S"no"w excuses!!!

Happy snow day to all!! I admit, these fun days are for sleeping in, drinking hot cocoa, indulging in junk food... Wait what? It's all about moderation right... But what if we decided to take a different approach. 

Competing in pageantry, as well as being a dancer, I commonly see women strive to have a great body up until an event. Then it seems they take their very own "snow days" after it's all over. I am guilty of this too, so I'm not pointing fingers! However, this isn't health.. That's dieting. Your body needs a constant healthy lifestyle. That's right, the key word here is lifestyle. Getting your body in awesome shape is wonderful, as long as you have full intentions to keep it there. 

Taking a "snow day" on your health is understandable in very limited moderation. If we completely cut off our favorite dessert, or let's say guilty pleasure food of choice, we would go crazy!!!! Just know, snow days only occur so often for a reason. Think about how the public school system designates snow days. In Owasso, each year we get 5 "free" snow days. After we use up all of those, we have to make up school days at the end of the year. 

Think about this.. Let's apply it to real life. Sit down and think about how many "snow days" you will give yourself each week, month, or year. Keep track of them, and when you've reached your limit then you will just have to wait! If you want, you could even take it a step further. For example, if we don't use up our snow days in school, at the end of the year we get out X amount of days early depending on how many snow days remain. At the end of your month, if you don't have a cheat day reward yourself!  

Important: Do not reward yourself with food. First of all, you're not a dog. Why reward yourself that way. Second of all, we should not see food as a reward! Sure it's yummy, and it should be, but a reward should be something like allowing yourself to get your nails done, go to a movie, or something you really enjoy but don't do often. 

Now whether you're playing in the snow, or inside all day, challenge yourself to find some form of exercise. Make it fun, or a game. Do jumping jacks or crunches during commercial breaks! Anything to get your body moving... Your brain can take a break on this snow day :-) 

   xoxo,

Heather