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Wendy Cossman is the editor of New Directions, the Health and Wellness
section of the YFU alumni news magazine, and welcomes your healthy
living and eating tips from around the world at [email protected]. Cossman
travelled to the Netherlands on a YFU exchange in 1971. She is a registered
nurse and health coach. Learn more about Wendy’s consulting services at
weightogoconsulting.com.
10 Commandments of Keeping Your Resolutions
Who can remember their New Year’s resolution
for 2014? Was it losing weight? Drinking less?
Exercising more? Maybe it was finding time to
relax? How many of you accomplished your goal?
Whatever your New Year’s Resolutions are for 2015,
now is the time to put words into action!
We have just gone through a feasting season
of holidays celebrated in different ways around
the world. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and
Kwanza, finished with a toast to welcome the New
Year. Holiday food, traditions, and celebrations
threaten to expand your waistline and get you off
the path to health and wellness.
Why do we over eat during the holidays? All
year we have food-focused celebrations, but none
like the traditions of the holidays. The pressure to
make it special is what causes temp ][ۈ