15 tips to enjoy the holidays without getting fat
1. Control your stress levels during the holidays
The festive season usually generates a series of social and family demands that often stress us more than we are. Meetings, gifts, commitments, visits, trips ... sometimes it's hard to combine everything!
Remember that if you are stressed or stressed it is very likely that you do not make the best decisions when sitting at the table. Stress wears you down, oxidizes and inflames you and does NOT help you lose weight.
If you want some wonderful advice from experts to combat stress at parties, do not miss this great article from one of my favorite blogs: "Eva Muerde la Manzana", written by a group of experts on the subject.
2. Take advantage, sleep as much as you can ... and a little more
Normally we are going to stop during the year. Take advantage of vacations or days off in December to recover the lack of sleep, to rest as much as you can.
Remember that if you do not sleep your hours, you will be more tired, more hungry and less exercise. The metabolism tends to diminish when you do not sleep and more hunger hormones are secreted.
You are much more likely to get fat if you do not sleep.
3. Stay active with your friends and family
You can take advantage of family gatherings or friends to organize outdoor outings or small excursions. Make walks on the beach, the city, the park ...
If you want to enjoy a party without getting fat, try not to stay all afternoon doing a meal in the same place, because besides not burning energy, you will end up eating more things like nougat, polvorones and other "sugar-festive" preparations.
If you practice sports frequently, do not abandon it!
4. Practice Mindful Eating
Pay attention and awareness to the food you are about to eat. Enjoy fully its aroma, flavor, texture, colors. Even if you are in the middle of a group of people, talking, laughing. Set aside a few seconds for each bite.
We do not usually talk when we chew, right? Take advantage of these seconds to feel in your mouth that food prepared with love for this occasion. Chew until you feel its texture become liquid before you swallow it.
Eat slowly, slowly, respectfully 🙂
5. If you know that a person with whom you will share a meal stresses you, it drives you crazy ... so sit as far as you can from her!
Take special care when it comes to lunch or dinner. Avoid sources of stress and tension that you know you can avoid. Covertly find out where that person is going to sit and sit at the other end of the table. Avoid contact during the meal. Try to eat in peace 🙂
Let nothing stop your progress!
Discover them and solve them in this easy-to-read guide
6. If you are the host in your house, pose a healthy lunch or dinner
Nowhere is it written that Christmas meals should provide thousands of calories, tons of sugars, or dozens of liters of alcohol.
If you plan a little you can surprise the diners with a different meal, in which the vegetables abound, with good quality proteins. Avoiding heavy sauces, fried, prepared with sugars or excess butters. We can all stop a few parties without getting fat if we think about it.
Restricts the amounts of alcohol. You can put some bottles of organic wine and a big jug of water.
For dessert, you can prepare a healthy cake like this for example or a good fresh fruit salad.
7. There are only a few special meals and dinners, try to keep your diet healthy the rest of the days.
If you already have a more careful, healthy, balanced diet try to keep it to the letter when you are not in a special event. You do not have to "get mad" during the 15 or 20 days of the holidays.
If at any time you pass, return to your good habits immediately in the next intake.
8. Arrive at the celebrations having eaten correctly for the rest of the day.
That "I will not eat anything during the day to arrive hungry at dinner" does not make any sense. You will end up exceeding yourself and then you will feel too full. To make matters worse, you will go to sleep with your belly full of food and rest much worse.
9. Focus on what you will eat and do not mix so much.
If you find yourself with numerous options at the table, observe each one well, value them. Decide what you will choose to eat, assemble a balanced plate. You do not need to taste absolutely everything on the table. I know selectiv . Think about what foods are good for you and what you like.
Remember to add a good amount of vegetables.
Serve yourself a good dish and practice Mindful Eating. Try eat it slowly. 20 minutes is the time you need to feel the signal of satiety. Avoid repeating just for gluttony. Less is more!
10. Serve a good portion of protein inside your plate
Whether you are vegetarian or omnivore this point is very important. The protein will help keep you sated for longer. If you eat a good portion of protein you can reduce the caloric intake as it will reduce your feeling of hunger.
