Guess what, the holidays are near and it's your opportunity to add an additional 10 pounds to your body.
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas - as well as New Years Eve and New Years Day. The Spokane holiday season is a great time for family, fun and eating.
With Christmas coming many people are excited for presents and gifts galore - and it's a sad site when you see that most people bring a lot more than a few trinkets or toys into the new year.
After the Holiday most bring with them an extra 10-15 pounds in the form of fat securely fastened around their body.
What are you going to take with you into the new year? Are you going to bring much more of yourself into a new year or are you going to take the necessary steps to not only avoid holiday weight gain - but shed a few pounds in the process.
I don't know about you, but when I think of my Christmas wish-list, I don't imagine putting 10-15 pounds of fat on that list.
How do you avoid putting a single ounce of fat on over the holidays?
it's easy - you just determine that it must happen.
You have to decide even before you are faced with the pies, the candies, the stuffing - any of it - any temptation. It all starts in your mind - your fitness mind.
Here are some tips to make your fitness journey through the holidays easier than making your morning bowl of oatmeal (you are eating oatmeal for breakfast - right?).
1. If something is in your house it will be eaten during the holiday. If you don't want to eat it - don't bring it into the house. The only certain way to avoid a food is to clear it out of your house. More than likely you won't eat something that's not there.
2. Keep sweets and your favorite foods out of your own house during the holidays - enjoy your favorite foods at your families' houses and leave the food there.
3. Come Halloween time only get enough candy to last a day or two at most. That way you won't have candy laying around the house to be devoured at a moment's notice.
4. Don't fall for the All or None principle. Even if you have 4 or 5 special occasions during the holidays where you gather together for feasting - this doesn't mean you have to turn Thanksgiving and Christmas into a 2 month event. Out of 61 days you still have at least 50-55 days where you exercise and eat healthy.
5. Enjoy your holiday eating - and get right back to your regular healthy eating and exercise. Don't feel guilty about those days of pleasure - just get right back to it. Plan your holiday meals in advance and move on afterwards.
6. Start a Spokane holiday fitness plan right now - don't wait until the new year or the infamous tomorrow. The next day will never be this day - get going now and start with your fitness plan.
7. Decide today that you will be fitter and trimmer come the new year and take the necessary steps to ensure that is what actually happens!
When you have the proper guidance and a game plan to achieve your fitness goals - getting in even better shape over the holiday season is not just possible - it's easy as pie, pumpkin pie that is.
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Zach Hunt is the owner and head
Spokane holidays fitness coach of Physzique.
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Spokane Personal Trainer Directory And Resource Center for more info.
