Question: Every year I gain several pounds
over the Holidays. How can I avoid this?
Weight management is simply burning as many calories as
you take in. Or burn excess calories to lose weight.
However, this statement may not be true for those with a thyroid adrenal,
or gasroenteric condition.
Weight-loss researchers have found that people often fail
because they lose track of what they are eating. It is too easy to
have a little snack here or there and easily add a few calories per day.
This results in weight gain.
A simple, yet effective technique is to keep a good
diary. This means writing down everything you eat during the
day. Even though this is quite tedious, it works.
A New York study showed that the more days a person
records the food he or she eats, the greater the weight loss.
These dieters lost weight during the holidays, simply by recording
intake.
Bowling Green State University researchers showed keeping
track of your exercise increases you weight-loss success. You will
learn how hard it is to work off calories when you keep track.
It takes about 100 calories to walk or run one
mile. If you get on the treadmill, it may take you up to one hour
to burn off 400-500 calories. You will think twice about eating
that piece of cake when you know how much work it takes to burn it
up.
In summary, keep track of three things – your weight,
your food intake and your exercise. In this way, you will manage
to avoid gaining those holiday pounds. Happy
Holidays!
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