How To Stay Slim & Trim This Holiday Season!

November 26, 2011

Tips To Keep You Slim & Trim This Holiday Season

The holidays are indeed a time for celebration. Love, health, and happiness reign while festive coffee drinks, desserts, and rounds of gourmet meals beckon. Many attempt to battle the seemingly inevitable weight gain that the holidays bring, and often times those few pounds make all the difference between us fitting comfortably into our skinny jeans or retiring to our yoga pants. But we still want to look good and feel great, especially during the holiday season. And how nice would it be to reunite with our family and friends and hear “Wow! You look great!” Keep the holiday spirit with these tips on how to beat the few pounds that taunt us.

Keep up your regular workout routine. Holiday travels throw your routine into shambles? If there’s a room, a street, or a gym anywhere in the vicinity, you really don’t have a reason not to keep up with your regular (or semi-regular) workout routine. Bring a resistance band with you when you travel for easy access to strength training or stretching. You can also go for a run or head to a local gym. It might be good to take a break from the hustle and bustle of a holiday household anyway!
Eat smart. You don’t have to pass on dessert or stray away from the candied yams. Just remember to fuel your body as you splurge. Try to fill up on healthy, substantial, efficient foods before having your treats. Being full on healthier foods will keep you full for longer as well as curb cravings for high-calorie, low value foods.
Increase your water intake. Wine, soda, eggnog, coffee, liquor. Remember, if it’s carbonated or caffeinated or high in calories, sugar and/or sodium, it dehydrates you. Drinking more water will not only help your body digest complex carbs and sugars in food and drink but it will help curb the hangover threat! Set a goal of three liters a day.
Plan your snacks. Instead of snacking on leftover cookies or green bean casserole–even though it is a vegetable–make sure to stock the fridge with fresh fruit and veggies ready to go, like you normally do. Tendencies lean toward grabbing whatever is easy and accessible when we’re hungry. So make sure you plan for that especially when temptation calls.
Have some wine or tea! This should be the easiest request to fulfill. Red wine is recommended over white to reduce the amount of sugar intake. And tea is recommended over coffee. But remember, everything in moderation.

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