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STORY OF CHRISTMAS - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints perform a live nativity scene last year in which they told the story of the birth of Christ. Express fi le photo
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For more Comfort & Joy this Holiday Season, give the gift of time!
Take a class / fi tness program together Host a game night Help someone with their favorite cause Cook someone a meal Host a movie night
The Red Deer Primary Care Network offers Happiness Basics group classes for people
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Learn to make positive changes in your thoughts, actions, relationships & health,and create more happiness for yourself.
Learn at least 13 ways to be happier.
Learn what happy people do, how they think, and purposefully create happiness for themselves.
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Like it or not, it’s here. Some folks have
been adamant that it not start until after
Nov. 11th, and some places have it fi red up
before Halloween is over - yup, the ‘holiday
season’ is here. But let’s be honest – it’s re-
ally ‘weight gain season’ and it runs from
the end of October until New Year’s.
This isn’t a ‘bah humbug’ letter, but why
have this next two months ruin your next
six months? What if you started now with
a plan to handle these next few months so
that you could still enjoy it, but not regret
it?
All it takes is a two part plan that you
put in place now before the craziness starts
in full force and you can get through this
with some self respect and pants that still
fi t.
Step one - plan to exercise. “If you fail
to plan, you plan to fail.” We always see
the same pattern at our gym - the weather
gets cold and blustery out and we get super
busy. Then as the holiday season gets ever
closer, the numbers drop and drop and
drop - too much going on, no time, etc. etc.
This year do something different. Make
exercise a priority, put it fi rst. Schedule it
in. And let’s be honest, promising yourself
isn’t enough, so set yourself up to win and
this is how:
• Get a good friend, someone who is en-
thusiastic and a strong supporter and part-
ner up. Arrange to meet for a set time and
place for each workout, (with consequenc-
es if you miss). Make sure you have com-
mon goals and are encouraging to each
other. It’s best if you are at similar fi tness
levels too. Make a set of rules - you miss;
you donate money to my charity or lose
points in a contest, or put money in a jar
and the one with the most points etc. at the
end wins the jar, something like that.
• Even better - join a boot camp or class
series. The kind that have a monthly re-
newal or a stronger commitment are best
because you will stick with it. Training
on your own is not for everyone. A strong
support system like boot camp with new
friends that will be there and be happy to
be there each and every class is so motivat-
ing. The instructor will make sure you get
a great workout and all you have to do is
show up.
• If you really want to dig in and get great
results start working one-on-one with a
personal trainer. It is their job and their
passion and commitment to make sure you
stay on target and survive the weight gain
season.
Step two – your eating plan. You are go-
ing to be presented with dozens and dozens
of opportunities to indulge and eat more
calories than you could ever burn off. I am
not saying you cannot enjoy a few things
here and there, but eating until you are so
full you are in pain is not going to serve
you in January. Ask yourself this - what’s
more uncomfortable - sticking with just a
few treats or having to face a 20 lb weight
gain in the New Year? Instant gratifi cation
or long-term pain?
Heading to a party? Bring some healthy
fruits, veggies or nice centre-pieces to the
party this year instead of baking three
dozen treats and taking half of them home
to eat yourself. As soon as you get to the
party, start drinking water (add some
cranberries or lemon) and snack on veg-
gies (it’s nearly impossible to over-eat raw
veggies) so that your hands are busy and
you will be less likely to grab the heavy cal-
orie foods. When you get to the buffet line,
load up on veggies, greens and some lean
meats First, fi lling your plate and then just
have a few little taste samples of the heavy
foods like stuffi ng and gravy. Again, drink
water with your meal, too.
(Remember that alcohol has seven calo-
ries per gram, nearly double that of carbs
and protein and nearly as much as fat. En-
joy, but keep it limited.)
If you are like me, eggnog is a prob-
lem. It’s yummy, but so loaded with calo-
ries, as are all of the fancy coffees and lattes
and holiday drinks. Go easy on that stuff.
Stick with hot apple cinnamon tea or coffee
with some Stevia in it instead of sugar.
Look, you aren’t going to be able to
avoid all of the treats, or tray after tray
of snacks, and maybe you don’t want to
be that person who stands out as the one
who won’t join in on the eating, so here’s
the plan - have one treat and then see how
long you can take to eat it. Seriously, can
you make it last fi ve minutes? 10 minutes?
Your host will see you several times with a
treat in hand and assume you are just like
everyone else, popping them in every fi ve
seconds at 200-400 calories each. One treat
equals 30 minutes of burpees, so choose
wisely.
You just have to decide what happens
to you this season - a few extra training
sessions to burn off some fun or a 20
lb weight gain that will be with you for
months and months, possibly years. Re-
member, we have been conditioned to
indulge, it’s in our genetics – our ances-
tors were trying to survive winter in a
cave. You are not in that situation so you
need a plan to resist the urge to fatten up
for January. Stay strong! Arrive in 2015
in better shape than you are today! Re-
solve to be healthier and happier, with
more energy and more life energy than
ever before.
Be the one who swims upstream, avoids
the crowd and bucks the trend. Be the ex-
ample of how to live a full and healthy life,
instead of conforming and complaining
with everyone else.
