Top 5 Ways for an ADD Adult to Have a Happy HolidayWritten by By ADD Management Coach Jennifer Koretsky
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3. Ask For Help/Accept Help If you're hosting holiday, ask for help in kitchen. This is perfectly acceptable, and most people are happy to help out where they can. If you're offered help, accept it with gratitude! You don't have to do it all on your own. If you're a guest, offer to take over a task that you're good at or don't mind doing. That doesn't necessarily mean offering to cook or serve, it can mean keeping kids occupied! (Or, in my family, keeping dogs out of kitchen!) 4. Remember That People Do The Best They Can Long days with family members can often end in frustration and hurt feelings. Try to remember that people do best they can with skills and tools they have. Hurtful comments probably aren't meant to be hurtful. If someone says something to you that you find hurtful or offensive, ask yourself "What is this person's intention?" The answer will most likely be "to be helpful." Don't hold it against friends and family members who may not have necessary skills to express themselves effectively. 5. Smile! Set tone for those around you by being positive, smiling often, and enjoying yourself!© Copyright 2004
Jennifer Koretsky is a Professional ADD Management Coach who helps adults manage their ADD and move forward in life. She offers a 90-day intensive skill-building program, workshops, and private coaching. Her work has been featured in numerous media, including The New York Times Magazine and The Times (UK). To subscribe to Jennifer’s free email newsletter, The ADD Management Guide, please visit http://www.addmanagement.com/e-newsletter.htm
| | Not One Ounce -- Candy at your houseWritten by Will Clower, Ph.D.
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The Solution For your house. Ban sugar bomb. Don’t even bring it inside. If you need to have nibbles about, use unsalted nuts or fruit. Remember fruit? Apples come in single serving sizes, wrapped in a handy, edible, holiday colored packaging! Tangerines are fabulous to have around. If you have guests over, set a few olives out. They are so great for you, and you can’t take 27 of them in your hand and down them all at once. For your weight. If you do find your house with candies about, you have got to make it your policy to eat only one of them at a time. One M&M? Yes. One mint? Yes. Eat one and walk away to do something else. Learn this habit and burn it in. This will save you a ton of calories. For your health. Remember that brown sugar is better for you than white sugar. So if you do use it, darker is better. If you do have chocolate, darker is better because it has more cocoa and less sugar. Remember that fruit, although it has sugar, also has fiber that lowers glycemic index of juice. In other words, it doesn’t just make you tired and hungry like plain sugar can.
Dr. Will Clower is the award-winning author of The Fat Fallacy and founder of The PATH Curriculum, The PATH Online, and Newsletter. The PATH: America’s weight solution. Dr. Clower can be reached on his website www.fatfallacy.com.
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