It's easy to use the holidays as an excuse to over indulge in food and drinks, but holiday weight gain doesn't have to be inevitable.
Not exact matches
It's ok to enjoy yourself and have a sweet treat, but don't let the
holidays be your excuse for
weight gain!
While most nutrition writers are busy drafting articles about how to avoid
gaining weight over the
holidays (been there,
done that), I want to talk about another important issue that rarely gets air time: food waste.
Even if you
did gain a true pound or two over the
holidays (which is normal and OK), you would have to continue to eat poorly throughout the rest of the year to keep that extra
weight on or continue to
gain weight.
Recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that in Germany, Japan and the US,
holiday celebrations such as Thanksgiving and Golden Week
do lead to
weight gain.
Whereas, the anxiety more so comes from the stress of getting everything
done on time (
holiday shopping, baking, decorating etc), trying to juggle 3 get togethers or parties in one night and perhaps even the the fear of
gaining weight from the festive treats the
holidays bring.
Over the years researchers have found we don't
gain quite as much
weight during the
Holidays as we once thought, but we
do gain some
weight.
(This corresponds with a combination of stresses: the weather, lack of sunlight and even the start of the
holiday season — people don't eat well, are less active, and
weight gain is common.)
I actually didn't
gain over the
holidays, but my
weight loss has been very slow.
Don't give into peer pressure or that little voice that says, «It's the
holidays, it's okay to
gain a little
weight, I'll work it off come January.»
Why
do Americans
gain weight during the
Holidays?
If you
gained some
weight over the
holidays, please:
do NOT enroll in a diet challenge
do NOT start
doing tons of cardio to burn tons of calories
do NOT slash your calories and... [Read More]
I don't
gain weight over the
holidays, on vacation, or — and this used to be a problem for me for years — over the weekend, ever.
Avoid
doing something else — concentrate on your food so you can prevent the usual
holiday weight gain.
However I don't usually
gain weight on
holiday, my habits are so well embedded and I can get back into the groove when I return and my body keeps me in balance.
Or
do you guys over there think that men don't
gain weight around the
holidays?
Would you evict him if he
gained a few pounds over the
holidays and didn't make
weight on the first day of spring training?