After a time of losing weight before the summer, many people loosen the reins during the holidays. Very understandable, but try to keep all that food and drink to a minimum. With these tips you should certainly succeed. At home and abroad!
Before the holiday starts, you are faced with the choice: ‘diet on the willow’, continue to lose weight or maintain it. Beware of the option ‘diet on the willows’. It can take a big blow to your motivation if you come home pounds too heavy. Even though you gave yourself ‘diet free’ and enjoyed all the tasty things available.
If you want to continue to lose weight during the holidays, try to continue your slim diet from home as much as possible. You can also enjoy all the local delicacies during the holidays and still maintain your weight.
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Agree with yourself where your limit is. Don’t try local high calorie delicacies too often. For example once. Avoid eating these every day, there is undoubtedly a lot of goodies to taste. There’s quite a lot of room for treats when you keep the rest of the meals lean and healthy.
To move
Compensate for kilocalories with a lot movement. Enjoy (beach) walks, bike rides, canoe trips and mountain biking. Swimming is also good ways to burn calories. When you go on a sporting holiday, such as mountaineering or an expedition, you may need more calories than you normally use. When you stay at home is gardening a good way to burn calories.
Restaurant
Decide in a restaurant in advance whether you opt for a starter and main course or main and dessert. Two starters in a row is also recommended. A three-course dinner delivers a lot calories at restaurants. Salads in restaurants often appear slim but can be quite high in calories. Especially if it contains cheese, nuts and a lot of dressing. For the rest, leave butter and bread before meals and be moderate with alcohol.
Bring your own food
During a day out it is convenient and healthy to bring your own food. Fill bread boxes with wholemeal sandwiches spread with low-fat margarine and lean toppings. With low-fat margarine, the topping does not soak into the bread so much and it remains healthy. Top the sandwiches with 30+ cheese or meats and finish it with some lettuce, raw vegetables and cucumber slices.
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This article was written by Annemarie de Graaf, nutritionist at www.valtaf.nl and the PlusOnline slimming service.
