Monday, December 3, 2012

Ho-Ho-Holiday Fit-tip No.3 - Put the shovel down!

Happy Monday Fitness Followers! Yes, I am working hard to give you simple tips to follow this holiday season to help you survive without the need to buy new pants or sign up for a gym membership. It isn't worth all the hard work you've invested in eating well and working out to blow it all on Christmas food.

This tip comes from my recent experience with food. Brett and I have been on a good path. We are working out together at the gym and I am cooking lots of clean recipes. One thing we have started doing is eating at the dinner table and turn the TV off. What a concept?! When we eat in front of the TV our food goes down a lot faster without any thought. This leave us shovelling down our foods and getting up for seconds before we realize that we were quite full. 

Over the holidays we are eating, a lot but it doesn't have to be this way. We are taught that Christmas is about eating, enjoying each others baking and skipping our workouts because NYE is right around the corner. I'm not saying you have to cut out everything but eat it in moderation and with thought. This brings me to Holiday Fit-Tip number three - Put down the shovel!

When you attend your next Christmas dinner, think about every bite you take. Try to figure out what ingredients and spices were used to make this delicious item. As you are naming off the ingredients you will be taking time to chew each bite and it will take you longer to consume. This will give your brain time to tell yourself you don't need seconds because you will be satisfied. So put down the shovel and take each bite one at a time and enjoy! 

Ho-Ho-Helping you stay out of your stretchy pants!

Stay tuned tomorrow for Fit-tip No. 4.

xoxo
Nicole

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