Tips to avoid weight gain during group gatherings and festivals

Festivals and group gatherings bring happiness and give  an opportunity to spend quality time with friends and family. However, it is difficult to resist the sumptuous treats that are laid out for everyone to enjoy during this time.

Many people spend a lot of time trying to lose the holiday weight they had put on.

Try the following tips to avoid the festival food hangover

Walking back to the table for second (and third servings) may add to your daily steps but will do nothing for your health. Restrict yourself to just one small serving of the festive snacks, if you want to avoid gaining weight.

Festival food comes in all types of flavours and hues and you will want to eat a little of everything. Don’t give in to that temptation. Filling up your plate with mounds of ghee-laden sweets and deep-fried savouries is a sure way of adding inches to your waistline. Instead, practice discretion and eat just a select few items.

If you have an evening of revelry planned with friends and family, then make sure you’re not eating much during the day. You can also try Intermittent Fasting on the day of the social gathering. What that means is that you restrict yourself to low calorie foods or zero calorie beverages during the day and reserve the bulk of your day’s caloric intake for the evening.

Don’t let a bad day of eating turns into a bad week or month. You’ve only hit a small bump in your fitness journey, shake it off and start anew! Remember, you only fail if you don’t get up again.