New years resolution to be healthy

What is your new year's resolution? Do you even have one? Is it to have all the snow gone by next week :))

Often January is a month of wanting to feel better, exercise more, eat healthy, quit smoking, be a better person, reach out to other, pay debts, stop spending so much...
This year why not make a resolution to do what makes you healthy physically and mentally. Find balance instead of the "all or nothing" approach. Slowly making some changes that will improve your well-being.

Here are a few suggestions:
- Prevention is the key to health. Get a massage, go see you Chiropractor, try Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, talk to a nutritionist...
- Exercise: do what you like to do not what you should do! Enjoy the outdoors, Port Moody is perfect for that, we are surrounded by mountains and lakes.
- Eating healthy means finding balance too: eat foods that are good for you and food that pleasure your palate (just remember the 80%/20% rule: 80% healthy foods and 20% of the time eat that cookie or have that mocha and enjoy it, do not feel guilty!).
- Find ways to release stress: take a bath, read a good book, listen to music, laugh, watch fun programs, take a walk, breathe!
- Make time for yourself! And don't feel guilty about it either!
- Talk to a psychologist if you feel stuck emotionally.

Clara Cohen
Coquitlam and Port Moody Acupuncture clinic