Is it Ok to indulge over Christmas? Do you ever find that Christmas feels like a real effort? You have worked hard to be fit and healthy all year; does the thought of the Christmas period fill you with dread about how your fitness will suffer? The media is full at this time of year of how many calories are in a Christmas pudding and how much exercise you have to do to work off your Christmas dinner. As a personal trainer I am more concerned with what happens between New Year

How to keep positive and stop stressing over the build up to Christmas Getting through Christmas can be hard, there’s the shopping, the wrapping, the planning, the gatherings, the school plays, the school parties, the Christmas do, the family visits and the overwhelming sense that there is just too much to do. Stop right there. Letting your mind focus on all the things there are to do and how difficult each day will be will only make everything seem a lot harder. Take a deep