Adapting Your Holiday Schedule

With the holiday season now in full swing, you may look at your calendar and find that you have little time for your regular routine. Between office parties, friends' and family celebrations, kids' activities and everything else in between, it's going to be difficult to maintain a routine over the next month. But guess what? Just being aware of that fact gives you the upper hand.

Knowing that your schedule will need to be adapted is the first step to maintaining control of it. Remember, life doesn't stop when we need it to. In fact, in order to make happen what we want to happen, we must stay in control of our schedules somehow. Over the next few weeks, become aware of what's important to you. If it's important to maintain your daily workouts, but you have something after work each night of the week, then figure out where else in your schedule your workout will fit. (Say it with me: wake up early to exercise...) If you want to continue eating a healthy diet, don't let yourself fall victim to the party buffet.

It isn't the fatty party food, your coworkers, family or friends who are responsible for what you do. You alone are in control of the way you treat your body. Take control and love it.