Between Christmas and the New Year, how can we protect ourselves from the “mass blow” effect of getting back on the scale? Here are some simple rules to follow to avoid the party traps. The objective here is not to make you lose weight, but to control and limit deviations from festive meals!
Following the excesses of Christmas, your stomach demands rest, so in preparation for New Year’s Eve, prepare meals to facilitate your digestionwhile preserving your shape and your tone.
Compensate for holiday meals
If you are used to it, keep three meals a day : having a regular intake of calories during the day and above all eating your fill at each meal, avoids cravings.
Also try to eat your meals in the same time slots, pace your day This will save you long waits between food intakes and therefore snacking.
Bet on the fruits and vegetables : low in calories, they are rich in vitamins and mineral salts. Their wealth in fibers increases food volume and avoids constipation which contributes to generating this feeling of bloating.
To limit these inconveniences, chop the vegetables more finely. raw vegetablespeel, seed and continue cooking.
They are also unrivaled sources ofantioxidantsessential to preserve our health and fight against aging premature of our cells.
Sometimes forgotten about holiday meals, you can reintroduce them in the form of soup every evening. Infinitely available, they are easily consumed.
Satisfying (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 crustaceans : good for the heart, tone and figure, their virtues no longer need to be demonstrated. Seafood is also an inseparable product of the end-of-year celebrations.
So continue to enjoy them, for example by preparing them steam or at court brothto preserve their nutritional and organoleptic qualities and avoid adding fat.
Of course, avoid weighing down the meal with too much breadbutter 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, choose lean meats (fillet, breast of poultry, escalope, white ham, rump steak) Pisces And crustaceansprefer 0% or 20% dairy products to whole products.
For seasoning fats, limit yourself to 10 g of butter for breakfastthen vary the oils (olive, rapeseed, sunflower, mixed oils) by consuming a maximum tablespoon per meal.
Lighter cooking
Always prefer to consume these fats raw or melted and promote fat-free cookingwith water, foilon the grillbaked or stewed. Simplicity in cooking and seasoning is essential.
Scut out alcohol : water is your best ally for eliminating waste and excess toxins. Drink 1.5 l, varying the water (mineral, still, sparkling or tap).
Think about tea, herbal tea and other sugar-free infusions, with properties diuretics and antioxidants important.
With all these tips, you should make the most of this end of year. Happy Holidays to everyone! See you at the start of the school year for the diet 🙂
