For the holidays, from now til January, I am going to do at least one, maybe more, video posts to help people minimize weight gain over the holidays. I'll offer tips, motivation, and inspiration to help you minimize the amount of weight you could gain over the holidays because it's so easy for us to gain weight and/or get off track from our weight loss efforts.
I'm also going to be realistic in that some weight gain over the holidays is realistic and okay. A 1-5 pound gain is not going to kill your wardrobe, and most of it will easily fall off once the holiday madness and food frenzy is done in January. The point is to have balance. Enjoy, partake, and be kind to yourself.
I thought the videos would be a fun community way to help each other to not go crazy and gain enough weight over the holidays to make the muffin top bigger than it already is. Also, admittedly, I am partly doing this for shameless reasons too. I am sooooo close to my weight loss goal of 25 pounds adios that I thought these holiday tips videos would also help me and others like me stay focused during this tough weighty time of year.
In the first video, I talk about just how much the Average American gains over the holidays, and the 3 reasons why along with how easy it is to gain over a pound a week. I also go into details about the emotional influence the holidays has over our eating and drinking. Some of that holiday weight gain can also be tied to calorie loaded alcoholic drinks. If we help each other out, I think we can all get through the holidays having fun, being healthy, and in no need of a straight jacket ;-)
