How to Avoid Weight Gaining During the Holidays

How to Avoid Weight Gaining During the Holidays

Gaining weight has become an obsession for many people. Food is essential for our body. But during holidays, we have more free time, more picnics and more food. Once we eat food, it is converted to energy to help us work and concentrate. If we can't control our food and type of food then controlling our weight gaining will be a challenge. Good news is that we can control our weight gain during holidays. Here are some tips how to do that, according to health professionals.

•  Avoid Arriving Hungry 

Don't go to any picnic or invitation while you are starving. You can have some food before going there. Always remember picnics and invitations are not for food only. If you arrive starving, drink some water before start eating

•  Divert Your Attention 

  During meeting You can do so many things other than just eating. You can have sport,  you can enjoy friends' company. Try to take your mind  off of food and think of somethings else. 

• Pace Yourself 

Try not to eat the first hour of meeting. Eating during the first hour of the picnic will increase the chance of eating a lot. So, try to make yourself busy with something else during the first hour(s) of the picnic. 

• Don't Eat Fast

Research shows that chewing your food 40 times results in eating 12 percent less than chewing food 15 times. This will also give the stomach more time to send a signal to the brain that it is full. 

• Use Smaller Dishes and Spoons

“Big dishes and big spoons are big trouble,” Brain Wansink said. The problem is that when people eat in big dishes, they are likely to eat more than they need. So, it's better to switch  into smaller dishes

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