The holiday season is upon us once again, or as some have come to call it “The Official Eating Season”, this time of year is full of enjoyment, family get togethers, Christmas parties, and holiday shopping. All of which revolve around eating causing the average American to gain about 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years.
However, you don’t have to be average!
The following tips will help keep your waistline slim and trim.
1. Schedule Time To Workout. Time is an issue more than ever during the holidays so you need to make sure to it put into to your schedule. Even if you have to cut your workout days back, two times a week is still enough to prevent adding extra pounds.
2. Go Easy On The Booze. With 2 or 3 Christmas parties a week it is very easy to pack on a few additional pounds in a month. In order to prevent this, drink one glass of water for each alcoholic drink you have. Also, order your drinks on the rocks or with diet soda, by not having the extra sugar you will cut your calories in half.
3. Load up on veggies. By picking from the veggie tray rather than the tray of chicken wings and other fried foods you will save yourself hundreds in calories of fat and grease. Also, make sure you’re not hanging out around the food table this will only cause you to eat more. It’s also a good idea to eat dinner at home before heading out this too will keep you for eating as much at the party.
4. Eat Smart. There’s nothing like Thanksgiving dinner, except maybe Christmas dinner. While we all love turkey, gravy, pumpkin pie, and mom’s sweet potato pie, we don’t need to eat it like we are never going to see food again. Having a little of everything is ok, but don’t stuff yourself so full that you end up feeling like one of the balloons in a Macy’s parade.
5. Get Your Sleep. It very easy this time of year to fall behind on your shut eye. Recent research has shown that people who sleep less weigh more due to a hormonal imbalance that causes your appetite to increase and crave starchy foods that will increase your waistline.
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DF Christmas Party - we hope to see all our members on Friday, December 13th at our Christmas Party. We are asking that everyone who is interested in coming let us know and bring a side dish/appetizer, we will provide the beer and wine. See you there!
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