Help, I Don't Want to Hog Out in the Holidays

Why is it even harder to keep our eating on track during the holidays? As if we didn't have enough to worry about just battling daily our menopausal weight, now it seems like we are being sabotaged left and right. Office parties, family dinners that go on and on, buffet tables filled with plates of cookies, chocolate and bread. This time of year is heaven, but killer on our already growing waist line.
Yes, we can enjoy all of this; it just takes a bit of thinking before we eat. Here are five tips to help you stay happy with your self, and your scales though the holidays.
1. First thing, every morning, before coffee, before shower...make a pitcher of water, and start drinking it immediately. While you are shedding your jammies to take a shower, while you are making the bed, while you are putting in a load of laundry, before coffee. Your body is made of, and craves water. Your skin, your organs, your digestion runs on water, and you will have more energy and feel better if you start the day with a pitcher of this natural goodness.
2. Every meal and snack should be made up of 75% clean eating. That means veggies and sprouted grain breads, fruit and avocados. Brown rice protein shakes with almond milk, sprouted grain cereals, more water. Yes, you can have a piece of chocolate; yes you can have a glass of wine. Keep the 75% rule, and your weight will not be a concern during the holidays.
3. Scope out everything that is on the buffet, the snack table, the dinner table, before you start eating. Mindless eating is a huge source of calories. Plan ahead, and look for the healthiest things available. There is usually cut up veggies at an office party, or a nice salad at the family dinner. Keep the 75% rule and you can have a mini quiche, as well as a cookie.
4. Have another glass of water after you have eaten your plate of food. It's hard just to sit there and watch others load up their plate again or grab another dinner roll for yourself. Drink that glass of water and see if you really do need another roll, or seconds on the potatoes. More than likely you will feel satisfied enough to skip that extra portion.
5. Move your body after the get together, or dinner. Walk back to your apartment instead of taking a cab. Organize a game of football involving the whole family, head to the park for a walk around the lake. Let's not give our body a chance to add to our waist line, let's burn off what we have ingested.
Water is the key in your battle with menopause symptoms all year long. But keep in mind how truly helpful this weapon is for keeping you happy with yourself, and your scale though the festive season. Think before you eat, enjoy, and Happy Holidays.
Corby Campbell Shields
Co-Author Menopause Master Plan
http://www.menopausemasterplan.com/

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