Simple Strategies To Avoid Gaining Weight During The Holiday Eating Season
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.
The first is the best, and the hardest. Pure willpower. To feel that strong desire to shove all the cookies you can see in your mouth, but stand there smiling and not eating anything. Then going home and eating a bowl of oatmeal. It’s no wonder this is the least popular strategy. While you’ll feel really good if you keep to this, it won’t be much fun.
Next is pre planning and avoidance strategies. This means to fill your stomach up with water and low calorie fillers. That way those cookies, that cake, those jugs of eggnog won’t seem so tempting. Of course, this requires planning, and a strong defense mentality. While less difficult than pure willpower, this isn’t much fun either.
The most popular strategy is to just suspend all hope completely of not gaining any weight, and eat to your hearts content. That way you can fully enjoy yourself, and any holiday cheer you may find. The obvious downside to this is that sooner or later, you’re going to have to pay the piper.
Depending on your outlook, your personality, and how you live life, you now have a couple options to choose from. Most people like to mix and match, and find a combination that works best for them.