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How to Stay Fit and Eat Healthy During Holidays

by Shoshana Sue December 11, 2017
written by Shoshana Sue
how to stay fit during holidays

The most wonderful time of the year is once again upon us. We are going to relax. We are going to eat the good food, lots of yummy food. And then we are going to rest. And repeat the process until the season passes or we learn to exercise some self-control. But for most of us, the chances of exercising self-control are on the same level of us winning the lottery. Slim. Zero. None! And so we need great tips on stay fit and eat healthy during the holidays and avoid winter weight gain in order to keep it together in the midst of the jolly good times.

Staying fit and healthy during the holidays is not an easy task. It is hard as it is to make healthy food choices and stay active all year round, and the holiday season requires most of us to dig deeper.

Related post: 10 WAYS TO STAY FIT WHILE ON VACATION

Yes, after enduring 11 months of hard work and dedication to various goals, it only seems natural that we let ourselves go a little and live it to the max for two weeks, three weeks or for some, a few days.

 

And all this does sound like it is all fun and games until we pick up extra fat which works out to be a battle to lose, especially for those of us who are over a certain age.

 

Regardless of how busy or lazy you will get during the holidays, you should have a game plan for how you are going to stay fit and eat healthily during the festive season.

 

By the way, if you have resolved to get fit and lose weight in the new year by joining a gym, be sure to check out this guide on gym tips for beginners.

How to Stay Fit and Eat Healthy During Holidays?

How to Stay Fit and Eat Healthily During Holidays

1. How to stay fit during the Holidays: Plan your workouts in advance

‘If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail’. If during the rest of the year, you just went with the flow, the holidays become a vital time to draw up a schedule.

 

It is hard to skip a workout that has been weaved into the day’s activities. A workout calendar on hand will help you stay motivated enough not to miss your training.

 

Keep your holiday workout guide as simple as possible so that it is easy to stick to. If you are travelling away from home and will have no access to gym equipment, make use of your body weight to workout.

 

Incorporate effective exercise that can be performed using body weight such as lunges, squats, push-ups, hip thrusts etc. You can also consider travelling with light exercise equipment that is easy to travel with like resistance bands, ankle weights, or a skipping rope.


 

Another great way to workout during the holidays when you do not have access to a gym is to just get outside and take a  brisk walk, run a mile or two or use Youtube videos.

Essential reading: 10 WAYS TO STAY FIT WHILE ON VACATION

2. How to  eat healthy during Holidays: Plan your meals in advance

Planning well ahead of time should not only be restricted to training. If you keep a food diary such as MyFitness Pal, log in your meals in advance.

 

If for instance you have a family Christmas lunch and you know you will stuff your face with all the yummy eats, you could cleverly eat way fewer calories a day or two before the big lunch.

Related: HOW TO GET RID OF BELLY BLOAT USING QUICK AND EASY WAYS

OR you could just eat, and enjoy the day without worrying about calories. The most important point to take away from this little lecture is that you don’t let the day turn into a week, two weeks or however long, of mindless eating because that will all add up. And we all know what happens when all the surplus calories add up over a period of time.

 

 

I am against demonising food over the festive season because that just leads to unhealthy eating and mental habits. Check this article on emotional eating if you are concerned about your eating habits.

 

How to stay fit during holidays

3. Train before or after the cheat meal

I have heard and read a lot about training before or after the cheat/big meal. The opinions from fitness professionals over this varies. Training before the cheat meal has often won this debate.

 

My personal advice is to just train the normal way you train. One cheat meal is not going to make you fat, just as one excellent workout won’t make you super sexy nor fit.  It is what you do over a long period of time that counts.

 

Whichever way you decide to stay fit and eat healthy during the holidays, just ensure that it is something that will not make you carry extra weight (pun intended) into the new year.

Remember, people who achieve results do something specifically to achieve those results!

 

Merry Christmas to you all,

Shoshana Sue.

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13 comments

Workout Motivation Tips May 4, 2017 - 12:38 pm

[…] Putting goals in place will help with staying on track and motivate you to workout. If your goal is to lose weight, set goals of how much weight you want to be shedding weekly or monthly. Workout, eat right to hit those numbers. And once you start seeing the results, motivation will skyrocket! Set short-term and long-term goals, make sure they are attainable and be serious about achieving them. Small victories lead to bigger and greater victories! […]

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Natasha Mairs December 12, 2017 - 9:11 am

planning meals out in advance is a must for me, otherwise I will just grab anything.

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Sarah December 12, 2017 - 11:27 am

These are great tips! Christmas is definitely the hardest time of year to stay healthy! There’s just tempatition everywhere!

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Melanie December 12, 2017 - 4:15 pm

Some fit tips here! It is so tough to stay healthy in December and cold weather makes it even harder. Planning is the key for me, but ion the Christmas day I do not plan and just eat what I like…well within reason x

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Anosa December 12, 2017 - 4:18 pm

Christmas is always the hardest time to get healthy but these tips would help for sure

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five little doves December 12, 2017 - 5:48 pm

Great advice! So many people use Christmas an excuse to eat too much and do too little. I’m all about moderation even at christmas!

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Jazmin Williams December 13, 2017 - 3:29 am

Honestly some great advice! Very easy to trail off at this time of year…

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Hannah December 13, 2017 - 6:36 am

So glad this wasn’t a post about banishing food over Christmas! Some great tips here and really, it can be easy to stay healthy and fit! All about balance 🙂

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Ana De- Jesus December 13, 2017 - 1:06 pm

I know that emotional eating/ eating ‘food without nutritional value’ is something that I am guilty of so I like the idea of planning meals in advance!

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Jalisa Harris December 14, 2017 - 3:52 am

Ironically I don’t get over indulgent until after Thanksgiving. It’s normally around New Years when I start to have the holiday bloat.

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Annie @ Annie's Noms December 14, 2017 - 12:44 pm

Thanks so much for these tips. I like to stay in shape around the holidays, but not be super harsh on myself and say that I can’t have any little treats! Planning my workouts has been game changing this year, I start on a Monday morning and plan them for the whole week and it really makes a difference! This year I especially need to keep fit because I have to fit in a wedding dress in 7 weeks time!!

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hey sharonoox December 14, 2017 - 7:28 pm

Great tips! I’m guilty for not following through with staying fit during the holiday. Thanks for the reminder!

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Katy December 15, 2017 - 1:17 pm

This is really good advice I never really pay attention to the health/fitness conscious thing during the holidays because I travel every Christmas, and working out/counting my calories is the furthest thing from my mind when I’m trying to experience new places and cultures. I’m sure I’ll need these tips one day though!

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