Winter Blah's?

Have you ever noticed when it is winter time how we tend to stay in and kind of hibernate?  There is nothing better than curling up with a good movie, or a good book and a mound of food!!!  My old preference would be a bag of Peanut M&M's and when the bag was done I was done.  Someone had mentioned it was the winter blahs that was getting them down and not controlling their eating.  That is easy to do.  Here in Texas we have had rain for three days, and this afternoon it finally eased up.  But I can tell you when it is dark and gloomy it is hard to get motivated to do much.  So I got to thinking, what can we do to break our traditional habits of winter so all our hard work does not go to waste. 

First of all did you know there are Winter fruits and vegetables?  There are and here is a list:

	Bananas Blood Oranges Clementines Cranberries Grapes (Red) Grapefruits Kiwi	Kumquat Oranges Passion Fruit Pears Persimmons Pomegranates Pummelo	Rhubarb Satsuma Oranges Tangelo Tangerine Ugli Fruit

To read more about these fruits see Winter Fruit at Foodfit.com

Artichokes Avocado Bok Choy Broccoli Broccoli Rabe Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower

Celery Root Chestnuts Jerusalem Artichokes Kale Lettuce Parsnips Radishes

Rhubarb Rutabaga Salsify Snow Peas Squash (Winter) Sweet Potatoes Turnips (White) Watercress

To read more about these fruits see Winter Vegetables at Foodfit.com

I have seen others mention the winter blahs.  What do you do to help fight those winter blues?  How do you turn those gloomy days into brighter days to keep your spirits and motivation up?  Please share your ideas!!!