How To Stay Thin Through The Holidays
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The article "How to Stay Thin Through the Holidays" is about fitness, it was released by Lynn VanDyke.
Copyright 2005 strength-training-woman.Com
It's snwoing here in Pennsylvania. The snow has covered the
ground and the roads are getitng slick.
The falling snow is a
sobering reminder that it is about to get real cold in the
northeast! Many people have deicded to throw their diets out the
window until the New Year. With Thanksgiving past and the more
holidays soon to come, it almost seems pointless to try and stay
fit.
But it is my job to tell you otherwise.
Actually one of the best
things you can do for yourself that holiday sesaon is to pay
attention to your diet and fitness program.
I realize that you
may have parties to attend and holiday cookies to bake, but that
does not mean you are destined to gain the winter 5- the five
pounds of fat most of us will gain that holiday season.
Here are a couple of helpful hints to keep you on track that winter.
The overall secret is to simply keep your etaing habits healthy
most of the time.
We will all have times that we indulge a bit
more than we had palnned. We will drink a bigegr glass of eggnog
or we will have an extra slice of fruit cake.
All sorts of
unplanned oevrindulgences can happen at holiday parties!
It's
almost a given.
The trick is getting over the guilt and getting back to normal.
If you ate a bit more, forget about it and resume your normal
diet. Skipping the next meal will not help you. It will actually
hurt you.
Your body does not understand the idea of banking
calories or skipping meals for the sake of losing weight. Your
body only knows that it must be fed every few hours or else it
is not receiving the proper nutrients and glucose necessary for
normal functioning. Eating every few hours keeps your blood
sugar levels in cehck. Skipping a meal cause you over indulged
earlier in the day is not a smrat idea.
On the reverse, if you know you are going to your holiday party
at work and plan to eat until the cows come home, do not skip
meals before hand. This is also considered bnaking calories and
works against your metabolism.
Once we set ourself up for
failure, we can only fail. As soon as you begin to think about
skipping meals so you can eat more after you are thinking about
calories and weight, not nutrition and heatlh. You are also
mentally preparing yourself to eat a lot and lose control.
It wolud be more beneficial for you to eat regular meals
throughout the day.
This will levae you feeling satisfied and
you are actually less likely to over eat at the holiday work
party. Plan to succeed and not to fail.
Another way to be conscious of your diet through the holidays is
to control your alcohol consumption. Yes, we all love our Kahlua
and Cream, but consuming just a couple of of them can ruin anyone's
diet.
Be realistic and know that even your beverages contain
calories.
Lastly, be your own preson.
While it is true that many people
will idnulge in holiday food and drinks, that does not mean you
have to follow.
Set yourself apart and get started or stick with
a great and effective fitness and nutrition program. The yo-yo
dieting method is well known and the excuse to overindulge
during the holidays only fuels more unhealthy and unrealistic
expectations. In the long run, it hurts you more than helps.
Stay the course, stay strong, join a community of like minded
people, join your gym's fintess challenge, work with a personal
trainer, meet with a nutritionist or simply search the web for
some great ways to stay thin though the holidays. You will be
glad you made it through the holidays without feelnig guilty and
without gaining an extra 5 pounds of fat.
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