Are The Holiday's The Enemy Of Dieters?
Wednesday, 12 May 2010 07:58 | 
Written by Cindy Burgenstein |
This is the hardest time of year to not gain any weight. For many people, keeping a consistent weight is a daily struggle. We have to maintain our will power to avoid fatty foods, get enough exercise every day, and to get enough sleep at night. It's almost all we can do to avoid temptation to succumb to the many things around us that would have us give up what is important and eat everything in sight.
This is the hardest time of year to not gain any weight. For many people, keeping a consistent weight is a daily struggle. We have to maintain our will power to avoid fatty foods, get enough exercise every day, and to get enough sleep at night. It's almost all we can do to avoid temptation to succumb to the many things around us that would have us give up what is important and eat everything in sight.
This can be a tough time for those of us struggling with out weight. There are so many opportunities to gorge yourself with sweet sugary food, that it can be devastating to the best laid diet plans. Here I'll give you a couple of strategies to avoid the guilt that comes with overeating.
Willpower. This is where you avoid eating anything extra at all costs. You don't eat any cookies at work, and you only drink diet soda at the office Christmas party. The plus side is that you won't gain any weight during the holidays. The negative side is that you won't have much fun.
Another way to handle this is to prepare yourself before you encounter any temptation. Drink lots of water, snack on low calorie foods that fill you up. This requires looking at cookies and cakes as the enemy, which can be hard to do when your sweet ninety-seven year old neighbor brings over bowl of homemade cookies.
Last is by far the most popular strategy. Eat everything in sight, and worry about the consequences later. There's a reason the gyms are usually packed after new years, and this is it. This is, of course, the most fun, but you are merely transferring any unpleasantness to the future.
The best strategy could be a combination of these three. Allow yourself a couple of times this season to really let loose, but only if you promise to make up for it rather quickly. Eat seventeen cookies, but do an extra seventeen sit ups tomorrow morning. Whatever you do, there's always time to fix it later. Have fun.
This is the hardest time of year to not gain any weight. For many people, keeping a consistent weight is a daily struggle. We have to maintain our will power to avoid fatty foods, get enough exercise every day, and to get enough sleep at night. It's almost all we can do to avoid temptation to succumb to the many things around us that would have us give up what is important and eat everything in sight.
This can be a tough time for those of us struggling with out weight. There are so many opportunities to gorge yourself with sweet sugary food, that it can be devastating to the best laid diet plans. Here I'll give you a couple of strategies to avoid the guilt that comes with overeating.
Willpower. This is where you avoid eating anything extra at all costs. You don't eat any cookies at work, and you only drink diet soda at the office Christmas party. The plus side is that you won't gain any weight during the holidays. The negative side is that you won't have much fun.
Another way to handle this is to prepare yourself before you encounter any temptation. Drink lots of water, snack on low calorie foods that fill you up. This requires looking at cookies and cakes as the enemy, which can be hard to do when your sweet ninety-seven year old neighbor brings over bowl of homemade cookies.
Last is by far the most popular strategy. Eat everything in sight, and worry about the consequences later. There's a reason the gyms are usually packed after new years, and this is it. This is, of course, the most fun, but you are merely transferring any unpleasantness to the future.
The best strategy could be a combination of these three. Allow yourself a couple of times this season to really let loose, but only if you promise to make up for it rather quickly. Eat seventeen cookies, but do an extra seventeen sit ups tomorrow morning. Whatever you do, there's always time to fix it later. Have fun.
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