Freak Out!! It's the holidays!...
Alright, well, please, don't really freak out. It is an oddity however that it seems to me as though everyone starts freaking out that it's the holidays and that they'll pack on tons of pounds.
My spinning instructor keeps reminding us that we're all going to gain 10 pounds at Thanksgiving and the other holidays if we don't keep working out.
While I applaud her desire to work out and to inspire us to workout, I am a little tired of hearing we'll all gain 10 pounds. You know what? I have never ever gained 10 pounds during the holidays. I have never even gained 5...in fact, I occasionally lose weight during the holidays.
Huh?
I know you're thinking I must be completely the opposite of normal, I probably am...but there are things you can do to thwart the holiday weight gain.
1) substitute lower-calorie foods for the high fat ones...you certainly don't need to rub a delicious turkey with a whole stick of butter, nor do you need to create desserts that are nothing but fat and sugar masked as the most fattening pumpking pie in the world.
Instead...why not roast a turkey and use chicken stock to baste it with...or substitute mashed bananas for the fat and sugar in your pumpkin pie recipe...I promise you it tastes just as good.
2) Walk, bike, or get active. There's no reason to just sit on your behind all day after Thanksgiving and enter the infamous food coma. Instead, why not eat a small breakfast and have a later lunch in the 3-4 range which is your Thanksgiving meal. In the meantime, go for a family walk or bike ride while the turkey is cooking, or go after the meal, after your food has digested some. I promise you, it's worth it.
These are just two easy ways to prevent weight gain during the holidays, encourage yourself to get into a healthy lifestyle, perhaps even lose weight, and by all means, avoid waiting until Jan.1 to start your healthy new year...why not make the healthy year start tomorrow??
With that said...have a great, healthy, delicious, and thankful Thanksgiving.
My spinning instructor keeps reminding us that we're all going to gain 10 pounds at Thanksgiving and the other holidays if we don't keep working out.
While I applaud her desire to work out and to inspire us to workout, I am a little tired of hearing we'll all gain 10 pounds. You know what? I have never ever gained 10 pounds during the holidays. I have never even gained 5...in fact, I occasionally lose weight during the holidays.
Huh?
I know you're thinking I must be completely the opposite of normal, I probably am...but there are things you can do to thwart the holiday weight gain.
1) substitute lower-calorie foods for the high fat ones...you certainly don't need to rub a delicious turkey with a whole stick of butter, nor do you need to create desserts that are nothing but fat and sugar masked as the most fattening pumpking pie in the world.
Instead...why not roast a turkey and use chicken stock to baste it with...or substitute mashed bananas for the fat and sugar in your pumpkin pie recipe...I promise you it tastes just as good.
2) Walk, bike, or get active. There's no reason to just sit on your behind all day after Thanksgiving and enter the infamous food coma. Instead, why not eat a small breakfast and have a later lunch in the 3-4 range which is your Thanksgiving meal. In the meantime, go for a family walk or bike ride while the turkey is cooking, or go after the meal, after your food has digested some. I promise you, it's worth it.
These are just two easy ways to prevent weight gain during the holidays, encourage yourself to get into a healthy lifestyle, perhaps even lose weight, and by all means, avoid waiting until Jan.1 to start your healthy new year...why not make the healthy year start tomorrow??
With that said...have a great, healthy, delicious, and thankful Thanksgiving.
posted by Dana M. Ellis, MPH, R.D. @ 7:37 PM
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