21/12/2023
Are you resigned to putting on weight over the Christmas holidays?
The average weight gain is around three pounds but, in my experience, it has been anywhere from half a stone to ten pounds โ thatโs three to five kgs!
Christmas is so associated with food and letโs face it most of it is naughty!
Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, Yule log, (one of my favourites), Christmas cookies, Gingerbread houses and gingerbread men (my personal favourite!) Quality Streets, and endless party food such as crisps, salty snacks, and those melt-in-your-mouth pastry bites. And donโt forget the endless flow of Sparkling wine, wine and sugary drinks.
Itโs nearly impossible to avoid all this temptation, especially if you go to friends for a party or out with the girls for Christmas drinks. Yummy food and alcohol are everywhere.
I know how hard it is to say no. I know how hard it is to avoid delicious food and drinks because fun and food are so intricately intertwined. I know exactly how that feels and I understand the guilt of overeating the family sized tin of chocolates. I hear it all the time. Why did I do it? Why couldnโt I just have said โnoโ? Why did I feel I had to eat so much in such a short time when I knew I would feel sick afterwards?
But Christmas day is just one day. Itโs when it spills over to a whole week including New Year or more that things can get out of hand. If youโre already overweight, and perhaps dreading the party season because your clothes are already too tight (and hating having to buy bigger sizes) this could have more than just personal feelings of lower self-worth and that is potentially quite serious health implications.
So, enjoy but ask yourself are you eating or drinking because youโre hungry or you feel obliged towards family and friends.
Food is part of Christmas ๐ ๐
๐ป not the whole of Christmas.
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