How To Stay In Shape In Spite Of The Party Season

You worked your butt off to lose those inches. Now, all the rich food from one party to another threatens to make you gain back the flab. So what do you do?

For one thing, make time to exercise. The day after each feast, run an extra mile or two. Push yourself harder in your workout to burn those extra calories.

It is harder to burn the calories than to avoid consuming them in the first place.

What if your mom, grandma or favourite aunt insists you have a second helping of potatos or pudding because you need to put some weight on those bones. Could you turn her down politely? What if she gets offended if you don't seem to like her extremely fattening specialty?

That is more likely to happen if your plate is empty. So fill your plate with healthy alternatives and eat very, very slowly. Take tiny bites, so you seem to always have a lot of food on your plate.

What about all the free flow of wine at a friend's house? Or the alcoholic drinks everyone downs at the club? Go for mineral water ahead. Yes. Don't deprive yourself or you might binge, so let yourself have just one glass of wine or champagne for that party but have mineral water the rest of the time. To avoid deprivation, let that be the best wine you can afford. Hey, instead of 3 glasses of a cheaper wine, go for 1 glass of very good wine.

What if you go to an all you can eat buffet?
Wouldn't it be a waste of money if you don't eat all you can.

Go straight for the seafood. The raw oysters and fresh seafood would make up for it. If you are scared of geting food poisoning, then go for the cooked food. Skip the carbohydrates and go for lean protein. Remove the skin from the chicken or turkey or duck and eat breast meat which is lowest in fat.

Hours later, or the next day, go for an intense workout to burn the excess calories. These workout videos would help.

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