Protein also helps keep your metabolism more active. Some good sources of protein are: legumes, white and small blue fish, organic eggs, and poultry meat.
11. Provide your favorite healthy dish
These parties are about sharing with loved ones. We come together to give and receive good energies. Food is a great way to do it.
Since you are on the way to take care of yourself, to practice a more conscious diet, share it. Surprise other people who do not eat like you.
Also this is your "nutritional insurance", because if most of the options served at the table do not fit your way of eating. You will always have your own favorite dish available to enjoy without worrying.
12. Avoid processed or highly sugary foodsCookies
Processed foods contain additives, sugars, a lot of salt and a long and destructive etcetera. They are unhealthy and very little
recommended if what you want is to enjoy the parties without getting fat.
Try to prepare homemade, light meals. And beware of nougat and candy of this type, they contain huge amounts of sugar!
13. Choose healthy desserts and drink them in moderation
Dessert seems an inescapable part of Christmas meals or dinners. If you are going to eat, try to choose something like a fruit salad, a lemon ice cream or a small piece of your favorite cake (it's not worth going for seconds!).
If you moderate, you will feel much better later, remember it.
14. Controls the intake of calories in liquids
Try to drink water during meals and if you wish, offer it with a glass of cava or champagne. If you are going to drink wine or beer, moderate the quantities, with one or maximum 2 drinks you already have more than enough.
Avoid at all costs the sugary soft drinks and carbonated drinks that so much sugar and empty calories contribute to your body.
15. Be consistent
If you have been taking care of yourself for a while, eating healthy foods, reducing your excess weight ... Do not throw everything away in a few days of celebration to start from scratch in January ...
Visualize each event in advance, plan how you will behave. Remember that you are in control and food does not control you. Plan, if you are going to eat at a house or a restaurant, find out what menu options you will have. Take your healthy dish to share or ask for a different menu if you consider it necessary.
To enjoy a good holiday we do not need more than good predisposition and be willing to give and receive affection. The stuffing of food and drink does not add more than kilos and subsequent guilt.
1. Control your stress levels during the holidays
The festive season usually generates a series of social and family demands that often stress us more than we are. Meetings, gifts, commitments, visits, trips ... sometimes it's hard to combine everything!
Remember that if you are stressed or stressed it is very likely that you do not make the best decisions when sitting at the table. Stress wears you down, oxidizes and inflames you and does NOT help you lose weight.
If you want some wonderful advice from experts to combat stress at parties, do not miss this great article from one of my favorite blogs: "Eva Muerde la Manzana", written by a group of experts on the subject.
2. Take advantage, sleep as much as you can ... and a little more
Normally we are going to stop during the year. Take advantage of vacations or days off in December to recover the lack of sleep, to rest as much as you can.
Remember that if you do not sleep your hours, you will be more tired, more hungry and less exercise. The metabolism tends to diminish when you do not sleep and more hunger hormones are secreted.
You are much more likely to get fat if you do not sleep.
3. Stay active with your friends and family
You can take advantage of family gatherings or friends to organize outdoor outings or small excursions. Make walks on the beach, the city, the park ...
If you want to enjoy a party without getting fat, try not to stay all afternoon doing a meal in the same place, because besides not burning energy, you will end up eating more things like nougat, polvorones and other "sugar-festive" preparations.
If you practice sports frequently, do not abandon it!
4. Practice Mindful Eating
Pay attention and awareness to the food you are about to eat. Enjoy fully its aroma, flavor, texture, colors. Even if you are in the middle of a group of people, talking, laughing. Set aside a few seconds for each bite.
We do not usually talk when we chew, right? Take advantage of these seconds to feel in your mouth that food prepared with love for this occasion. Chew until you feel its texture become liquid before you swallow it.
Eat slowly, slowly, respectfully 🙂
5. If you know that a person with whom you will share a meal stresses you, it drives you crazy ... so sit as far as you can from her!
Take special care when it comes to lunch or dinner. Avoid sources of stress and tension that you know you can avoid. Covertly find out where that person is going to sit and sit at the other end of the table. Avoid contact during the meal. Try to eat in peace 🙂
Let nothing stop your progress!
