Holiday Tips

Here are some tips to help you get through the holidays:

1. Always plan ahead for parties
2. Eat small meals throughout the days and never go to a party starving (same goes for shopping)
3. Make sure you balance those small meals throughout your day with proteins, healthy fats, and whole grains or fresh fruits and veggies for carbs
4. Don't eat dessert during the day if you know you are likely to eat it at a party
5. Don't skimp on exercise during the holidays - keep it up!
6. Try as best as possible not to overeat at parties, on Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, or New Years Day - remember your internal scale: 0 = starving, 10 = so full you need a stretcher back to bed - stop eating when you are between 5 and 6, meaning you are done and satisfied, but NOT FULL where you feel the weight of the food in your belly and you are uncomfortable!
7. Allow yourself dessert on certain days only such as Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Years, Thanksgiving, Hanukah, a party - but do not eat dessert every day during the holiday season
8. Don't eat what is not delicious - DON'T "WAIST" the CALORIES on what is not good to you. If pumpkin pie is not a favorite of yours, don't eat it just because it is there - rather same your dessert calories for something delicious that you will savor
9. Sip your drink - try to stick to one alcoholic beverage at each event and sip it slowly. Refill glasses with sparkling water and juice, lemon and lime