The holidays can be a daunting time when we are on a lifestyle change journey; we can experience all sorts of emotions including happiness, stress, loneliness & sadness. It can even be normal to feel conflicting feelings of joy. For example, having a good time with your family can cause you to feel joy, but you may also feel sad because the festive season reminds you of people you can’t celebrate with or have lost. It is perfectly okay to feel two or more conflicting feelings at the same time. Take time to remember and acknowledge the sadness’s but give yourself permission to have a good time too, without feeling guilty. These emotions can often make it much harder for us to do the things we set out to do; our SMART goal for example. This can feel frustrating and send us further off track with our health plans.
Furthermore, the holiday season brings about a change in our food & drink environment; food can become central to our cultural celebrations, supermarkets increase the enticing offers and we may find ourselves eating/ drinking with different people to usual. It’s not surprising that the average person gains 1lb / 0.5kg across the holiday season with all this change. It’s OK to feel that this might be a challenge. Be realistic with yourself.
We would love for you to share ideas and support each other through this tricky time…. What are you looking forwards to about the holidays? What are you not looking forwards to? What solutions might there be to any challenges?
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