Overdoing it on Christmas Day is perfectly normal. Don’t we all? And apparently, here in the UK we do it fairly spectacularly, packing away three times our normal calorie intake on this festive day of gorging.
To be honest, we can’t see anything wrong with this. If you can’t let yourself go on this one day a year, when can you? To us the problem seems to be the Christmas Season, not the big day itself.
With decorations now adorning every high street, trees up in almost every shop and festive food on every super market shelf, it is perhaps not surprising that we start scoffing festive food like mince pies from the first of the month and keep going until Boxing Day.
Do this, and not surprisingly, you could end up half a stone heavier, giving a whole new meaning to ‘The Big Day’ on the 25th.
So if you’ve been making an effort during November to make sure you can fit into your little black dress for the upcoming parties (perhaps you’ve been following our own LBD Diet Plan), how can you enjoy yourself, but not put on weight?
Well, apart from our own Party Season Diet that you’ll find on our website later this week, I’ve come across another couple of blogs that offer some great tips too.
Carina Norris picks out some great healthy eating choices when eating out at http://tinyurl.com/y8drgyq
She says: “Whether it’s an office party or a celebration with friends, you don’t have to ditch your healthy eating plan every time you eat out. Instead, become a menu master and learn to pick out the healthiest choices.”
Carina looks at six favourite cuisines and advises on courses and drinks to show you how you can enjoy a good meal without breaking the calorie bank.
Meanwhile, Paula Gilbert, nutritionist at the Grayshott Spa in Amersham near London, also offers some great tips on “enjoying festive fare without piling on the pounds”. You’ll find her blog at http://tinyurl.com/yh6u84q
So you see, you can stay in shape over the party season and have fun! And it’ll really be worth it when you can still fit into your special outfit on Christmas morning.
