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How to Stay Active During the Holidays!!! is a good question. There is no secret that many people ignore physical activity during the holidays and consume more food. Sweet treats, decadent holiday favourites, and winter weather prevent many people from staying active. However, these factors can easily contribute to unwanted weight gain after the holidays […]

As busy as the holiday season is, staying fit by getting in the right amount of physical activity can seem impossible. Increased travel, shopping, and time with family can make it easy to push physical activity to the side. However, if you want to avoid the average weight gain of one to five pounds many

  Mindful eating!! is all about thinking about what you are doing while you are doing it. Train your mind to focus on the minutiae of what you’re doing so you can become more mindful. For example, try to describe what you’re doing right now using all 5 of your senses. How does your bottom

With the holiday season come sweet treats too for what seems to be at every house, shop, or place you visit. Those treats are likely loaded with fats, sugars, and salts that can easily ruin your healthy routine if not consumed in moderation. With sweets around a lot more than normal, this can be hard

To keep you healthy during the holidays, it is important to learn some facts regarding weight gain. There are many misconceptions that can counteract your results. Research and statistics point to many consistent facts that can help you improve your chances of success during the holidays.   The following 4 facts are important to learn

  Keeping track and controlling your liquids is a common area people often forget about during the holidays. You can easily over-consume liquid calories or consume too many alcoholic drinks, leading to dehydration or water retention. In fact, much of the weight gain many people experience during the holidays is due to water retention. Thankfully,

  Did you know that alcohol consumption nearly doubles during the holidays? On average, Americans consume about four drinks every week, which moves up to eight during the holidays. I bet Brits are not far behind or are probably in the same league. So, each drink you consume is an extra one-hundred or more calories.

One of the easiest ways to avoid holiday weight gain is to try intermittent fasting. This involves choosing just 8 hours in a given day that you’re allowed to eat. This does not mean that you are supposed to use that 8 hours to stuff yourself. Instead, you can eat anything that you want but

Don’t mess with your sleep if you want to avoid holiday weight gain and stress this year. This last thing you should do is sacrifice your sleep just to enjoy holiday traditions. This will only backfire later, as disrupted sleep can ultimately affect your physical and mental health. Instead, sticking to your normal sleep schedule

The British Sleep Society and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (US) instruct that adults i.e. people aged between eighteen (18) and (60) sixty to sleep seven hours a night. Without sleeping this amount regularly, you may unknowingly increase your chances of obesity and other related life-threatening health conditions.   Here are 4 ways your