12 Tips to Beat Holiday Feasting
- Lift weights at least three times a week. (Turkey legs only count if you don't eat the skin afterward.)
- Don't starve yourself until the party or big meal. Instead, eat small food portions throughout the day, which will keep your metabolism moving.
- Sneak in a little resistance training. Go up and down on your toes, for instance, while standing in the buffet line (great for your calves; rather annoying for someone trying to maintain eye contact with you).
- Eat more smoked turkey and less apple pie.
- Eat until you are satisfied, not until you are stuffed.
- Take a walk not just a stroll after a meal. And going back and forth to the kitchen for leftovers doesn't count.
- Set a goal of maintaining weight, not losing any.
- Cut down on alcohol, which tends to increase your appetite.
- Make wise choices, for example: one cup of eggnog equals the same number of calories as three 4-ounce glasses of champagne plus three 4-ounce glasses of red wine plus three 4-ounce glasses of low-calorie sparkling fruit punch. However, refrain from drinking them all at once :)
- If the get-together is at your place, send leftovers home with the guests, or better yet take them to a shelter or someone truly in need of some holiday goodies.
- The holidays are truly a festive time but don't use this time of year as an excuse to overeat.
- Eat slowly & drink slowly--try to enjoy yourself. After all, this holiday is here but once a year.
Stephanie Oakes is a fitness correspondent for Discovery Health Channel, a contributing editor for USA Weekend Magazine and the LA Times, and appears on NBC's 'Today in New York'. She can be reached at soakes@beststuff.com.



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