Falling Off The Wagon Doesn't Mean You Can't Get Back On
tips on compensating for weekend over indulgences
It can happen to the most disciplined of us -- the overindulgent weekend. And if your burgeoning social calendar doesn't already include at least one few backyard barbeques, it soon will. So what's a person to do when these parties pop up in the middle of swimsuit season?
Go. Have a blast. Forget the diet. Just implement a before-and-after contingency plan "to help you get back on track, so that your lapse doesn't become a collapse," says diet and fitness guru Joanna Hall.
In her new book, The Weight Loss Bible, Hall serves up a buffet of ideas perfect for getting you through a Bacchanalian weekend with your friends leaving you able to still fit into your clothes come Monday.
Eat less, sweat more the day before and after. "If you know you're heading for a weekend of excess," says Hall, "squeeze in a workout and eat 300 fewer calories the day before the partying begins." Same goes for the day after. But don't punish yourself by skipping a meal -- it'll just make you cranky and hungry. Limit portions or forgo a snack (a blueberry muffin or small bag of potato chips each have about 300 calories).
Curb carbs at lunch and dinner. Hall is known throughout for her Carb Curfew diet, which means “no starchy carbs -- bread, pasta, rice, potatoes or cereal -- after 5 pm." And for food-filled weekends, she suggests turning the carb cutoff back to noon. Why? "Chances are your fat intake will be higher on these days, pushing up your calorie intake, and with party food, it's often easier to avoid carbs than fatty foods."
Drink up! Lots of water, that is. A boozy weekend can leave you dehydrated and too hung over to stomach your usual workout. Hall's advice: Drink plenty of water during and after endless cocktail hours or a wild weekend. As for post party exercise, go for a walk instead of doing a full workout, "especially if you have a sore head!"
Eat a big bowl of veggie soup. "Foods with a high water content help stave off hunger and make you feel full. Studies show that dieters who follow this advice tend to stick to their plan without feeling unsatisfied or deprived." So before you leave home, slurp up a big bowl of vegetable soup.
Shake your booty. "Sometimes you just have to go out and burn a little more energy," says Hall. But here's the good news: Dancing is one of the all-time best calorie burners. So get out there and cut yourself a big ol' slice of rug. You'll wind up boogying away a few hundred calories before the night is through.
Have an excellent day.
Thom King
President
thom.king@steviva.com
Steviva Brands, Inc.
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1/2 ripe avocado, peeled, seeded, and diced
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Total Calories: 580
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Total Fat: 4 g
Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
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Sodium: 226 mg
Total Carbohydrates: 60 g
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Sugars: 2 g
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