1. Eat in Moderation.
Don't overdo eating during the holiday season. Eat only what you need to eat, and don't simply eat because the food is there. Eating a small meal at home before you go to a holiday party can help too. Eating in moderation can take extra discipline during the holiday season, because there is just so much food available, but it can be mastered.
2. Parking farther away when going shopping.
When you are out holiday shopping make it a habit to park farther away from the door. I know that you may live in an area where it is cold outside, but this is an almost effortlessly way to assist you in maintaining your weight during the holiday season. If you are one that shops a lot all of those longer walks to the front door of the department store can pay off. I myself enjoy getting a great parking space as well during the holiday season. But I enjoy maintaining my weight more!
3. Think About It.
Practice thinking about how good you are going to feel after the holiday season is over, and you have maintained your weight. Think about how you will feel after the holiday season is over if you have picked up those extra unwanted pounds. This in itself can be a great motivator!
4. Write yourself a note.
Write a note to yourself before that big holiday meal or big family gathering. Tell yourself what your plans are to maintain your weight, then read it again during the meal and then after. Put the note somewhere where you can read it quickly and privately (a sticky note on a dollar bill in your wallet will work).
5. Buy yourself a new outfit at the beginning of the holiday season.
Purchase yourself a new dress or new outfit your current size, and tear off the tags and throw the receipt away. If you can afford it buy an expensive dress or outfit. This should help you work extra hard to maintain your weight, especially when you have tossed the receipt and torn off the tags! After all who likes to waste money? An extra motivator to fit into your new dress or pair of pants is to plan to wear your new threads somewhere special on New Years Eve.
6. Reward Yourself.
Write down a list of things that you will reward yourself with for maintaining your weight. Make your reward date the day after the holiday season has officially ended for you. Your rewards can be small for example a magazine, manicure, trip to the beauty salon, etc.
7. Keep Track of Your Eating and Exercise.
Keep a holiday journal and keep track of your healthy and unhealthy holiday habits. Set healthy habit goals, and stick to them! Try your hardest not to get off track, but if you do remember that everyday is a fresh start!
8. Positive Talk and a Positive Walk.
Tell yourself every day, several times a day "I maintain my current weight with minimal effort." I look good at ______ pounds." "I am amazed at how I maintained my current weight during the holiday season." And walk with confidence in knowing that you are fabulous at your current weight (no matter what that is)!
9. Be accountable to someone.
Share with a friend or family member how important it is to you to maintain your weight during the holiday season. Initiate a H.A.T. (Holiday Accountability Team), this can be your spouse, children, or any other individual who will help you stay on track. Maintain frequent contact with them during the holiday season and develop a tool or list of questions that you will discuss related to maintaining your weight (doesn't have to be in-depth), during the holiday season.
10. Be EMPOWERED!
If you think you can do it, then you can! The holiday season is a difficult time for those of us who are seriously working on maintaining our weight. It is important for us to be empowered from within to maintain our weight during this holiday season, and believing that WE CAN DO IT is vital!
Shauntel Peak-Jimenez is a Certified Life Coach for women, and a Certified Life Coach Trainer. She went back to college as an adult and as a single mother of 5 chidren, and she knows how it feels to have to change your life for the better. She is the founder of The Character and Self-Esteem Institute a provider of life coaching, life coach certification training, and professional development training. If you are ready to be transformed visit the website http://www.thecaseinstitute.com and obtain free resources or contact Coach Shauntel by e-mail: thecaseinstitute@gmail.com to schedule a free 30 minute "life makeover" planning session or to become a Certified Life Coach!
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