Dear bloggers,
Now that the holiday season has started, people are in a very joyful mood. With plenty of occasions to meet friends and family, go out, and plan dinners, our fear of gaining weight multiplies. Today, I will hand out some dieticians’ tips to manage to stay in shape during the end of year festivities.
Here are my tips to get though the food madness without much damage!
No. 1: Plan ahead of time
During the holiday seasons, we are all booked ahead of time for various social events. The bad thing is the overdose of calories. The good thing is that it leaves room for planning the other meals of the week. Let’s say you are invited this week to threedinners; well you got 18 meals left during the week to make it up. Exclude from your regular meals the desserts, threats, afternoon snacks, or the portion of fries you indulge in sometimes. In addition, decrease the size of your plates, or opt for a 50/50 plate (50% vegetables and the rest the regular meal). That way, you would have spared a few hundred calories dailythat can compensate for the other three heavy meals.
No. 2: Work out wisely
If you are not the working out type, try to initiate in some type of light activity. For example, go for a walk every day or every other day for at least 30 minutes, at any pace since something is always better than nothing. If you are the working out type, now is the time to cut down the chitchat sessions at the gym and focus fully on the work out. Increase your cardio, and if you can,increase the number of trainings. What I am doing is that I have increased my training from three to five times per week, by adding 40 minutes of treadmill at home or at the waterfront twice per week. Surprisingly, it’s not as hard or as complicated as I expected, since it is only replacing TV time!
No. 3: Decide which ones will be feast meals and which will be regular meals
By knowing details about your invitations, you can manage your meal pattern more wisely. For example, if you are invited to a friend’s or relative’s house, you can ask about the food that will be served. That way, you can decide, based on the options offered, if that meal is going to be a cheat meal or not. Samething applies for dinners in restaurants. If you are going to one of your favorite restaurants, of course this is going to be a cheat meal (within limits, no need to overdo it), and if it’s not, you will control your intake more since it’s not really worth it to engulf extra calories on that specific meal.
Now, I hope you are armed to embrace the holiday seasons with grace and slender. Any other tips that are working for you?Please share them with us!
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