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Home > Weight Loss News > Dieters are 5 Times More Likely to Gain Weight During the Holidays
Dieters are 5 Times More Likely to Gain Weight During the Holidays
The author of Body Intelligence offers 9 simple ways to keep the pounds off during the Holidays
(PRWEB) November 21, 2005 -- If you're on a diet, it's going to be sabotaged during the holidays.
Dieters will be tempted by the huge portions at Thanksgiving, rich desserts at Christmas festivities, and high-calorie snacks at Super Bowl get-togethers. With so many temptations, people watching their weight tend to just give up and go off their diet - now more than any other time of year. That's when the weight comes on. A little planning and know-how is all you need to get past the champagne, stuffing, eggnog, popcorn, and fruitcake that are as much a part of holiday celebrations as the partridge in the pear tree.
Dr. Edward Abramson, author of Body Intelligence: Lose Weight, Keep it off, and Feel Great About Your Body Without Dieting!, offers handy tips to bear in mind during the holidays:
+ Simple anticipation and planning will reduce Holiday eating
+ At parties, carry a glass of sparkling water so that your hands will be occupied - it makes it harder to snack
+ Learn to cope with Holiday stresses without eating to make yourself feel better without eating (see Chapter 4)
+ Plan either a serious or humorous assertive response to social pressures to eat (see Chapter 5)
+ Alcoholic drinks add calories and are disinhibitors, making overeating more likely. Drink with meals, not with snacks.
About the Author:
Edward Abramson, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on eating and weight disorders. A Professor of Psychology at California State University, and former Director of the Eating Disorders Center at Chico Community Hospital, he has appeared on many TV and radio programs including 20/20, Hard Copy, and Joan Rivers Show. Dr. Abramson's work has been featured in Reader's Digest, The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, and US Weekly. Men's Health called him "the go-to authority on the 'why' of weight gain". In Body Intelligence he explains how many of the formerly fat have gotten off the diet merry-go-round and learned to control overeating, become comfortable with physical activity, and gain an affirming view of their bodies.
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