How to Handle Your Diet During Holidays
This post was inspired by something I read on some weight loss blog not long ago. How do you handle your diet during holidays? With Halloween coming up and Thanksgiving not far away this is a popular topic. Trying to resist all that candy on Halloween isn’t easy. And saying “no, no thank you, I am on a diet” when someone tries to hand you a plate at the table during Thanksgiving will be even worse.
So, how should you deal with it? In my opinion you should have at it and enjoy yourself! Come on now, chances are you are still going to eat some candy or what have you during a holiday, it’s just too tempting not to. So instead of trying to stick to your diet, failing then feeling all negative about that, why not take a break from your diet and eat what you want for a day? Obviously don’t go completely crazy with the food but it’s ok to have some sweats and there is no need to beat yourself up about having a slice of a cake.
In fact a number of people advocate having one cheat day a week, where you don’t need to follow a diet and can eat what you want. Doing so will make sure that you won’t have any pent up craving for some none-diet-friendly food. Obviously you still have to control how much you eat and trying to win a pie eating contest is not advised.
So go ahead, take a break from your diet for a day and eat some candy, have some cake and fill yourself with stuffing – it’s alright to do it. In fact it’s probably better to do it this way compared to losing control and going on an eating binge!
