Holiday Binging – How To Avoid Weight Gain

The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration. There are holiday parties, holiday dinners with family and overall, it’s holiday treats galore! It’s practically inevitable that you will gain some weight during the holiday season – especially if you’re not careful!

In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to avoid weight gain during the holidays so that your hard-earned progress doesn’t go down the drain!

How Do You Gain Weight, Actually?

Alright, if we try and get down to the core of it all with fundamental analysis, we can conclude that there is a specific reason why you gain weight.

Okay, okay maybe that was a too complex way to say “overeating causes weight gain” But the point is this – If you manage the amount of food, you can eat any food type you want.

Tips on how to avoid weight gain.

• Be mindful of the food you are eating. Remember you are what you eat.
• Manage your hunger. Eat when you are hungry and give at least 4 hours between meals.
• Very importantly ensure that you are eating a balanced meal. More vegetables 🥦 than carbohydrates and protein.
• Also do not snack all day, maintain your fluid intake of water, especially in warm conditions.
• Prepare your fruit bag for the bag, it saves eating unhealthy snacks.

So essentially, if you consistently go way above your daily needs for maintenance, you will gain weight.
And though that happens, one must remember that just a small percentage of the weight gained during the holidays is fat.

You also gain:

• Muscle and liver glycogen (stored carbs)
• Water
• Food weight

So here’s for a mental checkpoint – Don’t stress out for a couple of pounds gained. Focus on long-term habits! Long term habit changes leads to health and wellness.