Here are 8 Tips to help you avoid the santa belly and get you feeling merry that your health has improved this Christmas not the other way around!
1. Decide Now. Don’t wait until New Year to make your resolutions. Set yourself some health and fitness goals today. Look at them every day throughout the holidays and follow the tips below and you’ll keep yourself on track.
Most people go a bit crazy through the holidays with the ‘excuse’ that… “It’s new year soon, I’ll start then.” Reaching the new year is a great milestone and place to review and set new goals, but don’t make it twice as hard for yourself as need be!
2. Up The Training in the next couple of days, and make sure you include some resistance/strength training. The more muscle you have in your body, the higher your metabolism will be. That means you’ll burn more fat even when you are resting.
3. Keep Busting Those Moves Between Christmas and New Year! This is the worst time of the year you could go cold turkey on your training!
Sure you might want to go a bit lighter, have a few lie ins etc but do something,
anything, get moving and you’ll feel 10 times better and keep your metabolism moving.
We are running 3 x 9:30am workouts between Christmas and New Year, so come join the fun and feel great these holidays! Call me on 0410159665 to book in.
4. The Christmas Day Walk. In my family it’s a tradition that we all go for a walk together on Christmas Day. This is great to help all that good food go down and is a great family bonding experience.
5. The Gift of Health. If people ask you what you want for Christmas tell them something health related. Set a good example and ask for a book or Health & Fitness Magazine, some fitness equipment, or a gift voucher for Tiger Health 
Click here to visit our NEW Fitness Store for some gift ideas.
6. The Best Time Of Year to Eat! Christmas Dinner can be a pretty healthy meal cooked properly. There is usually a lot of it though, so don’t feel like you 
have to eat everything on your plate that instant. There will be leftovers! Lots of them! You also don’t have to get seconds just to please the cook, just tell them it was delicious!
Benefit from the fact you can have regular protein snacks for the next few days, turkey wraps here I come!
7. Don’t miss a meal!* Even if you have a huge meal for lunch, try and eat a small meal for dinner, even if it is just a salad with a small protein serve with it. This will make your metabolism work faster, you want it to work fast!
8. Don’t be the last one at the Christmas Party! This is a great time of year to socialise, you should if the opportunities are presented, but every time you are awake past midnight it takes a toll on your 
health. Combine that will alcohol and nibbles it’s not too pretty!
Go out, have fun, but try not to stay out all night!
They’ll be plenty more good times if you look after your health
Have a brilliant Christmas, enjoy it, treat yourself, but aim to find a balance between the extra calories, late nights and exercise. It’s not that hard, you just need to to decide you will have fun but commit to making a bit of extra effort!
