Car insurance

Get even more Holiday hugs


Thanksgiving is over and more holidays are coming. Are you worried about gaining a few extra pounds or losing the shape you’ve worked hard to obtain? Take these few tips through the rest of the year and you will continue taking steps toward your goals instead of leaps away.

When the holidays come, our activity level seems to drop while our appetite seems to grow. Well, if you want to keep the pounds dropping, keep active. If you are eating more but doing less, then your calorie intake will far exceed your calorie output. This leads to weight gain. The more you eat the more activity you will have to do. Try and keep your workouts regular or even increase it.

With the holidays comes lots of tasty food. I will not say that you can’t have any of it. What I will say is be smart about how much and when you have it. Some people believe that if they don’t eat during the day, they can save the calories for a big dinner. This does not work. Not eating throughout the day will slow your metabolism and make it harder to burn that meal off. We need food for energy. There is no reason to have dinner be the biggest energy giver when the evening is the time we need the least amount of energy. If you have supplied yourself with healthy energy throughout the day, your body will not feel the need for lots of calories come dinner time.

This time of year doesn’t have to be the time you gain weight. If you keep your activity level high and watch your calorie consumption, there will not be the need for that famous New Year’s resolution.

 

Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in Fitness tips, Weight Loss

Leave a Reply