How to lose weight after Christmas?

Want to lose that extra weight that you’ve somehow managed to gain over the Christmas period? Of course it’s nothing to do with the excess of mince pies and alcohol. Its seems so innocent at the time, but as you are tucking into your big Christmas dinner then bear in mind that those second helpings will be gaining you a few extra few pounds and a study has found that extra pounds will take a depressing 3 months to shift.

According to some research by MSN for Christmas lunch alone the average Brit feasted on two to three servings, consuming 2,300 calories across one meal. That is a staggering 115% of the recommended daily intake for women and 92% of the recommended daily intake for women – and that’s before taking into account all the nuts chocolate and alcohol that we consume.

The key to not putting on weight over Christmas will be to eat slowly, you can still enjoy your meal without going overboard and gaining weight. It’s all about moderation that will help you not to gain weight over Christmas and starving after.

Any post-Christmas diet plans need to be sensible and balanced otherwise they won’t work, for example crash diets don’t work because it is a quick fix and they don’t work because they are not balanced.

How to beat the festive bulge is the question everyone is asking right about now, well you need to keep an eye on things. One portion of Christmas pudding with a dash of cream comes in at 450 calories, those delicious little Celebrations or Heroes – people think they are so small it doesn’t count but try totting up 10 and they come in at 400 calories.

• Get a pedometer:
  the average person can burn 400 calories a day by walking 10,000 steps that’s about the same as one portion of Christmas pudding with cream. You may be surprised by how few steps you manage a day – an office worker averages under3, 000. A pedometer will show you just how many you are managing and encourage you to set goals and achievements etc.
• Get dancing:
  its Christmas get the CDs on and get up with the family and start dancing, also with the New Year fast approaching what better way to welcome it in but with a good old dance. Just one and a half hours dance burns off 450 calories, so hit the dance floor hard.
• Hit the sales: a reasonably paced shopping trip – that means walking all around the high street trying on clothes and carrying bags – burns up to 180 calories per hour. The more you buy the heavier your bags become and the more you burn. In two and a half hours you’ll have burned off your Christmas pudding.

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Katy writes for Goldstar Supplements who specialise in bodybuilding and sports supplements.