Holidays can mean weight gain no matter how hard you try to stay away from unhealthy habits. Even if you try hard to stick to your bland diet plan, chances are that you will sneak into a fast food restaurant now and then, just to have a taste of those junk, fatty foods that you have not been served with for weeks or maybe months!
I know this from my own experience. I went on a very short vacation and ended up adding three pounds! Okay, not all of these pounds were fat that needed to be burn; a percentage of this weight gain was caused by water and fluid retention. Weight gain caused by fluid retention is only temporary and will go off within a few days, but FAT (and I am sure at least one of those three pounds was composed of fat) will need to be burnt!
Now let me tell you that I didn't really indulge myself too much in that vacation. Everyday I and my spouse would walk for at least two hours, of course, for sight-seeing. We also indulged in some surfing as well. I didn't even eat a lot of junk foods - thankfully I have the kind of self-discipline needed to stick to my diet even when there are gracious fast food restaurants available close-by. Still I ended up adding some pounds, as I told you. Funny thing is that my husband didn't put on any weight!
No matter how hard you try, you WILL indulge yourself in the so-called 'forbidden foods', especially when you are on a vacation. This is how most people end up gaining weight at the end of each year even when they have worked so hard at the beginning of the year that it would seem like they are finally on their way to weight loss success!
In this article I will tell you about some holiday weight loss tips that I have learnt from my experience:
1. Avoid calorie rich drinks: Whenever you are thirsty, drink a glass of water and avoid soft drinks. If you want to eat fruit juice, buy a raw fruit and crush it at home yourself instead of buying packaged fruit juices. Avoid soda and beer as much as possible. Remember that soft drinks, soda, beer and processed food juices are all very rich in calorie content, and therefore, will cause quick weight gain.
2. Eat raw fruits and vegetables: You will often be tempted to eat fried foods when you are on a vacation, but is indulging yourself like this worth it if you have to workout in the gym for hours as soon as you return home? To keep your weight in check, you should try to eat vegetables and fruits in raw form, as they contain fewer calories and more nutrition than fried foods . If you want to have meat then always try to have lean chicken meat! Salads are also recommended.
Recent Topics
Sensa Weight Loss System Months 1 and 2 Brand New Unopened Shakers with DVD, Self-help for Smarties: Success Secrets for Weight Loss, Love,Sex,Money only $1, Love Hunger Weight-Loss Workbook by Frank Minirth, Paul Meier, Sharon Sneed..., SLIMMM VLCD 5 WEEKS MEAL REPLACEMENT ASST DIET SHAKES....GREAT WEIGHT LOSS, Metabolife Ultra Stage 1 Supports Weight Loss Bikini Season Is Here 90 Caplets, SUBLIMINAL WEIGHT LOSS CONTROL REDUCTION MANAGEMENT AID-NEW BRAINWAVE TECHNOLOGY, The F-factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss by Tanya..., The Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way To Permanent Weight Loss by Lisa R. Yo..., 1914 Vintage Ad Weight Loss Rubber Garments Bust Size - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, Health & Weight-loss Breakthroughs 2011 (Hardcover) by Prevention, 2 SUBLIMINAL HYPNOSIS WEIGHT LOSS AID-INCREASE SPEED METABOLISM w BRAINWAVE TECH, 4 CD SUBLIMINAL WEIGHTLOSS LOSE WEIGHT LOSS NLP MIND PROGRAMMING BRAINWAVE TECH, 1905 Ad Hall Chemical Co. Weight Loss Remedy St. Louis - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1916 Ad Susanna Cocroft Weight Loss Medical Quackery - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1902 Quackery Ad Obesity Fat Reducing Hall Weight Loss - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1951 Ad Healtholizer Weight Loss Doctor-Recommended - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1929 Ad Marmola Prescription Tablets Weight Loss Fat - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1910 Ad Mae Enda Wilder Weight Loss Treatment NY - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1899 Vintage Ad Quackery Diet Obesity Fat Weight Loss - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1916 Vintage Ad Susanna Crocroft Weight Loss Quackery - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1947 Ad Ry-Krisp Double Square Wafer Crackers Weight Loss Calories Dancing Party, 1901 Vintage Ad Weight Loss Fat Diet Medical Quackery Hall Chemical S. Mann MO, 1901 Vintage Ad Goodrich Weight Loss Cure Fat Diet Medical Quackery Obesitine, 1898 ORIG. Ad Obesity Quackery Weight Loss Helen Weber - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1898 Ad Edisons Obesity Pills Weight Loss Diet Quackery - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, RASPBERRY KETONE LEAN WITH AFRICAN MANGO & GREEN COFFEE BEAN EXTRACT WEIGHT LOSS, 1907 Ad Weight Loss Obesity Fat Cure John Wilson Gibb - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1900 Original Vintage Ad Diet Weight Reducing FAT Loss - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, IDEAL PROTEIN DIET from dietitian *learn from mistakes SAVE $$ weight loss BARS, 1902 Vintage Ad Bradford Weight Loss Fat Diet Quackery - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, MY VERSION OF IDEAL PROTEIN DIET Learn from my mistakes! Save Money weight loss, IDEAL PROTEIN DIET +EXCLUSIVES SAVE $ from mistakes WEIGHT LOSS food bars shakes, Food Diet Weight Loss Journal Diary Book Calorie Tracker 31 Day Record, 1912 Vintage Quackery Ad Weight Loss Rubber Garments - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1896 Vintage Ad Weight Loss Diet Quackery Obesity Fat - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1912 Vintage Quackery Ad Weight Loss Marjorie Hamilton - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1902 Ad Dr Sleight Tablet Co Weight Loss Pills Michigan - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1917 Ad Weil Health Belt Wonder Abdomen Weight Loss - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1915 Ad Susanna Cocroft Weightloss Ailments Clear Skin - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1937 Ad Dietene Weight Loss Product Drink Meal 15-oz. - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, The Biggest Loser Weight-Loss Program with Maggie Greenwood-Robinson PHD, SLIMMM VLCD ROAST CHICKEN AND VEG SOUPS 6x55g ...GREAT WEIGHT LOSS, 1911 Ad Mae Edna Wilder Conquering Fat Weight Loss Eat - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1911 Ad Mae Edna Wilder Rochester Weight Loss Fat Book - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1910 Ad Mae Edna Wilder Weight Loss Treatment Fat Folks - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, The 17 Day Diet Cookbook: 80 All New Recipes for Healthy Weight Loss, Dr. Mike M, Sinfully Delicious Desert Spray Weight Loss, EXILE EUPHORIC WEIGHT LOSS, 1928 Ad French Slimming Pills Diet Obesity Weight Loss - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING, 1929 Ad French Slimming Pills Diet Weight Loss Obesity - ORIGINAL ADVERTISING,