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Keri Glassman offers excellent advice and tips to avoid putting on extra pounds while traveling for the holidays.
Sometimes all you need is a little strategy to help you make quick but healthy food choices when on the go.
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This is the time of year when excess rules the day.
Holiday entertaining, meals out and time spent with friends all add up to more calories.
And not just more food but rich, sugary , creamy treats and cocktails that only come around this time of year
The Cleveland Clinic suggests how to ward off those holiday pounds:
Despite the busy season, don’t skip exercise.
Eat seven servings of fruits and veggies per day, both for nutrients and to help you stay full without all of the calories.
Keep candy, cookies and other treats out of sight.
Indulge in just one small treat per day.
Make wise choices at the holiday party buffet. Politely decline if hosts keep pushing more food.
Make holiday gatherings more about conversation and socializing than food.
Losing those last few pounds can be the down fall of even the most dedicated dieter.
But there are some ways to to tip the scales in your favor.
1. Eat only the white part of the egg. Yolks have 7 grams of fat per yolk. You should be eating no more than 20 grams of fat per day MAX if you want to lose body fat.
2. Eat your salads with fat-free dressings. Each tablespoon of oil that you use is 120 calories and 14 grams of fat! REMINDER: If you are eating too much fat, your body will not burn it.
3. Eat proper portion sizes. An extra 3 ounces of chicken means an extra 7 grams of fat or having an extra serving of rice or pasta can mean overeating by as much as 300 calories – and that’s more than you burn in your workouts most of the time.
4. Never eat carbs at night or past 3 p.m. for that matter. Think green and beige for dinner: a serving of protein and a large salad with fat-free dressing.
5. Pull out all of the stops. Fat is very stubborn, especially when you are down to the last 10 pounds. This is when you really need fat-burning supplements. Look for supplements that include L-carnitine or white kidney bean; if your metabolism is really stuck, you may need to use raspberry ketones to push your body into the fat-burning zone. The supplements will make sure that the excess fat gets pulled into the cell to be burned for fuel. One of the best weight-loss tricks of all time is to replace a meal with a complete protein shake; this is also one of the best ways to boost your metabolism by 25% as well as improve your health!
Kirstie Alley’s 100 lb weight loss was the result of her own weight loss program.
By dancing daily after her appearance on “Dancing with the Stars,” where she finished second, changing to an organic diet and following Organic Liaison, her own weight-loss program, she’s turned her life around.
Gimmicks and packaged, processed foods simply does not work.
Whole organic foods and a healthy active lifestyle is the best way to take off the weight and keep it off.
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