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Curbing Holiday Weight Gain With Exercise
Holiday feasting represents a dire threat to most people's waistlines, but exercise can lessen or reverse the unwelcome consequences, new studies suggest.
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Holiday feasting represents a dire threat to most people's waistlines, but exercise can lessen or reverse the unwelcome consequences, new studies suggest.
Share your thoughts.
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13 Readers' Comments
At my age I focus on sunning,
As to high cal meals,
The scale soon reveals
The weight gain that follows is stunning.
http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2009/03/29/the-truth-about-how-to-lo...
Same for my husband--but he's a lifelong runner--marathons, ultras, that sort of thing.
We're now almost 62--and although we ate a "heart healthy" diet all those years our weight justf slowly increased--though always in the normal BMI range--overweight.
Not anymore!
16 months ago we eliminated added oil, dairy & meat from out diet--and concentrated on lots of vegetables, fruit, beans, legumes, and whole grains.
We switched to a nutritional-dense diet and eat as much as we want--without thinking twice. And the extra squishy weight just fell off.
We both now weigh what we did in our twenties, with the more important bonus of excellent lipids, low blood pressure, & no hypertension. No more meds.
Good health is more than weighing less.
http://www.happyhealthylonglife.com/happy_healthy_long_life/2011/08/15-m...
http://www.lifestyle-after50.com/nutrition.html
www.losingtogether.com
Obviously calories in vs. calories out is always important to weight management as mentioned by several comments already. But, the belly fat/bmi endocrine/metabolic piece plays out here big time at the holidays too with all the rich fatty, refined, sugary foods.
In the past I've taken the reactive, 'OMG how did this happen' approach to mopping up the post holiday damage http://www.drbaileyskincare.com/blog/post-holiday-bmi-shocker-gets-me-se...
This year I've already upped my cardio and started having green smoothies for lunch, and I've already dropped some weight in the past 3 weeks. I also cut out sugar and gluten and plan to try to keep that up through the holidays (with occasional exceptions for the really special treats). It will be interesting to see if I can stave off the January regrets. Your post reiterates to me that I want to be deliberate about it.
I think posting on this topic now is brilliant, thanks!
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