Don't wait until the New Year! The average Holiday weight gain is anywhere from 2 to 5 pounds. Here are a few strategies for keeping up with your workout through the busy Holiday season:
1.) Workout in the morning. Get your workout in before anything can interfere.
2.) Add to your “to do” list. That way you can put a check in the box when you finish!
3.) Keep your workout a priority! Give your workout the same level of importance as your errands. Make your workout a priority, because it is!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Helpful Tips During the Holiday Season
Whether you are attending parties, shopping for presents, or going away on vacation, you’re likely to make more excuses than usual to avoid the gym and the take in some extra calories. Thanksgiving through the New Year can be a 6 week stretch highlighted by fun with family and friends, and “low lighted” by weight gain and de-conditioning. Let’s discuss a few tips to keep you from going into the New Year with lots of ground to make up.
Don’t adopt the all or nothing approach to diet and exercise
We all are bound to have a bad day or a bad weekend during the holidays. The key is not allowing a couple of bad days turn into a bad week, and then let the bad week turn into a bad month. By then, it’s New Year’s resolution time; you’re up five to ten pounds, and you feel like you’re starting all over again. Instead, combat the extra calories, by hitting the gym extra hard after a bad weekend, and you’ve lost nothing, but have had a great time celebrating the holidays.
Don’t go crazy consuming liquid calories
For the sake of safety, keeping the excess calories to a minimum, and feeling fresh the next day, limit your alcohol consumption. Avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Doing so will not only cause the beverage to have a greater effect on your system, but it can lead to a night of overeating and overdrinking. Make sure that you have something to eat if you are going to have a drink, and also try to drink a cup of water before any alcoholic beverage you consume. This will fill you up, and in doing so, limit the amount that you will drink and eat. Most importantly, remember that the legal limit for drinks consumed in an hour is approximately, 2 drinks for a 150 pound woman, and 3 drinks and for a 200 pound man. Remember the 17,000 lives that were lost in our country last year as a result of DUI related accidents, and use caution during the holiday season and year round, and.
Take the focus off of food
Not every holiday related event has to revolve around food. The holiday season can be a great time to reconnect with friends and family. Instead of lunch or dinner out, line up a football or basketball game, or go out shopping with friends and go for a walk. If your holiday event is going to revolve around food, try going out for a 15 or 20 minute walk after your lunch or dinner. This is a proven way to metabolize the calories that you have just consumed.
Don’t adopt the all or nothing approach to diet and exercise
We all are bound to have a bad day or a bad weekend during the holidays. The key is not allowing a couple of bad days turn into a bad week, and then let the bad week turn into a bad month. By then, it’s New Year’s resolution time; you’re up five to ten pounds, and you feel like you’re starting all over again. Instead, combat the extra calories, by hitting the gym extra hard after a bad weekend, and you’ve lost nothing, but have had a great time celebrating the holidays.
Don’t go crazy consuming liquid calories
For the sake of safety, keeping the excess calories to a minimum, and feeling fresh the next day, limit your alcohol consumption. Avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Doing so will not only cause the beverage to have a greater effect on your system, but it can lead to a night of overeating and overdrinking. Make sure that you have something to eat if you are going to have a drink, and also try to drink a cup of water before any alcoholic beverage you consume. This will fill you up, and in doing so, limit the amount that you will drink and eat. Most importantly, remember that the legal limit for drinks consumed in an hour is approximately, 2 drinks for a 150 pound woman, and 3 drinks and for a 200 pound man. Remember the 17,000 lives that were lost in our country last year as a result of DUI related accidents, and use caution during the holiday season and year round, and.
Take the focus off of food
Not every holiday related event has to revolve around food. The holiday season can be a great time to reconnect with friends and family. Instead of lunch or dinner out, line up a football or basketball game, or go out shopping with friends and go for a walk. If your holiday event is going to revolve around food, try going out for a 15 or 20 minute walk after your lunch or dinner. This is a proven way to metabolize the calories that you have just consumed.
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