If you are trying NOT to gain weight (too late, lol) or even lose weight, here are a few tips to help you stay on track and survive the Holidays...
- DRINK WATER! This sounds counter-intuitive but when you eat a high sodium meal like most of us did yesterday your body retains fluid. When you give your body extra fluid it will flush out the excess.
- PUT THE TURKEY SANDWICH DOWN! Do Not Eat Left Overs....(as this will just pile on the calories. INSTEAD, see if you can find someone who is in need this season or a local shelter and donate your leftovers.)
- EXERCISE: Take advantage of your black friday shopping and walk as much as you can in the mall. Try not to park too close to the entrance of the store. Take the stairs instead of the elevator/escalator. Get together with some friends and take an exercise class this weekend. Just move more than you normally do!
- EAT WATER-LOGGED FOODS: These foods in particular are natural diuretics: Cabbage, Carrots, Cucumbers, Lettuce,Oats, Tomatoes (also aids in metabolism), Watermelon. Try a vegetarian diet for the day. No meat or dairy.
- HERBAL TEA: which contains caffeiene which is a diuretic.
- NOW GET BACK ON TRACK...Get back to your regularly scheduled routine. Remember Christmas and New Years are right around the corner so eat clean until then and you'll fell better about treating yourself when the time comes.
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