Discover them and solve them in this easy-to-read guide
6. If you are the host in your house, pose a healthy lunch or dinner
Nowhere is it written that Christmas meals should provide thousands of calories, tons of sugars, or dozens of liters of alcohol.
If you plan a little you can surprise the diners with a different meal, in which the vegetables abound, with good quality proteins. Avoiding heavy sauces, fried, prepared with sugars or excess butters. We can all stop a few parties without getting fat if we think about it.
Restricts the amounts of alcohol. You can put some bottles of organic wine and a big jug of water.
For dessert, you can prepare a healthy cake like this for example or a good fresh fruit salad.
7. There are only a few special meals and dinners, try to keep your diet healthy the rest of the days.
If you already have a more careful, healthy, balanced diet try to keep it to the letter when you are not in a special event. You do not have to "get mad" during the 15 or 20 days of the holidays.
If at any time you pass, return to your good habits immediately in the next intake.
8. Arrive at the celebrations having eaten correctly for the rest of the day.
That "I will not eat anything during the day to arrive hungry at dinner" does not make any sense. You will end up exceeding yourself and then you will feel too full. To make matters worse, you will go to sleep with your belly full of food and rest much worse.
9. Focus on what you will eat and do not mix so much.
If you find yourself with numerous options at the table, observe each one well, value them. Decide what you will choose to eat, assemble a balanced plate. You do not need to taste absolutely everything on the table. I know selectiv . Think about what foods are good for you and what you like.
Remember to add a good amount of vegetables.
Serve yourself a good dish and practice Mindful Eating. Try eat it slowly. 20 minutes is the time you need to feel the signal of satiety. Avoid repeating just for gluttony. Less is more!
10. Serve a good portion of protein inside your plate
Whether you are vegetarian or omnivore this point is very important. The protein will help keep you sated for longer. If you eat a good portion of protein you can reduce the caloric intake as it will reduce your feeling of hunger.
Protein also helps keep your metabolism more active. Some good sources of protein are: legumes, white and small blue fish, organic eggs, and poultry meat.
11. Provide your favorite healthy dish
These parties are about sharing with loved ones. We come together to give and receive good energies. Food is a great way to do it.
Since you are on the way to take care of yourself, to practice a more conscious diet, share it. Surprise other people who do not eat like you.
Also this is your "nutritional insurance", because if most of the options served at the table do not fit your way of eating. You will always have your own favorite dish available to enjoy without worrying.
12. Avoid processed or highly sugary foodsCookies
Processed foods contain additives, sugars, a lot of salt and a long and destructive etcetera. They are unhealthy and very little
recommended if what you want is to enjoy the parties without getting fat.
Try to prepare homemade, light meals. And beware of nougat and candy of this type, they contain huge amounts of sugar!
13. Choose healthy desserts and drink them in moderation
Dessert seems an inescapable part of Christmas meals or dinners. If you are going to eat, try to choose something like a fruit salad, a lemon ice cream or a small piece of your favorite cake (it's not worth going for seconds!).
If you moderate, you will feel much better later, remember it.
14. Controls the intake of calories in liquids
Try to drink water during meals and if you wish, offer it with a glass of cava or champagne. If you are going to drink wine or beer, moderate the quantities, with one or maximum 2 drinks you already have more than enough.
Avoid at all costs the sugary soft drinks and carbonated drinks that so much sugar and empty calories contribute to your body.
15. Be consistent
If you have been taking care of yourself for a while, eating healthy foods, reducing your excess weight ... Do not throw everything away in a few days of celebration to start from scratch in January ...
Visualize each event in advance, plan how you will behave. Remember that you are in control and food does not control you. Plan, if you are going to eat at a house or a restaurant, find out what menu options you will have. Take your healthy dish to share or ask for a different menu if you consider it necessary.
To enjoy a good holiday we do not need more than good predisposition and be willing to give and receive affection. The stuffing of food and drink does not add more than kilos and subsequent guilt.
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