Christmas Aliens; Exercise & Moderation

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We have officially entered the twilight zone of debauchery. Yes — I’m talking about Christmas season. When work colleagues, friends and family are all part of a cunning plan to debunk everything you have worked so hard for through the year. It is the only month in the year when healthy eating and exercise regiments are traded in favour of excess eating and drinking in forms of work, social and family commitments.

During this time exercise usually constitutes as walking from one party venue to another; healthy food choices are put on hold; mirrors are left aside and scales stowed away.

Christmas blurs into New Year’s celebrations and the festival of eating and drinking continues. Fast forward to post celebration period in late January/early February — when the head is dragged out of the sand to brave the scales and reflection in the mirror. Exasperated you yell, “What!!!! How on earth did this happen???”

Then it all stops. New Year’s resolutions are drawn up — you join/reacquaint with the gym, enlist in the latest trending diet and kale smoothies become the new black. All this in aspirations of a slimmer, healthier you for the new year. And despite the promises of ‘never again’ and ‘next year it will be different’ — it rarely is.

I’m of the belief that quantity of food/energy consumption should be relative to the energy output of the body. So if you intend to eat and drink your way through Christmas — be prepared to commit to an exercise routine that affords the intake. Otherwise, the start of the new year will be about diets and begrudging exercise. I don’t know about you — but that sounds like wasted energy and not how I like to start the new year.

All jokes aside — my honest (albeit obvious) advice is being festive without being excessive. Try to make (some) healthy food choices and be active - keep the body moving to keep the extra weight (and self-loathing) in check. And you will start your new year with a happier disposition in Mind, Body and Spirit!

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Yung Ok Yoo

I spent most of my academic years studying Fine Art in various disciplines. I completed my Post graduate in Visual Arts majoring in Photography and minored in drawing. I continued this line of study into Visual Comunication and further my art skill base with Jewellery and Object making. During this time, I worked on commissioned paintings for corporate, commercial environments as an Interior consultant and decorator to which I also was commissioned to paint for for Private collections. My historical professional background stemmed in the hospitality industry - where I managed restaurants. It was during this time that I found Pilates having injured my back at work. In 2008, I started my apprenticeship under the tutelage of Master Teacher trainer Cynthia Lochard (2nd Generation teacher). My training was rigorous with culmative observational hours, training and practiced teaching of over 1000 hours before certifying. Since my Pilates certification in 2009, I maintain my weekly session with Cynthia Lochard and travel to New York every two years (most recently October 2014) to partake in intensive training at the Head Quarters for Romana's Pilates at True Pilates New York originally know as Drago's. It is here, I continue my tutelage with Master Teacher Trainers Jerome Weinberg & Cynthia Shipley who worked closely with the late Romana Kryzanowska herself. In NYC - October 2014 - I also had a chance to work with Peter Fiasca Founder of Classical Pilates. As well as NYC, I have travelled to Singapore, Paris, London and trained with international teachers. In 2013, I opened True Pilates Sydney Studio, because I felt there were very few Pilates studios in Sydney that focused on the True Pilates Method - hence I named the studio 'True Pilates Sydney'. Through my own teachings I hope to inspire, train and educate others in the art of Pilates as I have been inspired in my own training and journey.