| Weight Gain During the Holidays - Is This a Certainty? |
| Written by Christian Goodman |
| Wednesday, 09 December 2009 08:27 |
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I answer myself "It can feed 30 people" When my wife questions "Is this going to be enough to feed 10 people?". It happens at the grocery shop when we host a family event on a holiday.
I answer myself "It can feed 30 people" When my wife questions "Is this going to be enough to feed 10 people?". It happens at the grocery shop when we host a family event on a holiday. We start the parties by Thanksgiving as it is almost the start of holidays and indulge in over eating. We do not stop this until after the New Year's day. Is there a reason to overeat in holidays? The major reason is even though we enjoy our holidays it is also stressful to many people. The stress of accommodating all friends and family as it is time consuming and brings extra burden financially can lead to extra eating. We tend to eat 3 or 4 time more than what we should eat at the holidays. Even how particular you are with your calorie it just goes out of door once you are fed with more than 3 course of meal. The person who eats normally in a group is the odd man. It is the power eating in group you will tend to eat more by seeing others. I actually had a relative half-jokingly say to me, "I don't know if I want another helping or if I'm going to be sick." Is there a way to avoid the temptation of over eating during holidays? The first thing you should do is try to find out why you are overeating. You overeat just because you want to taste all the available food If so, don't feel that you can't eat all of the foods you want. Just make sure to limit your portions. If there are 10 courses, don't cram all the food you can onto one plate or go back for seconds because you missed out, just put a couple of bites of each on your plate. While we're on the topic, if it is within your control, eat off of a smaller plate and with a smaller fork. I know it may seem nonsensical but it does actually help a lot. When the food is not around it is very easy to not overeat. People say you should not waste food that is very true but is dangerous to abuse your body by overeating. So, you can also limit the quantity of food you take home with you If the person is very much offended when you decline the over served food then those the persons who have problem it's not you. You can decline the extra portions politely if the food was pushed to your plate by your loved one. If you do happen to "fall off the wagon," don't wait for your New Year's resolution to kick in (most of us don't keep them). Take a walk after dinner or add a few minutes to your workout. If you don't regularly exercise, start now. The alternative way is to use my weight loss breeze program to lose weight in a natural way. It easy to do with guaranteed results. You can try this now as the holiday over eating madness is nearing. EL331014 About the Author: Being too much obese is known to cause many dangerous conditions. After helping thousands of people all over the globe with snoring and sleep apnea using his Stop Snoring Exercise Program, he designed a solution that doubled the effort with a unique best obese loss program. Check out Christian Goodman's natural health blog. |