Don't Let the Holidays Ruin Your Weight Loss Goals

Written By Unknown on jeudi 1 novembre 2012 | 05:19

By Vanessa Craven


If it wasn't for the process, losing weight wouldn't be that bad. It takes a lot of work to lose weight, not to mention how hungry you are all the time. This is true any time of the year but people seem to have an especially hard time during the holiday season. It doesn't require too many brains to figure this out. Everyone seems to try out their best treat for the holiday times. If you are looking for food that is rich, you'll find it everywhere. If you don't like treats, you're out of luck. It is hard not to eat at least some of the food, because there is a lot, and you are made to feel badly if you don't eat something. Keep reading and you will learn how to make it through the holidays and continue your weight loss.

There are many types of support groups that you can join, and weight loss is one of them. When you feel like quitting or failing for a day or two, you need a partner who won't let you. Weight Watchers is just one of many support groups, which you can join, as a better way to lose weight. When you have a sounding board, like the meetings are, to help deal with the anxiety that is caused by holidays and the increased temptations, it makes it a lot easier getting through the time period. It might not seem like it, but it is comforting to have a group who are fighting through it just like you are.

Keep close track of what you eat all day long by writing it down somewhere. When you work out, it's good to know just how many calories you need to burn off. It's very helpful when you're trying to lose weight to know for certain what you have and haven't eaten. Many people find that when they "cheat" even slightly on their diet, it's a good excuse to abandon it completely. Straying from your diet on occasion isn't a catastrophe -unless you build it up and use this as a justification for going overboard in a bigger way. Yet when you write everything down, you'll know that a tiny indulgence is just that, and nothing more.

You can reduce your intake of food, and also increase your pleasure in eating it by eating more slowly. So you can eat with everybody else at the table while consuming fewer calories and enjoying all the flavors.

One of the hardest things to do when you want to lose weight during the holidays is to avoid all of the snacks and treats that suddenly start turning up everywhere you go. The holiday season is a time when lots of people do their own baking, and those who don't bake tend to buy holiday treats from the bakery or store. Resisting the offer of someone's cookies or a piece of chocolate isn't easy for most of us. It's not easy to say "no," but it's not impossible either! Be gracious about it, but just tell the person that you're on a diet and that you want to stick to it. Just keep your goals in mind, and make sure you're friendly and humble about it. If you find the treat too tempting to resist, try not to beat yourself up about it. Everyone needs to treat themselves every so often. As we've seen, you don't have to abandon your diet and gain lots of weight just because it's the holiday season. The whole notion of overeating throughout the holidays and then making a New Year's resolution to lose it all is not very productive, and has you starting off the year with an uphill battle to fight. You can do things right now to make it easier to have a good holiday season, stick to your goals and make it to the new year without having to feel guilty.




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