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Newsletter by Pierre Dukan
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DECEMBER
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6 tips for keeping your weight in check BEFORE the holiday season
The holiday season is a festive break from the negative things in life to focus on the good, but don’t forget your weight loss program and progress! Christmas is around the corner, with New Year’s Eve close behind. What can you do today to prepare and protect yourself for the holidays AND enjoy them?
1- Firstly, don’t give up now because the holiday season is near. You still have time. If you haven’t begun your diet, wait until January, but if you’ve started and are in the cruise phase, continue as best you can and get a head start. Up your intake of meat and fish, dairy, seafood and poultry, including rindless lean ham and bresaola.
2- Drink 1.5–2 litres of fluids per day: tea, coffee, herbal teas, diet sodas, and water of course. Mineral water is best: Contrex, Hépar or any other still water, or Perrier or Salvétat for fizzy water fans.
3- Take Vitamin C
Take one gram of vitamin C per day for seven days to boost your immune system and keep the flu at bay during the holidays. It also reduces fatigue, which makes it harder to fight festive food cravings.
4- Take a 30-minute walk every other day
Why? Because a muscle exercised for 30 minutes burns a lot of calories. It also burns calories – albeit at a slower pace – day and night for the next 48 hours! Lastly, stretched muscles secrete endorphins and a feeling of joy that even Santa can’t beat.
5- Get ready with cider vinegar
The virtues of this traditional remedy have been proven scientifically the world over. Swallowing two tablespoons just before lunch and supper helps break down proteins. Its detergent effect on fats (and lack ofeffect on sugars) assists weight loss. Sensitive stomachs can use non-acidic supplements such as Devorcal, made by Laboratoire Médecine & Tradition and sold in pharmacies and health shops.
6- Eat lots of oatbran before, during and after the holidays
Why? Because oatbran absorbs 22 times its weight in water as soon as it reaches the stomach, which fills and bloats, creating a powerful feeling of fullness.
In the small intestine, it sticks to nutrients and prevents them from entering the bloodstream. Instead, they move along and are eliminated with the bran, resulting in a moderate but steady calorie drop at every meal.
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