Between Christmas and the New Year, to protect yourself from the “hammer blow” effect when you get back on the scale, here are some simple rules to follow to avoid the pitfalls of the holidays. The goal here is not to make you lose weight, but to limit the deviations from the festive meals!
Following the excesses of Christmas, your stomach is crying out for rest, so in prevention of New Year’s Eve, make meals to facilitate your digestion, while preserving your form and your tone.
Make up for festive meals
If you are used to it, keep three meals a day : having a regular supply of calories during the day and especially to eat your fill at each meal, avoids cravings.
Also try to take your meals in the same time slots, pace your day this will save you the long waits between food intakes and therefore snacking.
Bet on fruits and vegetables : low in calories, they are rich in vitamins and mineral salts. Their wealth in fibers increases the food volume and avoids constipation which contributes to generate this feeling of bloating.
To limit these inconveniences, finely chop the raw vegetables, peel, seed and prolong their cooking.
They are also unparalleled sources ofantioxidants, essential to preserve our health and fight against aging premature of our cells.
Sometimes forgotten from holiday meals, you can reintegrate them in the form of soup every night. Declinable to infinity, they are easily consumed.
Satiating (especially if you keep a few pieces), they allow good control of energy intake during a meal.
Lean meats and seafood
Favor them Pisces and shellfish : good for the heart, tone and figure, their virtues are well established. Seafood is also inseparable from the holiday season.
So continue to taste them, for example by preparing them at the steam or to court bouillon, to preserve their nutritional and organoleptic qualities and to avoid the addition of fat.
Of course, avoid weighing down the meal with too much bread, butter or mayonnaise!
Limit fat: holiday meals are very rich in hidden fats: tarama, foie gras, poultry stuffing, cheese platter, pastry log and other treats …
To compensate for this, prefer lean meats (fillet, chicken breast, cutlet, ham, rump steak). Pisces and shellfish, prefer 0% or 20% dairy products to whole products.
For seasoning fat, limit yourself to 10 g of butter for breakfast, then vary the oils (olive, rapeseed, sunflower, mixed oils) by consuming a tablespoon maximum per meal.
Lighter cooking
Always prefer to consume these raw or melted fats and promote cooking without fat, to water, in papillote, on the grill, baked or stewed. Simplicity in cooking and seasoning is essential.
Sstop the alcohol : water is your best ally for eliminating excess waste and toxins. Drink 1.5 l, varying the water (mineral, still, sparkling or tap).
Think of tea, herbal tea and other infusions without sugar, with the properties diuretics and antioxidants important.
With all these tips, you should make the most of this end of the year. Happy Holidays to all! We meet again at the start of the school year 🙂
