With the cold weather and darker days, looking after yourself during winter is incredibly important. The lack of daylight can affect your mood, and the colder temperatures often make you crave comforting meals that aren’t always the healthiest option.
While indulging in these treats (especially during the festivities of Thanksgiving and Christmas) isn’t always bad, it’s important to remember to balance this out with looking after yourself before and after these events, both physically and mentally. Below are some useful winter wellbeing tips for winter to keep in mind this season.
Eat a Healthy Diet
As mentioned above, indulging in some comfort foods is one of the best parts of winter, but too much can have the opposite effect. Make sure you’re balancing your diet with healthier meal options, such as vegetarian bakes, stews with lean meat, and plenty of fish.
Salmon is a great choice if you want to introduce more fish into your diet, and it’s packed with omega-3, B vitamins, and is an excellent source of protein.
You can do a lot with salmon in terms of cooking, from poaching it to frying it up until the skin is nice a crispy. Is salmon skin good for you? Yes. While many people prefer not to eat the skin, there is nothing wrong with doing so and it has the same benefits as eating the meat of the fish itself.
Exercise Regularly
With the weather turning colder you might be less motivated to leave the warmth of your home to go to the gym or out for a run. However, it’s still important to make sure you’re getting your daily dose of physical exercise.
Whether it’s getting out of the house for a quick jog or walk in the afternoons before it gets dark, or making the most of online workout videos, take some time to get your heart racing in order to maintain good health.
Look After Your Mental Health
A lot of people suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder), which can make them feel more depressed during the winter months. If you’re someone who struggles to make it through the gloomy days of this season, make sure you’re taking some time to work on your mental health. Even if you’re not someone who deals with SAD, practice some good self-care during the winter months to give yourself a little mood boost.
Moisturize Your Skin
If you want to feel your best, don’t forget to look after your skin. Keeping hydrated is a great way to do this, but moisturizing day and night will help, too.
This is a habit that should be kept up all year round, but during the winter months, the colder weather can result in chapped skin; or having the central heating turned up in your home or having hotter showers could dry your skin out. Keep some chapstick and a travel-size moisturizer close by at all times in order to keep your skin and lips in good condition.
Take Additional Vitamins
Finally, while a healthy diet should be giving your body all the vitamins it needs, taking some extra supplements could help you keep colds and other winter illnesses like the flu at bay. Vitamin C, in particular, will help to boost your immune system!
These are just a few, basic wellbeing tips that could come in handy this winter. Do you have anything you would like to add? If so, please leave your suggestions in the comments below!
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