Move more
- Keep active – try and maintain usual exercise habits
- Keep up incidental exercise – take the stairs, get out in the garden, walk extra laps of the shopping centre
- Walk the dog
- Enjoy warmer nights and take evening walks
- Make family outings active – go for a bike ride or bushwalking
- Gift sport and activity equipment and share the joy playing it
Keep making healthy food choices
- Drink water – make it interesting by adding ice cubes, lemon, strawberry or mint
- Enjoy a variety of summer fruits
- Include fruits and or vegetables in your share plates
- Break up your dinner plate – half should be salad or vegetables
- Practice mindful eating – eat like you are in a posh restaurant by taking small bites and put your cutlery down every now and then
- Take a break before any second helpings – it takes a while for your stomach to tell your brain it’s full. This will help avoid overindulging.
Alcohol
- Plan some alcohol free days
- Alternate alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic drinks such as sparkling water, soda water or diet soft drink
- Choose drinks with a lower calorie content - use soda water as a mixer, avoid drinks with fruit juice, sugar or syrup, choose light beer