Scott McDermott is a personal trainer and owner of Best Body Fitness in Sylvan Lake.
‘Weight gain season’ is now upon us Scott
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Hot chocolate
This recipe is easy for
kids to make. It also makes
a great gift idea. Have your
kids decorate a couple of
airtight jars or containers
to put the chocolate mix-
ture in. Then have then
print out the recipe; add 2
tbsp of mix to 1 cup of hot
milk. Attach it to the jar
and give it away.
Hot chocolate mix
3 1/2 cups of white sugar
2 1/4 cups cocoa
1 tbsp salt
Add the above to a large
bowl and whisk to mix well.
Store in an airtight con-
tainer.
Classic sugar cookies
This recipe makes 18-20,
four-inch cookies, be sure
to allow time for the dough
to cool in the refrigerator,
one hour or more. You can
divide up the cookies and
have each child decorate
them.
4 cups sifted all purpose
fl our
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unsalted butter,
room temperature
2 large eggs
2 cups white sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
parchment paper
decorations, colored
sugar, sparkles and small
candies
Sift the fl our, baking
powder and salt into a
small bowl. Put the butter
and sugar in a large bowl
and mix at medium speed
with an electric mixer until
fl uffy.
Mix in eggs and vanilla.
Reduce to a lower speed.
Gradually mix in fl our
mixture. Divide dough in
half; fl atten each half into
a disk. Wrap each in plas-
tic. Refrigerate until fi rm
– about one hour.
Pre-heat oven to 325 de-
grees with racks in upper
and lower thirds.
Let one disk of dough
stand at room temperature
just until it’s soft enough
to roll, about 5-10 minutes,
keep the other disk in the
refrigerator.
Roll out between two
pieces of parchment paper
to 1/4 inch thick. Remove
top layer of paper. Cut out
the cookies with your fa-
vourite four-inch Christ-
mas shapes. Transfer the
shapes to a baking sheet
lined with parchment pa-
per to bake.
Bake, switching posi-
tions of sheets and rotating
halfway through until the
edges are golden for about
15-18 minutes. Let them
cool on sheets on the top of
wire racks. Let the kids be
creative and decorate. Re-
peat with remaining disk
of dough.
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A few years back, an organiza-
tion called ‘What To Do With The
Kids’ compiled a list of the top
holiday fi lms to enjoy over the
Christmas season.
Organizers polled followers
and asked them to give their lists
of the top Christmas or holiday
movies or television shows that
the whole family can watch.
The list was well received and
judging by the feedback was very
popular. Two years later however
they decided to ask their follow-
ers again and there has been
quite a shift in popularity of some
of those classic movies.
Looking at the new list, it
seems that black and white mov-
ies are now out.
Many parents suggested that
once the movie started, the kids
would complain about the colour,
or lack of it.
And many families have
said that although they enjoyed
watching the old black and white
movies in past years, they tend to
agree with their kids that it has
very little appeal today.
The Frank Capra classic It’s a
Wonderful Life dropped from sec-
ond to third place while Miracle
on 34th Street went from a tie in
fi fth to eighth place.
Animated features are as popu-
lar as ever but many adults com-
mented that they were not able to
watch them on regular television
as they normally would because
of their busy schedules so they
opted to purchase a copy on DVD.
Many parents commented that
they had purchased DVD or Blue
Ray versions of their favourites
but made an effort to only bring
them out during the holiday sea-
son.
Most respondents however had
said that they still do get the fam-
ily together to watch at least one
holiday movie. It’s an important
part of the holiday season and a
great way to spend time together
as a family.
With more than 1,400 entries,
What To Do With The Kids®
presents the updated Top 10 Fam-
ily Christmas/Holiday Movie or
Television Shows.
1. How The Grinch Stole Christ-
mas (1966 – animated)
2. The Polar Express (2004 – ani-
mated)
3. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
4. Rudolph The Red Nosed Rein-
deer (1964 – animated)
5. Elf (2004)
6. A Charlie Brown Christmas
(1965 – animated)
7. The Santa Clause (1994)
8. Frosty the Snowman (1969 –
animated)
9. The Grinch (2000)
10. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
11. National Lampoon’s Christ-
mas Vacation (1989)
12. A Muppet Christmas Carol
(1992)
Here are the movies that are
no longer on the list: A Christmas
Story (1983); A Christmas Carol
(1951); White Christmas (1954) and
Home Alone (1990).
Other gems worth noting in-
clude The Nativity Story (2006).
The movie retells the true story
of Christmas in a manner that
feels authentic. With fi ne direc-
tion, great sets and superb acting,
viewers get a feel for the experi-
ences of Mary and Joseph as they
prepared for the birth of Jesus.
Thanks to the superb acting
and having been fi lmed overseas,
there again is that sense of real-
ism – it helps viewers to imagine
what life must have been like in
those days.
Another treasure is The Bells
of St. Mary’s (1949) which fea-
tures Bing Crosby as unconven-
tional Father O’Malley.
He is sent to a school which is
on the verge of being closed, but
works together with Sister Bene-
dict (Ingrid Bergman) to save the
facility.
It’s a gentle, sweet-natured
story with one of the more en-
dearing renditions of the nativity
scene ever to hit the screen.
-Weber
Film favourites for the festive season
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