Stay in shape during the holidays? Few precautions and you're done!

The most beautiful and "caloric" period of the year is approaching but how can we better face the battle of the tables set and stuffed with a thousand and more delicacy?

Let's start by telling us that we must never give up beautiful things and the Christmas period is certainly among these. Let's enjoy a little serenity with friends and relatives without too many renunciations. The table is known, it is sociality, it is conviviality and in those days above all it is a party. We try to taste a little bit of everything without too many guilt and for those who are attentive to the line and their health it is essential to always remember that every now and then some small "rude" can also become a prize. So, we live this festive period safely.

ATTENTION: each of these days, however, can "weigh" from 3000 to 6000 calories, to stay on average bass we calculate that every day of celebration between: breakfast with a little panettone, lunch or dinner party, some wish to wish with friends and relatives, can bring about 4,000 calories. By adding beyond extra calories derived from other foods that circulate in those days around the house: chocolate, towers, Maron Glacè, cold cuts and dry fruit, it is likely to find yourself in mid -January with 3 or 4 extra pounds.

We cannot fail to celebrate but we must not gain weight!

The promise (and the fundamental rule) will be that between one day of celebration and the other we will respect our caloric balance. In order not to get too bad, after celebrating and eating until late at night, we try to moderate the meals of the days following the holidays, trying to take light foods, vegetables and limiting the income of fats and sugars as much as possible. In order not to exceed, we can therefore adopt small precautions that will allow us to get on the scale without fear; Let's see someone together:

1. Eat everything you like but without exaggerating: make small tastings of all dishes without repeating or choosing only the flow rates that more satisfy your palate while keeping proper portions of your lifestyle;
2. Do not introduce you to dinners and dinners, refreshments or parties on an empty stomach: do snakes before with fruit or yogurt, they will help you keep the sudden hunger attacks under control and above all to dive into the buffets. It is important Don't stay fasting Even after Christmas lunch, preferring a low -calorie compensation diet, which provides only fruit and vegetables all day so as to equalize the calories too ingested the "previous day".
3. Watch out for condiments and sauces: if you really have to predict the less elaborate foods seasoned with extra virgin olive oil; Avoid if you can butter and cream, but if the choice is forced, make small portions.
4. Panettone and nougat: you cannot celebrate Christmas without the traditional Italian dessert, take a small slice by choosing the least stuffed that you will surely find among the numerous variants that occur on each table.
5. Wine and alcohol: remember that in addition to being very good they are also very caloric; Let's allow ourselves a toast and a little wine per meal keeping the "hidden" calories under control;
6. The day after the big party he tries to go out to take long walks in the open air: even the cold of this period will be the right accomplice for the expenditure of a lot of calories.
7. In the "middle" days between one holiday and the other tries to drink lots of water and helped with draining herbal teas and detox to clean up the body a little;
8. If you really want to "recover" the leftovers of the dinners or lunches, try to eat a small portion of only one dish.
9. After the holidays, make all the remained super caloric sweets and foods disappear; Empty beliefs and fridge from all temptation and immediately returns to the appropriate diet.
10. Lastly: we do not forget to be serene even at the table and to enjoy a little time in the family and always remind us that it does not get gainhed from Christmas to Epiphany but from Epiphany to Christmas. So, let's keep fit all year round to fully enjoy this beautiful party period!