Healthy food and holiday feasts are incompatible things. Many do not resist the temptation to try all the dishes on the festive table, this nullifies all efforts to maintain weight. Others hold on for dear life and end up depressed. How do you keep the balance? There are 6 tips to keep you eating and not getting better.
Instructions
Step 1
Any holidays always mean plentiful feasts with lots of high-calorie dishes and drinks. Knowing this, try to increase your physical activity. You don't have to go to a fitness club, you can walk more, find a few physical exercises to do at home, or do your morning jog.
Step 2
Who Said Good Nutrition Can't Be Delicious? There are various secrets of reducing the calorie content of dishes without deteriorating their taste. For example, you can substitute vegetable or chicken broth for milk, cream, and butter used to make mashed potatoes. White wine can be diluted with mineral water to lower the amount of calories it contains. A slice of lemon and cranberries work in the same way. Pastries with meat fillings can become dietary if the meat is replaced with chicken. Low-fat yogurt can replace sour cream in various recipes.
Step 3
Healthy sleep is also a good help in keeping the figure. This is due to the fact that an overworked person who has not rested overnight is less willing to go in for sports, and his body requires more high-calorie foods to recuperate. So try to get enough sleep.
Step 4
Remember that movement is life. Use any free time to exercise. Making soup? Try dancing. On the phone? Get up on your toes. You can squat, do push-ups - the main thing is that you feel comfortable and fun.
Step 5
If you're afraid to put on a few extra pounds, then include a few of your favorite low-calorie dishes on the holiday menu. So, during the feast, you will not remain hungry, without fear of damaging the figure.
Step 6
Replace traditional fatty additives like butter, sour cream and cheese with aromatic spices. For example, cinnamon, pepper, ginger, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, low-fat yogurt, or soy sauce.
