Party time: how to manage stress and diet?

The countdown has just started. Unable to escape the psychosis sacrosanct Holidays: even if you wanted to, The windows of all the shops overflowing of everything, And stress builds up a little more. What reactions do you then?

Stress + stress + stress = pounds

The holiday season is: family meals and / or friends, wake up, shopping, holiday kids, gifts, kitchen, temptations, chocolate, missing time, dog time, champagne, fatigue, menus, hairdresser (manicure?), greeting cards, children at home etc.

Since it is not really easy to take refuge on an island or in a convent at the end of the world - only way he seems to escape from this environment - stress builds up every day a little more.

And what reactions do you then? Nibble anything fat / sugar to calm down, the more we eat because we are tired, we take a small glass of wine to go.

Get Organized for the Holidays

One solution: get organized in advance so as not to swim in this stress. It increases the chances of dealing calmly to everything.

Start by getting rid of what bothers you most: you will avoid the stress of guilt, fetlock "I must do" hanging out.

If there is marital negotiations to be undertaken (which we invite?), Start them now.

Everything down before the holidays

Invest in a book neither too big nor too small, which fits easily into a pocket of your bag. And color to be able to extract easily.

Hang in there a pen so you can write instantly. If you are working with an organizer, open a notepad to "holiday season."

Make lists of everything you have to manage by the end of the month.

When in a car or bus, you think something like "chocolates for Aunt Mary," you can immediately write it, you'll be sure not to forget it.

Time savings, fatigue, silver

Make the most of your shopping on the Internet. You have time to explore.

Do you deliver. It comes a little more expensive but avoids fatigue and loss of time.

If you plan shells, buy them from producers basket. They are cheaper than in supermarkets or fishmongers.

Sustainable development is fashionable. Invest in gift "sustainable": magazine subscription in deliveries of flowers, plants for the garden, a beauty salon, a gym, etc. All this can be done via the Internet. No stampede in stores.

Check the pharmacy: dressings cuts last minute, arnica, aspirin, vitamins, mint alcohol (indigestion), etc.

Make your table plans well in advance. This will allow you to change them.

Get out now on Christmas decorations stock. Check them out.

Buy right off the wrapping paper stock, string, labels, glitters, table decoration, etc.

Check dishes, silverware, glasses, dishes, flower vase, table cloths, etc.

Some tips to install your Christmas Tree

To avoid having needles everywhere and have vacuum or broom to reach constantly hand: do not buy a tree too far in advance.

Take it out of his net. Check that it has no unsightly holes.

Before installing: Cut a few inches at the base of the trunk, so it can absorb water; set foot in a tub of warm water to make the wood pores dilate; add a few drops of bleach in water to prevent rotting.

Do not place it near a heat source, otherwise it will dry very quickly.

Keep the base of the trunk wet. Put the tree in a bucket of sand that get wet regularly.

What do I put for the holidays?

If it is an already worn or dresses, try them this week ?? just to check that you still feel good inside. Otherwise, it's time to treat yourself! Credit card side scruples? You can definitely save elsewhere.

Planning special beauty celebrations

Think of yourself in the middle of this marathon before Christmas.

Make an appointment in an Institute or with yourself in your bathroom.

Stagger care:

J - 15: make an appointment at the hairdresser for J - 1.

-7 J J: cream or lotion lifting daily.

J - 5: Skin Scrub: everywhere, body and face.

J - 4: Hunting hair: waxing or shaving stroke.

J - 3: Pedicure.

J - 2: Manicure (wear gloves then housework).

J - 1: Hairdresser (hand the beauty and the feet can be done at the same time at home).