Help I Am Snowed In

Active things to do when you are snowed in:

1. Dance to MTV or a DVD or the radio
2. Create an exercise circuit around the house for yourself or you and your children for example, use the stairs or one stair to go up and down, use hula hoops, small balls, jumping jacks, squats, any activity you can come up with.
3. Find an exercise program on TV
4. Clean up the house, a closet, some forgotten corners
   
5. Put on a show
6. Play a game with your dog or kids
7. Shovel then make snow angels
8. Sledding

Then make cookies and tea and enjoy a good rest! SNOW DAY!

Motivation: Set Up A Home Exercise Space

• Make a space for your workout, no matter how big, a corner somewhere that is all yours.
  
• Get to the library and check out some new exercise DVDs
• Make a small investment, mat, exercise ball, resistance band
• Keep children, spouse, pets out
• Stock up on water or better yet get a good filtration system and save the earth
• Get some sleep, you need 7 to 9 hours of quality sleep each night. More likely to use that nice space you set up.
  

Go Easier on Yourself

"Oh no, I ate a cookie" is one of the leading causes of major lapses. This being said or thought leads to "What the hell, I might as well eat the whole box". Diet researchers dub this the "what the hell effect". It turns a manageable setback, eating a cookie, into self-defeating sabotage.

A better way to deal with setbacks is to be easier on ourselves, not harder. Forgive your setbacks and don't fall prey to the what the hell effect. When you don't feel bad it is easier to get back on track.

Basic Principles of "Health at Every Size"

1. Accept & respect the diversity of body shapes and sizes.
2. Recognize that health & well being are multidimensional & include physical, social, spiritual, occupational, emotional, and intellectual aspects.
3. Promote all aspects of health & well being for people of all sizes.
4. Promote eating in a manner that balances individual nutritional needs, hunger, satiety, appetite and pleasure.
5. Promote individually appropriate, enjoyable, life-enhancing physical activity, rather than exercise that is focused on a goal of weight loss.



Source: The Association for Size Diversity and Health