3 Ways to Eat Holiday Meals and Keep Losing Weight

If you are new to this blog, you won't know that I've lost over 55 pounds this year. Still losing. 

I'll keep this short and simple today. I've figured out how to make it through the holidays and keep losing.

1. Keep my eating window short. What I do is sometimes called time restricted eating. I do this every day. Not just during the holidays. It looks like this: eat during a six hour window of time. The other eighteen hours, don't eat. Depending on your needs, expand or reduce that window some. Many people do well on using an eight hour window. 

2. Turn down the carbs. No added sugar. This is usually easy at holiday meals. Eat turkey but not starchy offerings. Add butter, not gravy (unless the gravy has no grains in it). Eat salads and cooked veggies, not grains, not bread. Eat (some) nuts and cheese, not desserts. 

3. Drink water. Don't drink anything that has sugar or even artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners have been proven to turn on the insulin response for many people. You may drink unsweetened sparkling waters. I also allow myself one or two non-sugary alcoholic drink. 

And by the way, you aren't going to "run off" the meals that tell your body to hold on to all the fat it can (high carb). Exercise helps, but it can not reverse the message your body gets when you eat carb loaded meals.

And of course this is my opinion. It is what works for me. 

If you want to see the whole plan, get The Lazy Art of Weight Loss (e-book) on Amazon - bit.ly/lazyweight.

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