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		Wellness Tips for the New Year Submitted by the MACUHO Personal and Professional Development Committee This year, instead of launching into a radical diet or fitness plan, think about making gradual lifestyle changes. First you need to determine, what is your motivation? Where are you now and where do you want to be? Second you need to set realistic goals for yourself and mark them on your calendar. Campaign Against Fad Diets Fad diets often make promises that are untrue or unsafe. If a diet sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Click here New Strategies for Eating Smart You've tried to lose weight. You've sampled lots of fad diets and exercise programs. You're committed to trimming pounds and inches, but it's beginning to seem like an impossible goal. And you're not alone. Even the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine admits that weight loss can be next to impossible. Current studies show that only 25% of the U.S. population can lose weight and keep it off. Do you suspect or fear that you're part of the other 75%? If so, there's help. According to David L. Katz, author of The Way to Eat, there are four common obstacles to losing weight. Use these strategies for keeping your waistline in check. Click here Fitness on the Go Jim Karas, author of The Business Plan for the Body, has this to say…Lack of equipment is no excuse for not exercising. If you don't have a reservoir to run around, Karas says, climb stairs. If you don't belong to a gym, do resistance work with elastic tubing, dumbbells or a bottle of water in each hand (start with half-liter bottles). Even if you can't manage a workout, there are plenty of exercises you can fit in on the go. Tuck and squeeze these exercises into your day! Click here Also checkout these websites: www.oprah.com www.americanheart.org Planning to Manage Stress We operate best at an optimum stress level: not having enough stress leaves us feeling bored and lethargic. Having too much stress damages our performance in the short term, and can lead to unhappiness, exhaustion, burnout and serious illness in the long term. It may not initially be obvious what causes you stress, whether you are effective in controlling it, or what your optimum stress level is. Check out: www.psychwww.com/mtsite/smstrdia.html www.psychwww.com/mtsite/smactpln.html Rejuvenating Your Spirit Solving the Emotional Energy Crisis, by Annie Gottlieb On the surface, your life seems full enough maybe even too full yet you're running on empty. You feel stretched thin, stressed-out, drained. Sound familiar? It's an epidemic, as described in Boston-based psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum's revelatory new book, The Emotional Energy Factor. The most common complaints Americans bring to our Doctors, she says are, "I feel tired all the time," and, "Why do I feel so blah?" Learn about eight energy drains and how to fix them. Click here Vitamins What you need to know now. Your wake up and reach for your daily fix. One multi. An extra C. A couple of calcium chews. It's the healthy American way, right? What seems to have gotten lost in the enthusiasm for vitamins is the fact that too much of a good thing can, indeed, be bad. Click here If You Go Back to Old Habits A lapse is a small mistake or return to old habits. This can happen when you have a bad day and overeat or skip physical activity. A relapse is when you go back to old habits for several days or weeks. If you go back to your old habits…remember that having a lapse is not failing. You can get back on track.