it’s figuring out whichfamily holiday tradition to focus on or making time to workout, figuring out priorities is key.
Here are a few ways to keep your exercise routine going:
* Choose which holiday activities are most important, and try to keep from overscheduling. Rather than letting the workouts fall off your list, do what you can to resist taking on too many holiday responsibilities.
* Make more time in your day by setting the alarm 30 minutes early for a workout before work.
* Mix it up and instead of hitting the gym, take a walk with your family. Maybe through an outdoor light display. Or park in the back of the parking lot for Christmas shopping. There are plenty of ways to get your steps in.
In addition to making exercise a priority, it’s also important to keep up your chiropractic care. Regular spinal alignments are critical for good health, from improving your immune system and helping relieve stress to reducing pain.
One way to make sure you have time for a visit to Foster Chiropractic is to schedule your appointments a few months out. If you make your December appointment when you’re in the office for a visit in September you’ll be more likely to have time in your schedule before it gets booked up.
From all of us at Foster Chiropractic, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and look forward to being part of your wellfullness in 2023.