How to avoid Holiday Weight Gains.
Holiday season is right around the corner and your diet plan has just started. it seems as if the Thanksgiving-to-New Year's holiday season is one long, tempting food fest designed to make you gain weight. If you throw in halloween candy than you have a solid 3 months of diet cheating. Experts say that "the stress of the holidays, along with a lack of sleep, and, for many, a cauldron of bubbling emotions coming to the surface -- and you've got all this food beckoning you at every turn," says Warren Huberman, PhD, a clinical psychologist specializing in weight control at New York University Medical Center. "It can be a dangerous combination for those who have problems controlling what they eat." But it is …show more content…
Whether its for date night with your spouse or mapping out your budget. You are more likely to succeed if you make a plan. No Im not talking about a plan for where and when you are going to eat. Im talking about a plan for how you are going to handle the delicious temptations that will come from all directions. You need a game plan.
Warren Huberman says "If you think you can just go into the party and wing it, or worse still, believe you can simply avoid the buffet table, it's almost a sure thing you're going to lose control and eat everything in sight.”
Instead, he says, you have to have a coping plan.
In the journal Behavior Research and Therapy, doctors’ research has found that dieters who developed coping skills to control their overeating were at less risk for overeating than those who tried to control their appetites using avoidance and …show more content…
We call these people “The Plate Bullies.”
These are the people who insist you try their dish. Oh you already had 2 plates, well try this! It’s to die for, literally. Or it the co-worker that has the jar of goodness or baked cupcakes the night before because they felt the holiday spirit. It's hard to say no when everything is so utterly scrumptious and available. Although these people don’t mean harm they can truly cause some damage during the dog days of the holiday season. Your best defense is a good defense. Learn to say no over and over and over again. You can get creative with your no’s but the consistency is the key. Don’t bulge an inch. You don’t have to be rude. Compliment the dish on smells and looks. Politely decline their offer and move on. The more you say no the less they will come offering. We hope. If you can’t get away without a plate, take and quietly dump it in another room. No one will ever know. If they ask how you like it say it was great. Little white lies never hurt anybody. Just look at Santa and the Happy Pilgrims and Indians. You have to be strong in time of war and if you can't beat them then be
Holiday season is right around the corner and your diet plan has just started. it seems as if the Thanksgiving-to-New Year's holiday season is one long, tempting food fest designed to make you gain weight. If you throw in halloween candy than you have a solid 3 months of diet cheating. Experts say that "the stress of the holidays, along with a lack of sleep, and, for many, a cauldron of bubbling emotions coming to the surface -- and you've got all this food beckoning you at every turn," says Warren Huberman, PhD, a clinical psychologist specializing in weight control at New York University Medical Center. "It can be a dangerous combination for those who have problems controlling what they eat." But it is …show more content…
Whether its for date night with your spouse or mapping out your budget. You are more likely to succeed if you make a plan. No Im not talking about a plan for where and when you are going to eat. Im talking about a plan for how you are going to handle the delicious temptations that will come from all directions. You need a game plan.
Warren Huberman says "If you think you can just go into the party and wing it, or worse still, believe you can simply avoid the buffet table, it's almost a sure thing you're going to lose control and eat everything in sight.”
Instead, he says, you have to have a coping plan.
In the journal Behavior Research and Therapy, doctors’ research has found that dieters who developed coping skills to control their overeating were at less risk for overeating than those who tried to control their appetites using avoidance and …show more content…
We call these people “The Plate Bullies.”
These are the people who insist you try their dish. Oh you already had 2 plates, well try this! It’s to die for, literally. Or it the co-worker that has the jar of goodness or baked cupcakes the night before because they felt the holiday spirit. It's hard to say no when everything is so utterly scrumptious and available. Although these people don’t mean harm they can truly cause some damage during the dog days of the holiday season. Your best defense is a good defense. Learn to say no over and over and over again. You can get creative with your no’s but the consistency is the key. Don’t bulge an inch. You don’t have to be rude. Compliment the dish on smells and looks. Politely decline their offer and move on. The more you say no the less they will come offering. We hope. If you can’t get away without a plate, take and quietly dump it in another room. No one will ever know. If they ask how you like it say it was great. Little white lies never hurt anybody. Just look at Santa and the Happy Pilgrims and Indians. You have to be strong in time of war and if you can't beat them then be