7 Top Tips: How To Maintain Your Weight Loss Goals This Christmas
 Despite all of the potential situations for weight gain, you can make certain choices to maintain your Christmas Weight loss goals into the New Year.
It is very easy to gain and that hard to lose two pounds during the holiday season with all of the food, and travel that most people do during this time of year.
If you choose to follow a few simple steps, however, you will be able to limit how much weight you gain during the holiday season, as well as show you how to remain healthy and happy.
1. You should always choose turkey over most red meats since it has a higher count of protein and less calories.
2. You can also choose to roast your vegetables in a small amount of low fat oil after you have boiled them for ten minutes to soften them up.
3. You should also make your own pastries and sweets because the are likely to have fewer calories, when compared to store bought sweets. When you make your deserts and snacks for get family togethers, you can also make a few changes to your recipe that will make them healthier, as well as with fewer calories, and you and your guests won't be able to tell the difference.
If you enjoy trifles, you might opt to use sugar free jellies or jams instead of regular jam, and use canned fruit juices instead of sugary syrups.
4. Don't put alcohol in the punch- half of a bottle of wine can contain as much as 250 calories, instead make a punch that your entire family will be able to drink and enjoy, or use a non-alcoholic wine.
5. Encourage activities such as walks, or bike rides that will get everyone moving and being active instead of sitting around the television watching holiday reruns. Not only will you be burning calories you will also be unable to spend as much time snacking on all of the deserts and cookies that everyone brought.
If your area gets too cold to go on bike rides or other outside activities, find activities that you can do inside such as games like Twister or Charades.
6. Buy plain nuts instead of seasoned nuts because they will contain less calories but maintain the protein counts you need. Salted peanuts are loaded with fats that can clog your arteries, and this goes for many of your other favorite holiday foods.
You will also benefit from changing the majority of your foods for low fat or no fat versions of the same foods, which will result in fewer calories and healthier food choices for everyone on your guest list.
7. Steer clear of chocolate or bread because these contains large amounts of sugars that will cause you to put on weight. If you simply can't stay away from them, then only allow yourself to buy one tin, and no more. The reason you don't need to buy chocolate is that more than likely one of your friends or relatives will buy you a box as a gift, and you won't even have to spend the money, or tempt yourself with two boxes.
10,000 calories can be found in one 2kg tin of Roses chocolates.
If you make all of these changes to your menu for the holidays, you will be able to enjoy your holidays, and maintain your ultimate weight loss goals.
All you have to do to gain control is start planning your menu for the holidays now and make small changes in your recipe, and you will be on your way.
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