Although you try to maintain your weight control throughout the year, these efforts may be wasted with the meals offered on your holiday. What do you need to do to avoid weight gain during the holidays? How can weight control be achieved in the face of open buffets, which are the favorite and threatening factor of holidaymakers? Here is what you need to do to get back before you gain weight on vacation.
The desire and effort to lose weight, which starts as the summer months approach, is forgotten with the arrival of the holiday. With the thought 'I have worked all year and I deserve to eat and rest', we turn to foods that are too high in calories. In this case, gaining weight is also inevitable. Yeditepe University Hospital Nutrition and Diet Specialist say that research shows that those who lose weight with regimens made before the summer, especially from open buffet hotels, return by taking 3-5 kilograms. Moreover, the fact that this eating habit has become a way of life after the holiday may cause the weight gained to become permanent. It lists its suggestions to return without falling into the open buffet trap, resting and losing weight on the holiday.
The saturation signal to our brain goes off in 20 minutes. For this reason, getting up from the table 3 times, especially in open buffet meals, provides slow food and facilitates portion control. In addition, starting with a bowl of soup prevents the feeling of satiety and a sudden increase in blood sugar. Then continue with a salad plate of boiled, roasted, or raw vegetables. Thus, when you switch to the main meal, the amount of food you will consume will also decrease, as the 20 minutes required to be saturated will be completed.
Put the idea of "unlimited eating to get what you pay for" out of your mind, especially in all-inclusive systems and buffets. Keep in mind that this is one of the easiest and most costly mistakes in weight loss during the holiday. Therefore, do not skip your meals as much as possible, and choose small plates instead of large plates to facilitate portion control.
Even if you want to sleep more and wake up late on vacation, you should definitely start the day with breakfast. Instead of eating all of the breakfast options that are available in the open buffet and increasing your appetite, choose a different breakfast every day during the holiday. You can start the day healthier by having breakfast with cheese one day, an omelet one day, diet cereal one day, pancake or bagel one day.
You should balance your blood sugar by taking a snack and avoid going to the main meals, which are open buffet, on a very hungry stomach. Snacks will make your portion control easier. This will prevent you from gaining weight. Ice cream may be a good snack choice in this sense.
You can eat dessert by sacrificing the main meal. If you try to buy dessert from the open buffet on an empty stomach, it will not be possible to control the portion. Therefore, it will be much healthier to consume dessert after a salad plate.
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Alo Yeditepe