The holiday season often requires lots of family-oriented activities. This year, instead of sitting around a table gorging on food you don't need and rehashing the same old stories you've been telling for decades, break the monotony and try something new! Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, CD Director at Green Mountain at Fox Run--a healthy living resort in Vermont suggests:
-Pumpkin Bowling -- Grab a few pumpkins (smaller ones may work best), set up gourd 'pins' and have a fun and funny lawn pumpkin bowling game with family and friends.
-Make Your Own Obstacle Course -- Join family and friends for an improvised obstacle course at the park. Walk a park path, stopping at a bench for push-ups, followed by sit-ups on the grass, another short walk to a tree branch to do pull-ups and then lunges back to the path.
-Fun with Fido – Make your daily dog walk a family activity! Get the whole gang together to walk Fido to the park or field and have fun chasing, throwing Frisbee, a ball, whatever entertains you, others and of course Fido.
-Play Date -- Add active times to the usual evening get-togethers with family and friends. Carve an hour out of the evening pre or post dinner to toss a football, play soccer, baseball or basketball, run a turkey trot, fly a kite, walk the beach, hike through peaceful woods.
-Pine Cone Toss -- Make a board with holes to toss cones through, or place Hula hoops on the ground and count how many stay inside the hoop instead of bouncing out.
Whatever you do, be active and have fun creating new memories this year!
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