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Research and Perspective on Holiday Season Weight Gain

11/28/2024

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The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.
––Kenneth H. Cooper
Should you worry about holiday season weight gain?

When it comes to the festive season, the online fitness community seems to be divided into two camps: the Fearmongers and the Relaxers.

The Fearmongers will recommend you diet and exercise your way through Christmas, as if eating Christmas pudding is going to give you the plague or, worse, some weight gain. (Gasp!)

The Relaxers will tell you that it’s only a couple of days a year, so you can relax and have some higher-calorie food without blowing a gasket.

In this article, I’m going to cover some scientific research on weight gain over the winter holidays, its impact on the your fitness goals, and my own perspective, having coached others since 2019.

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5 Tips to Ace Fitness Without Tracking Calories This Christmas

12/13/2023

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Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
––Tony Robbins
Religiously tracking calories over the winter holidays isn’t often practical or enjoyable.

However, I completely understand if you’re anxious about taking a break from it because you worry that you won’t be able to maintain your results, what with all the festive food available in the office or at the store, and the social meals you may have planned.

Nevertheless, while tracking can be a very helpful tool, it’s not the main contributing factor to your results, even if it can feel that way.

The real contributors to your success so far are the new nutrition- and movement-focused habits that you’ve been building while calorie- and macro-tracking.

If you maintain these habits, you will maintain your results, whether you’re tracking or not.

That’s why in this article I want to focus on these five tips to help you maintain your fitness and health-focused habits should you choose not to track for a couple of days over Christmas, New Year’s Day, or any other holiday you may be celebrating this month:


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5 Steps to Stay on Track During the Summer Holidays

6/15/2022

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​It’s all about how you treat your body. It’s proper rest and proper nutrition.
––Tony Gonzalez
​Worried about ruining your fat loss progress during the summer holidays?
 
This is the article for you.
 
First of all, being nervous is a good thing:

  1. It shows that you really care about the hard work you’ve done so far.
  2. It also means that said hard work was actually worth your time, because you got good enough results that you’re committed to keeping them.
 
Second of all, being nervous is completely normal.
 
You’re going away from home, maybe somewhere you’ve never been before.
 
Your routine is going to be all over the place.
 
The healthy habits you’ve carefully crafted for months will need a radical change.
 
It’s OK to feel a little overwhelmed.
 
Fortunately, maintaining your fitness habits is far from impossible… if you treasure the five steps I’ll cover in this article.
 
This approach is based on my recommendations to my own clients, who end up not only maintaining their results like pros, but also having a smashing time. 
 
Let’s get right into Step 1.

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3 Methods to Crush the Winter Holidays

12/17/2021

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Those who are flexible in thought, will inevitably succeed.
––David Cunliffe
As a teenager with a restrictive eating disorder, I used to love and hate the winter holidays: I enjoyed the joyful atmosphere and – most of all – the gifts, but I was also terrified of eating too much and not exercising enough. Sound familiar?
 
In my years of coaching, I’ve helped my clients overcome their own holiday anxiety. With this article, I’m going to give you three methods that can help you do the same:
 
  • The “Fucking Relax” Method
  • The Non-Negotiables Method 
  • The Calorie-Tracking Method
 
Each method is devised to suit one of three of the more common scenarios I’ve come across so far:
 
1. You work super hard on your fitness goals for months and swear to yourself you won’t stray even once over the winter holidays.

However, if you happen to eat a single unplanned mince pie, all hell breaks loose: you panic, think, “Fuck it,” and find yourself losing control over food more often than you’d like to until January.

2. On the other hand, maybe you’re too afraid to eat anything “unplanned”.

As a result, you maintain your physique… but you’re also watching your friends and family drinking wine and eating dessert, wondering why you can’t sit back and relax like everybody else.

3. Maybe you don’t quite experience either of the extremes I’ve just described, but you’ve never had a holiday where you felt confident that you were doing your best to both enjoy the celebrations and continue making progress towards your fitness goals. 
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I lived Scenario 2 for at least six winters before I realised that it doesn’t have to be this way.
 
You can eat a mince pie or two without overdoing it every single day.
 
You can maintain your physique without restricting your diet to three “healthy” foods all the time.
 
Finally, you can strike the balance between staying on track and enjoying a slice of Panettone.
 
Read on to find the method that can work best for you.

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How to Enjoy the Holidays Without Fitness Guilt

11/25/2020

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Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.
––Phil McGraw
​Around this time last year, I released an article on how to manage your diet over the holidays, with options if you count calories and if you who don’t, so you can click on the link if you are looking for some tips on budgeting your calories or food portions.
 
Today, I want to delve into some mindset tips that will help you enjoy this time with less guilt and without having to give up on either your fitness goals or the holiday mood.
 
So I’m going to cover:

  • How to stick to your goals and have fun without guilt
  • How to get friends and family on board with your goals
 
Without further ado…

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