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possible along with your drinks to blunt the effects and keep you hydrated.
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Keep your diet as clean as possible when not at gatherings, parties and dinners. Often when we begin to indulge in things that we normally do not eat we begin to crave those foods more regularly. Make smart grocery shopping decisions and try to keep sweets and other trigger foods out of the house. Keep convenience foods handy and prepared chicken breasts and cut veggies handy for busy evenings. Eating a clean diet 75-80% of the time will help you to reach your maintenance goal.
Continue exercising—especially weight training. The best thing that you can do both before and after a
night of indulgence is a heavy weight train- ing workout. Exercising both before and after a big meal helps to convert some of the energy consumed into muscle rather than fat. You do not need to commit to hours of exercise. A quick 20 minute rest based training workout will get your fat burning hormones activated. Additionally, regular exercise during the busy season will help manage stress and keep those healthy and motivating exercise endor- phins plentiful.
Indulge ONLY in your FAVORITE holiday treats. Just because ‘tis the season does not mean that you must
eat everything in sight. Allow yourself to savor your favorite treats once or twice over the season and truly enjoy them. There are many seasonally themed foods and condiments like flavored nuts, coffees and teas that can offer a buffer for our cravings for more indulgent treats.
Do your best to manage your time. Stress can play a large role in fat storage and leaving all of the shop-
ping, decorating and wrapping until the last minute will leave you as one big stress ball! Try to start early and do a little bit at a time so that you can enjoy the season and maintain both your waistline and your sanity.
Set the example. Just because all of your friends are over-indulging doesn’t mean that you have to. Be the one who brings a healthy dish to the
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holiday potluck or plan active holiday gatherings rather than simply concentrat- ing on food. Things like ornament making, volunteering, and shopping together can relieve stress and avoid food temptations.
Let’s End 2012 on a positive note
rather than waiting for the New Year to focus on health and wellness!
Keep Moving! Emily Saunders is a nutrition and exercise
coach with Jillfit, an innovative program that focuses on diet, exercise and the im- portance of mindset (www.jillfitlifestyle. com) Visit her blog, diapers-and-dumb-
bells.com, which focuses on fitness and wellness during and after pregnancy.
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