Gluten Free Week - holiday dieting http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/tags/holiday-dieting en Preventing the Holiday Bulge http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/content/preventing-holiday-bulge <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:image og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/thanksgiving_0.jpg?itok=MMChPqDN"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/thanksgiving_0.jpg?itok=MMChPqDN" width="300" height="225" alt="Thanksgiving turkey" /></div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This week's gluten-free menu:</p> <p>Sunday - <a href="/content/roasted-chicken">Roast Chicken</a> , <a href="/content/rice-pilaf">Rice Pilaf</a>, Squash<br /> Monday - <a href="/content/chicken-and-rice-soup">Chicken and Rice Soup</a>, <a href="/content/crispy-corn-tortillas">Tortilla Crisps</a><br /> Tuesday - <a href="/content/hamburgers">Burgers</a>, <a href="/content/green-salad">Green Salad</a><br /> Wednesday - <a href="/content/migas">Migas</a>, Tomato and Cucumber Salad<br /> Thursday - <a href="/content/thanksgiving-0">Thanksgiving Dinner</a><br /> Friday - <a href="http://glutenfreeeasily.com/turkey-tetrazzini-plus-9-other-recipes-equal-10-reasons-you%E2%80%99ll-love-your-turkey-leftovers/">Turkey Tetrazzini</a> and Leftovers</p> <p><strong>Avoiding the Holiday Bulge</strong></p> <p>The Holidays are here and it's time to eat some good food, but is there a way to prevent the extra pounds that often come with the holiday season? This year my husband and I have been trying to prepare for the holidays by tracking our weight and trying to get a handle on it before the holidays. How are we doing it? Well, by recording our weight everyday and there are all sorts of cools ways to do it. I've been using a mobile app for my phone called <a target="_gfw" href="http://happyscale.com/">Happy Scale</a>. It's free and pretty easy to use. There are plenty of <a target="_gfw">other</a> cool weight loss apps to explore if you want to do the research as well. My husband has a more elaborate system where he tries to keep his weight between an upper curve and lower curve with all sorts of excel spreadsheets, but it's similar in that we just weigh ourselves everyday. When we do that we can quickly see patterns that are causing things to go in the wrong direction and we can correct them by taking extra long walks or avoiding something sugary. </p> <p>The other thing that we've been doing is not avoiding fat. It seems unintuitive because we've been taught to eat a low fat diet for so many years, but a big trend now is to not be afraid of fat. The theory is that the higher fat foods actually help you to keep your weight down because most people eat less with a high fat diet! I'm not ready to eat lots of fatty meats (fyi there are plenty of people who believe in this theory who are), but I am ready to give things like coconut oil and coconut milk and high fat vegetables like avocados more of a chance. I've even started drinking 2% milk instead of skim or 1% and the added benefit is that it tastes so good!</p> <p>So Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your families and friends and your food, but if you're afraid of gaining weight, try tracking it!</p> </div></div></div><!-- google_ad_section_end --><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/holiday-dieting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">holiday dieting</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/holiday-weight-gain" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">holiday weight gain</a></div></div></div><span property="schema:name" content="Preventing the Holiday Bulge" class="rdf-meta"></span><span rel="schema:url" resource="/content/preventing-holiday-bulge" class="rdf-meta"></span><div class="easy_social_box clearfix vertical easy_social_lang_en"> <div class="easy_social-widget easy_social-widget-twitter first"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/content/preventing-holiday-bulge" data-count="vertical" data-lang = "en" data-via="" data-related=":Check it out!" data-text="Preventing the Holiday Bulge">Tweet</a></div> <div class="easy_social-widget easy_social-widget-facebook"><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?locale=en_US&amp;href=http%3A//www.glutenfreeweek.com/content/preventing-holiday-bulge&amp;send=false&amp;layout=box_count&amp;width=48&amp;show_faces=true&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=&amp;height=90&amp;appId=" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:48px; height:90px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div> <div class="easy_social-widget easy_social-widget-googleplus"><div class="g-plusone" data-size="tall" data-annotation="bubble" data-href="http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/content/preventing-holiday-bulge"></div></div> <div class="easy_social-widget easy_social-widget-pinterest last"><a href="//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.glutenfreeweek.com%2Fcontent%2Fpreventing-holiday-bulge&description=Preventing the Holiday Bulge" data-pin-do="buttonBookmark" data-pin-config="above" > <img src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_grey_20.png" /></a></div> </div> <!-- /.easy_social_box --> Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:37:42 +0000 glutenfreeweek 268 at http://www.glutenfreeweek.com http://www.glutenfreeweek.com/content/preventing-holiday-bulge#comments