Thanksgiving is just around the corner! It is that time of the year were people are okay with unbuttoning those pants by one notch. That sweet scent of all those thanksgiving dishes being placed on one table just makes your mouth salivate with happiness. The typical stuffed turkey, mash or sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry and gravy sauce all in one day! Here are some tips to get moving to stay healthy and move.
- H20 Hydration is KEY!: Drinking water throughout the day to stay hydrated will prevent you from mistaken thirst as hunger pains, This will prevent you from attack the salty sweet foods so aggressively
- Slow Mastication (Eating): How quickly one eats matters. Research suggests, fast eaters consumed around three ounces of food per minute, while the counterparts only ate about two ounces. Chewing slowly could mean less calories consumed.
- Grab the small plate: Stick all those Thanksgiving sides on a smaller plate. Research suggests it can help with portion control and you will most likely consume fewer calories, while a bigger plate will equal more calories and force you to consume more than you need to. So DO NOT LET YOUR EYE BE BIGGER THAN YOUR STOMACH!
- Thinking of Round 2?!?! Skip the seconds wait at least 20 minutes,this amount of time will usually provide enough time for your stomach to communicate with the brain that you are full, before filling up the dinner plate again.
- Beware of Side Dishes: Be careful with foods that aren’t as healthy as they seem. Green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and cranberry/gravy sauce usually have ingredients high in fat and sugar.
- Watch out for liquid calories: Calories from alcohol can sneak up on you during the holidays. Go easy on the booze and stick to water.
- Room for Dessert anyone: Moderation people! Stick to one slice of pumpkin/apple pie instead of going cold turkey at the dessert table.
- Be the social butterfly at the family gathering: Walking around and talking to family members will help burn calories more than being sedentary at a chair. Calories burned = more food you can consume.
- Plan a post-meal walk: As soon as you arrive at your Thanksgiving dinner, plan for a post meal walk with the family. The more people that join the more social and less exercises focused it will be. People will scum to peer pressure and it will be harder to not be involved. A brisk walk will help you burn some calories and likely put you in the right mindset to turn down a second helping!
- TURKEY TROT: Even though thanksgiving is a day to stuff your face full of delicious foods. You can find yourself a local Turkey Trot. A Turkey trot is a run/walk activity outside that can range from one mile to 10K. The best idea is to GOOGLE search!
