With the craziness of the holiday season, sometimes your health, weight management, and sanity take a back seat. But it doesn't have to be that way! I just purchased an amazing program from a favorite health counselor and she was gracious enough to let me pass along a few tips that resonated with me:
1. The average person puts on 5 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Years. Doing the math, that's 500 calories a day (a skipped workout, a few drinks, or some holiday goodies, and it's easy to see how that adds up!)
2. Her program gives really practical solutions to combat that weight loss, but the one that resonated the most for me was having a well stocked kitchen full of healthy foods. Greens will help reduce sugar cravings because they have magnesium in them. If you find your sweet cravings are totally out of control during the holidays, make sure your meals have some sort of sweet veggies in them, like cooked carrots, sweet potatoes and turnips. If you find yourself hungry a lot during the holidays, making soup is crucial to helping fill yourself up.
3. Some of the things that make the most difference are the easiest to do. Drink tons of water and SLEEP! Now I'm a bit of a night owl, but I'm trying to go to bed earlier these days because lack of sleep adds to more sugar cravings.
I highly recommend this program! It helped me feel organized and optimistic about the holidays. If you want to know more, it can be purchased here:
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Christi wanted me to invite you to the Holistic Moms Network January meeting - the second Monday of the month - in North Andover at 7 p.m. We'll focus on how to eliminate sugar cravings, and it will be a TON of fun!!!! If anyone wants additional info, or to receive the evite for the meeting, they can email our chapter at holisticmomsnetwork@gmail.com. The meeting is free and open to everyone... moms, dads, and supporters of moms and dads and kids.
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