How To Deal With Holiday Eating Accidents - Part 2
By Zach Hunt - Spokane Fitness Coach
As Continued From Part 1
How about the reverse approach. You know that you will be likely losing control or you know there's a family gathering tonight, what are you ever to do? Should you save up your calories and starve the whole day to make up for it? In one word, “No”, in two words, “No, No”.
If you eat less early in the day you will build anticipation for overeating later in the day and are likely to increase your appetite causing you to binge and eat more than you ever thought possible when the big meal finally does arrive.
Over indulging at any one sitting can result in fat gain no matter what the daily calorie balance is, your body can only handle so many calories at one time, anything beyond that has to be stored for later, no mater what your daily total calorie intake is. Especially if you are just going to be sitting on a couch for the rest of the day, your body can just store all the energy.
On the other hand if you eat fiber rich foods and drink plenty of water all day long you will be content and will be more likely to be able to control yourself because you won't feel famished and your stomach won't be growling.
The answer to all of our holiday eating problems. Install air bags, and anti-lock breaks, I don't know. How about this, have planned and thought out “cheat” or over-indulgence meals. I don't like using cheat days, because you can pack away a many calories in a single day enough to set you back two weeks worth of eating right, so I like to just limit it to a meal.
Let's review the 2nd corollary of the law of eating, “Small amounts of anything – even junk food or pure sugar – will probably not be stored as fat as long as you are in a calorie deficit where you are eating fewer calories that you burn”
That is the answer to all our problems, it is all about portion control. Like car accidents I'm sure you wouldn't mind tapping a grocery cart at 1 mile an hour on your soft rubber bumper. That's kind of like just eating one piece of way with some chicken for the main entree.
In essence the pie won't hurt you one bit, not a single bit, it will help you mentally by satisfying your taste buds for a moment, then you can be disciplined for another several days or even a week. But let that pie get out of hand, and have seconds, along with 2 portions of grandma's pumpkin pie, and several of your sister's snicker doodles.
Then slap onto that a few dozen chocolate candies, then that is where you run into trouble. Food is not going to go away, so why do we all have to eat it in one setting. Savor it for later.
Next time any of us are at that holiday extravaganza which always is centered on food, it should be a big relief for to know you can eat whatever you want with little or no ill effect on your body composition, as long as you respect the law of calorie balance.
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