281 Tips for FitFluential Balance During the Holidays

Well, maybe not quite that many, as quite a few appear in multiple posts— indicating just how universal and practical those tips are for staying merry and bright.

56 Ambassadors offered up their five tips (one had a +1) for achieving FitFluential balance during the most wonderful yet stressful time of the year, keeping in mind the four key aspects to a FitFluential life: Eat, Move, Sleep, Enjoy.

Check ‘em out, let us know your faves and YOUR top tips to staying balanced— and sane.

 

Heather of 365 Days of Awesome chooses the black boots and reminds us to Be Aware of Wonder.

The “me first” approach prevails at EatDrinkBreatheSweat. Jess wants you to hear her out.

Kymberly Williams-Evans and Alexandra Williams don’t want your Season of Determination to become the Season of Broken Dreams. They’ve got your 5 Tips for Healthy Holiday Motivation on Fun and Fit.

Of Sam’s 5 ways to find balance this season on fitness food & faith, my favorite is the reminder to give generously, as Christmas can {still} change the world. (But honestly I’m mostly jealous of her tandem bike.)

On Stuft Mama, Kristin muses that finding balance is a daily struggle, but she still has a few tricks up her sleeve. Here are her Tips for Achieving Balance Over the Holidays.

Bonnie examines the FitFluential four key aspects and kicks it up a notch with a number five: Prioritize. Her sage advice for finding Christmas coordinated balance can be found on Life to the Full.

Cait of Cait Plus Ate also covers Eat, Move, Sleep and Enjoy (invoking Snooki, “raging carnivores” and pole-dancing Groupons) but her fifth area of focus for FitFluential Holiday Balance is Drink. She’s a smart lady.

Banana Buzzbomb’s Heidi vlogs her answer, maintaining that You Can Maintain A Healthy Lifestyle Through The Holidays. She discusses everything from how to be a good guest while adhering to dietary restrictions, to giving yourself permission to skip that work holiday party.

Five tips for balancing food, fitness, and fun this holiday season AND a recipe for healthy Mexican Manicotti? Janetha of Meals and Moves is definitely on the nice list this year.

Sam provides Some Sort of Balance (A How to Guide for the Holidays) on Because I Can, channeling her inner Dr. Seuss along the way.

Jana Hollingsworth keeps her 5 Tips To Finding Balance During The Holidays short and sweet. Our favorite: setting a daily intention.

On Run for Fun, Stephanie contributes Five Tips to Turning Holidays Fears into Holiday Happiness, alternately titled A Runner’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays & Vacation or A Fitness Freak’s Fantastic Five Steps to Fighting Holiday Fears. You pick what you’re most comfortable with; it’s all good.

Sarah concedes that Finding Balance During The Holidays is a work in progress; one of her tips is to “taste everything (eat nothing).” Find out what that’s all about on Sarah Fit.

She wants to do it all, but she also does not want to put on the 5-7 pounds most Americans do this time of year. Blonde Ponytail’s Jess has 5 FitFluential Tips for Balance During the Holidays.

Brittany reminds us that the holidays are all about family, in her discussion of Staying Balanced on GOtheXtraMile.

Balance? What’s that? asks Erika (aka MCM Mama). It’s a question many mamas can relate to. She follows with her five ways to find balance— or the next best thing, sanity.

She considered Five Tips to Stay Sane and tinkered with Five Tips to Stay Afloat. But Elena of Ciao Mom knew what we really needed was Five Tips to Avoid Drowning in Wine or Nutella.

December is the “Month of Indulgence” in the Running with Sass household, but Heather’s a survivor. Check out her survival strategy for Finding a Holiday Balance.

Whitney thinks this is “a great time of year to challenge yourself and your resolve to remain healthy and active.” We think this is an awesome way to think about it! She helps you out with 5 Tips to Stay FitFluential This Holiday on Live Run Love Yoga.

Nicole is not going to let stress take over her life this season. Find out her plan of attack for Achieving Balance During the Holidays on Making Good Choices.

Courtney of Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life knows it’s easy to be swept up in the hustle and bustle and “go-go-go.” Here are her 5 Tips to Maintain a Healthy Balance During the Holidays.

Chef Katelyn vlogs (glasses, split ends and all) her Five Steps to Stay FitFluential During the Holidays. It’s chock-full of practical tips, especially surrounding food indulgences. Also, Muzak is supplied and the phrase “nocturnal squirrel” is used.

Ashley Running provides A Festive Balancing Act, reminding us that just being present is one of the hardest things to balance, but also one of the most rewarding.

Laura of Wife, Mother, ATHLETE. is baking up a dull breeze and wants hands UP if you’ve been Dragging A$$ Lately. She’s got hot tips for finding balance during the holidays, or otherwise.

At Best Body Fitness, Tina is returning balance to her life one weekend at a time. She’s setting Balancing Act goals and posting photos of Red Velvet & White Chocolate Whoopie Pies…from scratch. I KNOW. Excuse us while we drool on our keyboards for a moment.

Elizabeth of On Tap for Today asks the age-old question, “How on Earth do you fit it all in, and still have time to watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation fourteen times?” Her answer involves managing expectations, clearly illustrated by A tasty holiday pie… chart.

Since Michele is the NYC Running Mama, she fittingly frames her post in a running analogy. She offers Five Tips for Achieve a FitFluential Balance During the Holidays, to keep you from hitting that wall so that you can finish your 2011 race strong.

