6 Ways To Stay Healthy During The Holiday's

The holiday season is here! With that said there are a lot of decisions to be made from here until the end of December. Decorating your house, parties to attend, what to wear, what gifts to purchase, and so on. But one of the biggest and daily decisions to make is what you will be eating! Don't stress on it because my tips will help make the holidays a little bit easier.

1. Before any party/event pep talk yourself. What I mean by this is prepare yourself mentally and tell your yourself what your limits will be before getting to the event. Whether it's only grabbing one piece of cake, or only drinking 2 glasses of wine. Decide what you absolutely do not want to eat, what you can indulge in etc.

2. Eat a protein snack before a party/event. There's nothing worse then getting to a party starving and you end up over-eating. Protein makes you feel full for longer. Eat some jerky, protein shake, boiled eggs, or chicken sandwich etc.

3. Eat a large breakfast. The holidays are a busy time so make sure you get a great breakfast to start your day.

4. Keep healthy snacks handy. You might be cleaning your house all day long or running to the mall for last minute gifts. To avoid going to a fast food restaurant, keep snacks around until you have time to eat a nutritious healthy meal.

5. When serving yourself food at family gatherings put lots of protein on your plate and only one spoonful of carbs, and make sure you get 2 spoonfuls of veggies. Instead of filling up your plate mainly of pasta, rice, or bread try to make your protein portion larger. During the holidays you can end up not eating enough protein, and eating way too many carbs. Dessert comes after the large plate of pasta which is more carbs/sugar. Carbs are not the enemy but an overload of carbs is.

6. Drink lots of water!!!

Remember it is all about proportion sizes and making sure you do not starve yourself all day until dinner!