10 Holiday Tips to Stay Healthy

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Holiday season is special for everyone. This season makes me feel magical. The beautiful decorations, the Christmas lights and the delicious food brings joy to me. It is also very easy to gain a little more extra weight during Christmas time. 

Well there is a way to minimize gaining more weight during the holiday season. I have 10 tips for you to practice during this season so that you can enjoy this beautiful season, stay happy and healthy.

#1

Meal Planning

If you plan your meals ahead of time like for two weeks or for the whole holiday seasons, there are less chance to eat junk or unhealthy food. No matter you plan to eat keto friendly food or not do your meal planning before you start the week. So that you will stay in a system and will eat healthy food. 

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#2

Cooking at Home

If you like to cook at home, it will be easy for you to be on track. Try to eat low carb and low sugar. Eat plenty of vegetables and moderate protein. Also eat healthy fats like avocado and use avocado oil, olive oil when you saute your vegetables. If you are following Keto friendly food stay on your favorite food. For example, I like zucchini and shrimp or rice cauliflower and chicken curry. If you are having trouble finding the right tools to cut your vegetables and looking for almond flour to make your favorite dessert you can buy online. So that you will be in less stress to make your own food. I have the affiliate links for you which I personally like to use when I am cooking or meal prepping.
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#3

Swap Your Favorite Food into Keto Friendly Food

You can make your favorite food in Keto style. For example, if you like butter chicken with rice, you can replace rice with cauliflower. It tastes super delicious and you will not miss the rice. You also can make cakes or brownies or any sweet or dessert items with almond flour or coconut flour instead of regular flour. In this way you can stay low in carb and low in sugar during the Holidays too.

#4

Do Exercise in the Morning Before Breakfast

It is so important to take care of our body. Doing daily exercise is not only good for our body but also good for our mind. So try to do exercise in the first hour in the morning because when the day starts so many excuses come before exercise and then we end up skipping exercise. By doing exercise we allow our body to burn excess fat and also help to maintain our healthy body.

#5

Drink Warm Water With Lemon Before Eating Anything in The Morning

Drinking enough water is a must. Before we drink or eat anything, we all must drink at least a cup of warm water. If you add lemon, it is even better because this water helps to reduce toxins from our body. It is a very good way to start a day.

#6

Eating Out Tricks 

1. Take handful of leafy vegetables in the plate
2. Add protein in the plate like fish or meat
3. Skip carbs like bread, rice or noodles or take one fist of rice or one slice of bread
4. Stay mindful of taking desserts (maybe 2tbs of dessert or eat keto friendly dessert like made of almond flour and swerve)

#7

Recovery Tricks From Falling Off Track

If you think you just went off track and ate a bunch of unhealthy food. Restart Now, do not wait another day to start eating healthy. Just start now and stick with it.

#8

Have Enough Sleep

Go to bed early so that you can have straight 8 hours of goodnight sleep. Your body needs to recharge to function properly during the day. Lack of sleep also results in gaining more weight.

#9

Control Stress Level

Take time to release you stress. Even if it is 10 mins or 15 mins give yourself alone time to sit in a relaxed mood and be grateful for what you have around you. Try to think positive. Take a look at the nature around you. You can also listen to soft music or read a book if you like.

#10

 Be Active

If you are active with your family and friends that will help you to avoid gaining more weight. Moreover when you are active that will help you to maintain a healthy mind too. If you are in peace of mind that shows in your body. Lot of stress or lack of mobility affects our body in a negative way.

Hope this will help you to stay healthy and enjoy the season. No matter you follow Ketogenic lifestyle or not, you still can follow this tips. This will help you to have some controls over carb and sweet we tend to eat during the holiday season. I wish you a  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love,

Marguarita.