Avoid Christmas weight gain altogether
Losing the Christmas load isn't easy. Here's how to avoid piling it on in the first place. If you ate just one mince pie every day in the lead-up to Christmas without compensating with extra exercise , you would be up to a kilo heavier by the end of December. That makes it easy to see how holiday weight gain happens. So it's no surprise that evidence shows keeping basic lifestyle habits on track during the holidays is likely to prevent excessive weight gain . One-off indulgences do not cause weight gain; weight gain is caused by gradual, sustained increases in kilojoule intake, or dietary habits that develop and support higher kilojoule intakes each day - an extra biscuit here, a large glass of wine there, and so forth. Here's a sample of some of the most common party-season habits that are conducive to weight gain so you can act now to avoid the extra kilos that seem to appear mid-January. Going to parties hungry A common mistake is overindulging on high-fat pastri...