Mindy teases us with buckeyes, but reminds us to treat treats like treats. It’s one of the practical (albeit tongue-twisty) ways she lists for achieving Balance on Just a One Girl Revolution.

Spinning plates, a “perfect 10″ Olympic performance on the balance beam, and a stunning photograph illustrate Marjorie’s vision of balance in her post, Balance: is it attainable? Don’t miss these five tips at Taking It On.

Robyn Baldwin wants work life balance. And stress fun balance. See how she’s planning to achieve Balance During The Holidays (one glass of wedding wine a day sounds just divine).

At Running Around Normal, Paige realizes that holiday balance might best be achieved by allowing a little Holiday Imbalance. And she’s absolutely OK with that.

Girya Girl Adrienne mixes a little naughty with her nice, breaking the rules with 6 Ways to Stay on Track Over the Holidays, not five. We’ll call it a Christmas Bonus.

Eric knows that ’tis the season for making excuses. He’s got 5 Tips for Balance during the Holidays so you can “roll in to the new year ready to rock!”

Tamara is letting go of her “Norman Rockwellian ideal of what Christmas is supposed to look like.” On fitknitchick, she shares Tips for a Balanced Holiday; Make Less More.

Matt of The Athlete’s Plate hates what the holidays do to his routine. He talks about how he stays sane with his 5 Tips for Balance During the Holidays.

Calculating the caloric repercussions of her favorite five holiday treats, Krysten of Darwinian Fail is faced with a Holiday Conundrum. Will balance prevail?

In her post Holiday Balance, Spin & Stuffed Poblano Peppers on Where’s the Beach?, Heather wonders if maintaining your routine while being flexible is an oxymoron. Then she shows us how to make the stuffed poblano peppers in all their ooey, gooey glory.

“It’s the time of year to stuff our faces, make excuses and work off our butts in January right? Wrong!” Oh, that Julia of Nugglemama’s Handful is tricky. She posts Five Ways I Achieve #FitFluential Balance During the Holidays.

Toni of Running, Loving, Living notes that it’s not about deprivation or guilt, but about “fitting into your life.” Here are her 5 Tips for Maintaining #FitFluential Balance During the Holiday Season.

On Pancakes and Postcards, Courtney demands to know WHAT IS HOLIDAY BALANCE, ANYWAYS? She includes one of our favorite tips: Do something incredibly cheesy.

Jess of Jess Runs suffers from a self-diagnosed superwoman complex. She’s keeping off the “one-way road to burnout town” and Trying to Find Balance.

Katy Widrick has notoriously bad balance but is surprisingly good at multi-tasking. She incorporates a Chobani giveaway with her tips for Balance During the Holidays.

At Life After Bagels, Morgan wants to know Do You Have a Plan? She sensibly points out that one is vital to keeping holiday activities and preparations under control. Then she distracts us with her Mexican Casserole.

Michelle of Running with Attitude knows that the holidays can throw you off-kilter. Her advice for Finding Balance during the Holidays will hopefully keep you… on-kilter?

At Love, Sweat, and Beers Tiff is Finding a Healthy Balance for holiday pressures and heavy shopping bags. She closes with some recommendations for Christmas Ales, leaving us with visions of craft beers dancing in our heads.

Julie of Julie Go Lean is finding equilibrium during the holidays & just in life by wearing short skirts and being awesome (and three other things you’ll have to find out for yourself).

Balance + Holidays = Really? Kathleen of She Rocks Fitness says YES IT IS POSSIBLE! Find out how she suggests her clients (and you!) stay balanced.

Rebekah is not freaking out about the holidays, which pretty much makes her a clear expert. See how she’s staying in the “zen zone” with Balancing Crazy: 5 Tips For Staying Sane At The Holidays at Bex Life.

Colleen shares How I Don’t Pack on Holiday Bulge in a Lunchbox Diaries vlog. Watch and learn how you, too, can ensure your jeans will fit in the new year.

Rachel is Staying Sane in the Holiday Crazy at Running Backwards in High Heels. With a little help from Elle Woods.

Erin of See Mom Run Far has 5 Tips for Achieving FitFluential Balance during the Holidays, so that the holidays can be something to treasure and enjoy rather than simply “survive.”

On Hungry, Healthy, Happy! Lanae works the Eat. Sleep. Move. Enjoy. theme to discuss bringing holiday harmony into her life, concluding that today is a gift, that is why we call it the present.

Ali of Miles with Style has a plan to thwart inevitable holiday pounds and getting completely out of shape. It’s outlined in her post It’s All About Balancing!

If the holiday juggling act has you feeling overwhelmed, Christie O. has a vlog with kids and a monkey and bosu balancing in it titled 5 Tips for Maintaining Balance (and Sanity!) During the Holidays! And if you don’t even have time for that, she’s helpfully provided a cheat sheet on Average Moms Wear Capes.

Life’s always crazy, but Jen wants you to avoid super-charged craziness, offering up 5 Fitfluential Tips to Maintain Balance this Holiday Season on Running With the Girls.

And finally, Cat has sage words, slightly less sage words, a mention of her rack, and a recipe for Indian Lamb Burgers with Goat Cheese in a post she likes to call Eating Butter in Your Sleep With Tiger Woods.

And that’s all, folks.

What’s your secret to holiday balance?