The Bride’s Guide to Holiday Eating: 10 Get-Thin Tips
Staying on your wedding diet during the holidays won’t seem so difficult with these 10 tips from the author of Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salads.
The holidays are filled with get-togethers, parties and dinners—and lots and lots of rich food. Face down temptation and get wedding-dress slim with these 10 weight-loss tips.
Skinny Chicks author Christine Avanti recommends brides eat four small meals a day.
1. Act “as if” you are already thin. Being thin starts in your mind. You are far more likely to make thin choices if you lead with positive thoughts—when you already see yourself as a slim, beautiful bride-to-be. Negative self-talk, comparing yourself with others or seeing yourself as “fat” releases stress hormones, which makes weight loss even more difficult, says Christine Avanti, celebrity nutritionist and author of Skinny Chicks Don’t Eat Salads. “You need to love yourself right where you’re at.” So relish getting ready for all your fabulous holiday parties—and be sure glowing self-assessments are part of the process.
2. Accept that becoming—and staying—a slim bride means healthy eating. Chances are that changing the way you eat isn’t easy, and the holidays just compound that difficulty. Even with the weight-loss carrot of your impending nuptials, you may find yourself falling into the “I’ll be good after the holidays” mindset. But indulging in those casseroles, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pies, and other holiday treats can easily lead to a weight gain that few actually lose once the holidays are over. The only way to get off the weight gain-weight loss rollercoaster is to see healthy eating as a lifestyle—not a diet.
3. Eat small balanced meals. To make holiday weight loss easier, and to combat a cycle of bingeing/negative self-talk/starving, Avanti says stabilizing your blood sugar is a must. Stabilizing your blood sugar is the key to getting thin and makes it far less likely that you will overindulge, she says. To achieve this, Avanti recommends eating four times a day, three to four hours apart. Of course, as you probably guessed, she’s not talking load-your-plate sessions. Instead, each meal should be about one part protein, two parts healthy carbohydrates and very little fat, or approximately 40 to 50 grams of carbs, 20 to 25 grams of protein, and no more than 10 grams of healthy fat.
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