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It's Ok For Weight-Watchers To Eat More At Christmas.
It's OK for Weight-Watchers to Over-eat at Christmas
The upcoming festive season can be a major headache to
weight-watchers due to the temptation that started confronting
them the moment the stores went into holiday mode. Dieters
should never forget that they are human first and
weight-watchers second, and that humans do submit to temptation;
it's a natural phenomena and nothing to feel guilty about.
The secret to not being left out at Christmas starts around now
with a few simple rules.
Rule 1. For every 3,500 extra calories that you consume you will
gain one pound (450 grams)
Rule 2. Set a maximum limit that you are prepared to gain during
the holiday. Not forgetting that what you gain you must also
lose after the holiday.
Rule 3. Start now to identify foods that you love and check the
calorific value per serving. Also check the serving quantity.
This is where most weight-watchers hit trouble; they set the
serving quantity themselves rather than accepting what the
experts say.
Rule 4. When you have identified the special foods that you like
calculate how many calories, in total, that you will consume
(above your normal calorie intake) and plan to eat that amount
and only that amount extra.
Rule 5. Over the holiday move your exercise pattern up to the
next level. - If you walk for 30 minutes each day normally,
increase it to 45 minutes during the holiday period. You can
make this three 15-minute walks if this suits your schedule
better. Naturally if you can make it one-hour exercise
that is
even better but do not over-extend yourself, particularly if you
have a medical condition.
Rule 6. Now set the program that will make this extra weight
go-away after the festive season. For each pound you wish to
lose each week you need to burn off 200 calories each day by
exercise and eat 300 calories less each day. 500 calories each
day is easy.
Visit this link to determine how many calories you burn on
various exercises: http://
www.recipesmania.com/calorieexerciserate.html
In the developed world the average daily calorie intake is
3,500. The average adult needs 2,000 calories each day to remain
healthy so you must never drop below this intake.
The great thing about calories is that although there is only
one way to receive them - FOOD. There are two ways we can lose
them - LESS FOOD and MORE EXERCISE. When you understand that
simple equation you will take back control of your weight.
Note: Never try to lose weight at a rate greater than one-pound
(450 g) each week. More than this and you will put it all back
on again within a few months.
This article is © copyright David McCarthy 2005. You may
reproduce this article on your website or ezine in its entirety
only with no additions.
About the author:
David McCarthy is webmaster of http://www.recipesmania.com a
website dedicated to freely sharing knowledge of food and health
related issues. It also has recipes for every occasion from
entertaining to snacks.
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