By Shannon Kaiser
Allow Yourself One Day to Overeat
Many people use this time of year to overindulge. Some act as if every day is a holiday during this time of year. Which means that they let all their food guidelines go out the window. People don’t usually pay attention to what they put in their mouth, which can lead to added weight on the body. Instead focus on a food plan and stick to three square meals a day. Allow yourself one day a week where you can eat whatever you desire.
Avoid Snacking
Rather than eating snacks in between meals that are filled with fat and sugar, simply choose healthy snacks. If you must have snacks in between meals pick apples, pears or fresh fruit.
Avoid Liquid Calories
This time of year, the majority of us get our calories from liquids. Champagne cocktails, eggnog, holiday coffee, coffee drinks and creamers, the list goes on. We don’t even realize that our calories are contributing to our waistline. Instead put yourself on a no liquid calorie diet detox and just have water. You can flavor your water with a dash of flavor such as peppermint, lavender, winter mint, lemon or lime.
Do Some Guilt Free Shopping (By Psychology Today)
Remember that money can’t buy you love. It’s natural enough that in a consumer-oriented society, many people come to equate love with money. You naturally enough assume that increments of love can be measured in dollars. Logically, you know this isn’t true, but deep down, you may be so conditioned by decades of exposure to mass marketing that it’s hard to challenge this belief. To convince yourself, just think about the gifts you’ve received that meant the most to you. Were they ridiculously expensive? Probably not. Instead, they were the gifts that said something about your relationship with the gift-giver and therefore touched you most deeply. That said, you still need to be careful not to rock the boat by going “off the list.” If the recipient truly needs the items on that list, your gift will be most likely to be appreciated if it is something that he or she requested.
However, no one says you can’t add something else on top of the requested items. If all you can get are two washcloths instead of the entire set of bath towels, for example, add something inexpensive but thoughtful, such as a pretty candle, or small bottle of bath salts in their favorite fragrance.
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