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5 Tips to Beat Holiday Pitfalls

The holidays can be a hard time to stick to your goals. Here are five tips to beat the holiday pitfalls in your goals!

1. Tweak your recipes
  • Cherished family recipes may be loaded with ingredients that we should avoid. Try substituting with applesauce, greek yogurt, vanilla extract and trade condensed milk for coconut milk.
2. Practice portion control
  • Feeling stuffed after a holiday meal seems to be a common feeling this time of year, but it doesn’t have to be. There is a difference between feeling satisfied and feeling full.
  • Watch “having seconds” This can lead to excess calories and not giving yourself enough time to fill full.
  • Limit the food that is around. Food waste is a big deal in America and we can reduce this by the amount of food that we make.
  • Do not miss meals! This slows down your metabolism and will actually do more damage than good on your body.
  • Bring your own snacks to work- there are always tons of holiday treats around the office this time of year and packing a lunch and prepping your meals can help save money and your waistline!
3. Bump up your workouts
  • The average goal is around 10,000 steps but leading into the holidays I try to increase that goal to 15,000. I try and take walks at work, at lunch, etc.
  • Look for times during your day that you can squeeze in any exercise so that it becomes a part of your daily life including during the holidays.
  • This can help burn off a few of those sweets that you dove into!
4. Make it a half pour-
  • I do not drink alcohol but there are still a lot of sugary drinks around especially this time of year. These add calories like you wouldn’t believe.
  • A few alternates- 
    Propel, sparkling water with Crystal Lite, flavored water

5. Write your to-do list and your goals down
  • Finish the year off strong! Writing down your to-do list is great for your mental and emotional well-being. It can really take the stress off and help you organize a little bit of the chaos around this time of year.
  • This will help you visualize your goals and keep that mindset out of “I will start after the holidays.” Make sure you are realistic about your goals, make them achievable.
  • Know your limits and give yourself permission to say no to things!
To a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season,
Kylie

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