SMALLER PLATE
When at parties or at the relatives house for meals, ask for a smaller plate, such as a dinner salad plate. These will hold about the perfect portion of food and will only allow you to put about 3 things on your plate as opposed to 5.DRINK PROTEIN SHAKES
The National Health Institute recently published a study showing that taking two 30 gram protein shakes a day helped with weight loss regardless of calories consumed. The reason being that protein helps you feel full, helps prevent fat storage hormones from going out of control, and helps feed lean body mass. We have a great recipe using the Whey Active shakes to make a hot chocolate that tastes like REAL hot chocolate and is a great substitute for the sugary stuff in the packets and get this.....it is about the same price!
DRINK WATER
In between each bite drink 2-4 oz of water (that's about 1-2 mouthfuls). This will not only make you chew your food slower, but you'll also fill up faster and maybe avoid seconds or thirds. Water also keeps the body cleansed of any impurities that might be in the food you are eating. It's also essential to flush out any excess sodium from all the eats that the season.
FUN FUN FUN
Fun is the word. With all the new active video games it's not hard, but also find creative ways to stay healthy and incorporate physical activity this season. Build a snowman (if we happen to get enough), go ice/roller skating, play a game like charades, hokey pokey or "rock" around the Christmas tree with some upbeat Christmas music (the kids love to see the grandparents dancing)!
WALK
The holidays can be stressful and one of the best ways to combat that stress is to get out and get active. A good walk will not only allow you to get some stress relieving Vitamin D, it will also reduce the stress hormones. Oh yeah and the calorie burn is great too.
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