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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – “Thanksgiving Day” may be behind us but it’s just the beginning of the holiday season with parties, parties and did I say parties? Yes I did, and with the parties comes lots of food, of course. While many of us weight watchers are concerned about overeating, we do want to enjoy ourselves, so I suggest that we focus on maintaining our weight instead of losing during this season. Let’s look at a few tools that might help us to tame our appetite, because there’s always an occasion (including more holidays) to bring our appetite to!
To tame our appetite, let’s
Not go to the party hungry! Let’s eat often before the party and let’s start with breakfast. If we save our appetite for the office Christmas party, we may wind up eating too much. Can we remember how much we ate the last time we arrived for a party hungry?
Not drink on an empty stomach. Some alcohol is absorbed through the tongue and stomach before it reaches our small intestine, and alcohol is also absorbed much more quickly through the tummy when it’s empty! Remember eating and drinking more when the first drink hit quickly? Remember losing resolve to not overeat after a few? Well, alcohol affects the inhibition area of our brain first, before our motor or speech brain areas! Let’s drink lots of water in-between sips of our alcoholic drinks as well.
Put all our food on one plate. When we keep going back to the buffet table for individual foods, our brain is less likely to register how much we’ve eaten. So, even when we make that second plate, let’s pile it on all at once.
Bring a healthy low fat dish to the party. When we bring our own side dish or entree to a hose party, we can fill up on our own low calorie food (this might help us to eat a little less of the high calorie foods) . We’ll also be a great guest; we’ll encourage others to be a bit healthier, and we’ll have more control over our “environmental eating” too. We can try my two-thirds rule, which is two- thirds low fat foods on the plate to one-third anything goes. I once brought a great fresh fruit boat filled with fresh fruit in a carved watermelon to a July 4th party, which was a big hit. Then I was able to add a small scoop of ice-cream on top of my fruit with a sliver of pie on the plate which made my dessert look huge!
Go Lean. Let’s choose lean meats as much as possible. Beef Tenderloin, chicken breasts (without the skin of course), or grilled fish for our main course; poached salmon or chilled shrimp for appetizers, and let’s munch on veggies crudités when we arrive, and fruit platters first after the main course. And now that there are great indoor grills, let’s grill some fresh fruit. Grilled fruit makes a wonderful platter with a side of sorbet, and has fewer calories than most high fat desserts (Let’s have both available, and make the grilled fruit the larger part of the plate!).
Be Active. Let’s dance as much as possible because when we move, we burn more calories (definitely helps to offset a bit of extra food!).
Lastly, is there something we can learn from this past holiday weekend about our eating, for the next holiday eating fest? Let’s look forward and make a plan! Starting now, follow me (Junefit) on twitter during the holiday season for my weekly weight loss “motto’s” taken from my program, posted every Monday!
Here’s to a Happy, Healthy, Fun, Holiday Season!
June M. Lay M.S.
June Fit
Look for my pumpkin pie recipe still posted now at my recipe page (http://www.junefit.com/tips_recipehp.htm).
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