Tips To Losing Weight During The Holidays
With the holiday season comes gifts, friends and family and lot’s of food. Many would be dieter’s are waiting to start that new diet as part of their New Year’s resolution. Instead of waiting, why not be proactive during the holidays by actively performing some tips that we have in store for you.
1. Reduce your intake of alcoholic beverages - Although this is a merry time of year, and many of us like to celebrate with a glass of wine or a bottle of beer. Do yourself a favor a limit yourself to one glass or bottle of alcohol. Alcohol increases insulin which increases appetite. The average American over the age of 14 consumes 2.65 gallons of pure (absolute) alcohol per year, which would average out to be more than 20 pounds of weight for every person in the U.S. Since one-third of the population does not drink, this figure would be 28 pounds of weight per year on the average for a person who does drink. Alcohol prevents the body fat from being burned, and alcohol removes the self-control required to tolerate hunger.
2. Increase the consumption of water - A recent study found more people drink soda over a year’s time than water. The body itself can only survive without water up to 72 hours before the human body shuts down. Drinking water also fills you up, feeling your stomach with fluids, therby giving a full effect. Drinking two glasses of water before eating a big meal may help you eat less and give your body the water it desperately needs. Drink at least 8 ounces of water daily, or 4 bottled waters. If you look at most bottled water labels, it contains about 16.9 ounces of water.
3. Reduce your intake of sugar - Sugar, soda & other artificially sweeten drinks and deserts goes straight to your waistline. Even juices contain high amounts of sugar and should either be limited or removed from one’s diet. If you’re craving orange juice, eat an orange instead. Although fruits contain natural sugar, it contains much less of the other fructose and high end sugars usually found it drinks, juices and sugar related beverages. It is the holidays, so everyone will eat sweets and deserts. Just make a consious effort not to divulge too much.
4. Eat slowly - Not only does eating slowly give you a more fuller effect after eating, but it’s way better for digestive purposes. Everyone get’s excited with the amount of good food available and sometimes eats too quickly. Again, be conscious of that and chew your food at least 20 times before swallowing and you’ll big differences in your digestive effects and feeling more fuller after eating.
5. Tighted your stomach with excercise - Yes that is correct. Most people won’t do this because again, they plan to start “right after the holidays”. But the key to losing weight and wellness overall is to be proactive about your weight and health. Doing something later, just for the sake of a couple of days is really silly. Be proactive and do 50 leg lifts or 50 sit-ups 30-45 minutes before a meal and your stomach will tighten up a bit.
6. Limit Your Intake of Saturated Fat - This is the kind of fat, found mostly in animal products, that increases blood cholesterol levels and has other negative health effects. It should supply less than one-third of the calories derived from fat.
Keep your cholesterol intake below 300 milligrams per day.
7. Vitamins and Minerals
Supplements cannot substitute for a healthy diet, which supplies nutrients and other compounds besides vitamins and minerals, but they can assist the body to function more effeciently when taken properly. Providing your body with the right types of vitamins and minerals may also lead to better weight management along with providing your body with added nutrients it needs to perform optimally.
Beau Penaranda
www.myalternative-health.info Health & Weight Loss Solutions”
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