Health and Nutrition That Is AboveNBeyond

The Holidays can be a hard time of year especially for those who want to loose weight or start a new health and fitness goal. Most usually end up saying, I’ll wait until next year to start. With Christmas and New Years around the corner, it’s still not to late to take action.

Things that make it hard:

1. All the good food
2. Everyone having a good time but me
3. Goals
4. Health
5. Family Crisis (it can happen this time of year)
6. Sickness or Illness
7. Attitude
8. Comparing yourself to others
9. Struggling efforts
10. What you think others are thinking

This list (above) can go on, but, you get the picture. It’s all a head game. It’s all about how you are perceiving reality. The following is a list of what you can do now to get yourself on a better path for next year.

What to do now:

1. Close your mind to what others may be thinking (are they really thinking anything?)
2. Set a small goal for the end of year i.e: 1 or 2 pound loss (or gain, yes as a limit)
3. Start using portion control now, but, be good, don’t be extreme here
4. Don’t over indulge
5. DO NOT STARVE YOURSELF!
6. Get out and enjoy yourself
7. Yes, have that desert you are craving, just one piece of pie / cake etc. (not two or three)
8. More than one party to go to, lucky you, portion control, portion control, portion control
9. Drink a lot of water and/or have a light healthy snack before heading out to a party
10. As in portion control, be sensible.

It doesn’t matter who you are, this can be a difficult time of year for more than achieving any goals. Everyone wants to have a great time this time of year. The holidays can be a mixed bag of realities for everyone.

Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings to everyone!

Tim

It’s never to late to loose weight! That’s the first and for most secret of all. It doesn’t matter how old you are or what time of year it is. Now, even when the holidays are upon us, one wonders if any effort should be started at all. We all like the food that comes along during this time of year, so, who wants to do without right? The second thing to understand here is that regardless if you are just about to start loosing weight, or you’ve been making progress, just watch your portions. You don’t want to over indulge throughout the holidays or anytime, for your efforts could be curtailed. Think of it this way, slowly eating a little bit can be just as delicious as eating a ton of food. Besides, do you want to feel like a beached whale afterwords?

A third item to realize that eating a lot of food makes it harder for your body to digest it all. As well as if after you finish your first serving, if you wait 20 minutes, you’ll feel full and will likely not want to get anymore. You need to give your body a chance to catch up with what you’ve eaten.

Fourth, when making your delicious recipes, find out ways to substitute ingredients with other lower fat options such as using applesauce instead of butter. You may have to do some testing here. Check out Festive Food and Fun This Holiday Season.

Finally, you never have to give up the food you like as long as you remember to think “Portion Control”. I still eat what ever I want, I just don’t over indulge. It takes effort on your part to achieve your goals. There is no such thing as “auto pilot” when it comes to weight loss and fitness. Consider this, there is a good reason why cars don’t have auto pilot, you’d never get to your destination. You need to control the car to get somewhere. Same is true with YOU!

Holidays are full of fun, food and plenty of gifts and excitement. Aside from the rush, everyone trying to get everything done before the big day, (Thanksgiving and/or Christmas) it can be a challenge during the holidays. Especially when you add the W word or the D word to the list of do’s and don’ts this time of year. Those words added are “Weight Loss or Diet”. But, as I’ve been saying, if you keep Portion Control in mind, you should be fine. But, in case, you would like to know what else can be done to keep yourself from feeling guilty during the holidays, here are some ideas:

1. For some recipes that you have in mind, and where you can, replace butter with applesauce. This works!
2. Use lower fat milk
3. Use lean meats
4. The Nuts have it, 3/4 cup of dry roasted peanuts can have 630 calories (52 fat grams)
Find an alternative such as Herbalife Roasted Soy Nuts (130 Calories, 5 fat grams)

Watching what you eat and how you make your delicious recipes can help others around you without them even knowing it. You can give others something that is healthy and tastes good too. My wife just made a very elegant and good tasting Apple Coffee Cake that she got the recipe off of Kimbenson.com. I told my wife that she has just graduated from being a very good baker to an elegant baker. This was the best coffee cake that I have ever tasted. And it’s good for you too!

The Holidays can be fun for all, and don’t have to be bad for your waist as long as you are careful and mindful of what you are doing. Yes, it’s harder this time of year, but, the new year will be here before you know it. You don’t have to put off your efforts, simply because the holidays are here. With a little effort now, it’ll pay off with big dividends in January. You’ll be happier that you stuck to your guns and kept at your efforts.

Food doesn’t have to be frightful, and should be delightful! Seasons Greetings All!