Health
Beat the winter blues with exercise and food! By Julie Cox
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rying to find motivation to exercise can be hard especially in winter!
"The ‘winter blues’ is a milder condition that predominately results from reduced involvement in pleasurable and satisfying activities. In turn, low mood can lead to unhelpful thoughts, which then reinforce the blues…and a negative, vicious cycle can develop. The sun stimulates our serotonin levels so automatically makes us feel uplifted which is a lot easier to find the energy and motivation to move! When we feel better we have less head games and voices telling us that the warm bed or snooze button is a better option.
1 Make your environment brighter. When your body is craving more daylight, sitting next to an artificial light - even just a warm lamp for 30 minutes per day can be as effective as antidepressant medication.
2 Eat smarter. 3 Simulate dawn and warmth. 4 Exercise. 5 Turn on the tunes. 6 Plan a holiday 7 Help others. 8 Get outside. 9 Keep social and laughing 10 Be around people who uplift you and have a good vibe 11 Plan fun things such as a nice dinner Achieving happiness can sometimes be nothing more than practicing a few simple disciplines each day. This is never truer than during the winter months when it can be difficult to maintain some of the strategies that normally lead to happiness and other positive emotions." So many people view fitness as a chore but these days we have too many different types and forms of exercise, lets face it , they bring a new one out every week! We are spoilt for choices these days.
94 Peninsula Kids – Winter 2019
I believe finding something you enjoy doing will keep you more interested and therefore it'll be an ongoing thing.