Losing Weight This Holiday Season

Maintaining your weight loss over the holiday season is always hard, especially with the temptations of roast dinners, Christmas puddings and excess quantities of alcohol beckoning you from every one corner.

If you too are worried about how Christmas will impact on your week weight loss plan, then there are a number of different tricks you can use to help keep those calories at bay and ensure that you continue to experience weight loss in a week.

Top 8 Weight Loss in a Week Tips

1. Avoid alcoholic appetisers - these will increase your appetite and cause you to eat more during your main meal
2. Eat a piece of fruit or a salad with a low fat dressing - plan this for 30 minutes before a meal and this will help you to reduce your overall calorie consumption and speed up your metabolism in advance
3. Have a soup starter - this will take the edge off your appetite, enabling you to eat less of your mains and lower your calorie intake
4. Eat a dark chocolate mint - use this simple trick to avoid the temptations of having more desserts. Once in your system this minty taste will dampen the flavour of other foods and will stop you from snacking
5. Fill your plate the first time - if you are going to a party with a buffet, fill your plate properly the first time to prevent small top-ups later
6. Eat plenty of protein - top up on your turkey, chicken, prawns and legumes. Not only does protein take longer to digest but it is lower in calories thus helping you to consume less yet still feel satisfied
7. Use low fat alternatives - swap brandy butter for a serving of brandy custard. This will save you over 100 calories in total plus will give you more calcium. Similarly in all your dishes, try to cook from scratch and where possible use low fat/sugar alternatives
8. Watch your alcohol content - REMEMBER alcohol is simply empty calories that can rapidly use up your daily calorie intake. If you want to drink alcohol this Christmas try mixing it with lemonade and sodas, as well as alternating between alcohol and water. This will help to cut your calorie content down

With your family and friends around, it is easy to exercise less and get into the habit of relaxing in front of the TV.

To help keep those lbs at bay, try incorporating the following into your family activities. With their support you will be able to maintain your free rapid weight loss and still have fun:

• Go for a walk - take out your dog or go as a family to your local park. You can even make a day of it by playing sports, and getting the whole family involved
• Ride your bike - make use of your Christmas presents and take a ride around your neighbourhood
• Play games - there are loads of interactive games such as Twister, Charades and Sing Star that can help to burn off those excess calories and make your Christmas much more fun and active

Christmas, New Year, Easter. it is possible to overcome these holiday seasons and come out the other side healthier, happier and in control of your week weight loss plan.

Simply bear in mind the above tips, remember to continue exercising and more importantly have fun. If you do put on a couple of lbs it doesn't matter. Simply start your 2 week weight loss plan again in the New Year.