Lose Weight Now

Well, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, the holidays are officially here. Here is the first installment on holiday weight loss tips.

** Eat a healthy snack. Before you go to your Thanksgiving meal or a holiday party, make sure to eat a healthy snack. This may seem odd, but by eating a healthy snack before you go eat a meal, you can actually eat less. You will be less likely to fill up and over-eat at the meal. Eating a healthy snack can help you to eat less of the bad stuff at the party or meal.

**Make a plan and stick to it. Before you head out the door for your holiday meal or party, decide on how much you are going to eat or drink. If you  decide you are only going to have a small plate of food, then stick with it. Stick to your plan and don’t let others or the smell of the food sway you in another way.

**Allow yourself a cheat. If you only have pumpkin pie or eggnog during the holidays, then allow yourself to have a serving of it. Make sure to limit it to an actual single serving. Why deprive yourself all and get all worked up about it, when maybe you can have that slice of pumpkin pie and just decide to workout an extra hour that week.

While trying to lose weight I learned that exercise can get boring, but to prevent this you had to mix things up once in awhile. There were some activities that I really would have not considered exercise, but once I started doing them, my heart rate was up and isn’t that the basis behind exercise?

Here are a couple of exercises that I thought of that you may have never thought of. This includes activities that you may have never considered doing.

* Water skiing. It’s way harder than you think to stand up on the water.

*Snowboarding. Not an easy sport.

*Frisbee toss or games. Running around chasing a Frisbee gets tiring.

*Heavy cleaning around the house. Just make sure that your heart rate gets up

*Dancing around the house. Turn up the music and just dance.

*Tag with your kids.

*Gardening, which definitely includes raking leaves

*Washing cars.

What ways have you found to exercise that are creative and fun?