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Holiday Meals While Keeping the Pounds Off

 

How to Enjoy Holiday Meals While Keeping the Pounds Off

 

There’s no better time of year than the holidays. Some people may enjoy the holidays for the time spent with family while others may simply enjoy the festivity that comes along with them. However, for a lot of people who love the holiday season, there’s nothing better than stuffing your face with all your favorite holiday classics, from turkey and stuffing to ham and cheesy potatoes.

Unfortunately, all this holiday eating can take a toll on your body. What may seem like a few simple large meals could turn into a few extra pounds—or worse, bad eating habits that can last well beyond the holidays. So, what can you do to make sure you’re staying healthy during the holidays? We’ve put together a few different tips to help you make sure you’re not packing on pounds of extra weight because you’re eating too much this holiday season.

Drink Less

 

If you truly love food and want to make sure you’re staying healthy while you eat your Christmas dinner, one of the best ways to cut back on your overall caloric intake is to drink less. Whether you’re a fan of mixed drinks, soda, juice or eggnog, almost every beverage you enjoy during the holidays has a significant number of calories. What’s even worse is that these are all empty calories with no real health benefits to you.

For many people, the food is the real star when it comes to holiday meals. You might want a few glasses of soda to go with your Christmas dinner, but cutting back on the calories and sugar you take in from soda and other beverages allow you to eat more without putting your health at risk. As long as you’re willing to cut out the soda, you can take that extra slice of ham or add an extra scoop of mac and cheese to your plate.

Go for Favorites

 

What are your favorite foods to eat during the holidays? Not a list of food options you generally have during the holidays, but which of those food options are your specific favorites. Everybody has something that they crave all year long until the holidays arrive, and the answer is different for many people. However, one fact remains the same no matter who you are: The holidays are a time to enjoy the things we love, so you should make sure you’re not wasting room in your stomach or calories in your allowance by eating things you aren’t fond of.

If you often find yourself going back for seconds but being a little bit too full by the end of the night, simply cut out the parts of the meal you don’t like. This will allow you to get more of the foods you enjoy without having to worry about eating thousands upon thousands of calories in one sitting. The result is a delicious meal that you don’t have to feel guilty about.

Feel the Burn

 

Monitoring what you eat and making an effort to cut back is a big help when it comes to surviving the holiday season healthily, but simply eating a little better won’t make the holiday health problem disappear entirely. If you really want to make sure you aren’t packing on weight while enjoying your favorite holiday meals, you need to make sure you’re burning off all those calories.

Supplements like Fat Bloc can help you burn some of the fat you eat during the holidays and keep your body closer to the shape it’s in all year long. Fat Bloc is specially formulated to help block fat digestion in your body, which means you won’t break down all the fat from the food you eat and store it in your body.

Of course, there’s no complete substitute for getting plenty of exercises. The holidays are a busy time—everybody knows that—but few things in life are more important than your health. If you want to get the most out of the holidays when it comes to eating delicious food, you need to figure out a way to keep yourself from packing on weight that will be hard to lose later. However, as long as you’re following some of these tips and making an effort to monitor your eating and exercise during the holidays, you don’t have too much to worry about.

April and Dave are the creators of Skinny Over 40 which is about living a healthy lifestyle over 40, and under. We give you the skinny on detoxing and weight loss.

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