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One of the hardest times to lose weight during the year is the holidays. Let's face it- it can be very hard to avoid food during the last couple of months of the year. You don't have to go trick-or-treating to be exposed to Halloween candy, and after that it only gets worse as holiday meals and parties are everywhere, causing many people to forget all about their diets. Temptations are everywhere! Is there any hope if we want to maintain our diets and exercise programs over the holidays? We'll now explore some techniques for staying on track with your weight loss goals despite all of the holiday distractions and temptations you may face.

You should prepare yourself for some challenges when it comes to dieting and exercising during the holiday season. Although you can't will away the many threats to your diet that will present themselves during the course of the holidays, you can find tactics to combat them. If you have trouble resisting certain foods, you may want to talk to someone such as a medical professional to get advice on how to eat in a healthier way in the face of these temptations. Even though these issues affect your body, many of them are really emotional in nature. There are lots of counselors who can work with you. The holidays are a time of extreme heightened emotional stress. This is true for everyone, but for someone who is fighting to lose weight instead of just getting a tummy tuck, it can be a major burden to carry around. Eating more is one of the things caused by stress. Thinking about breaking your diet can give you guilty feelings. You even feel more guilty when you actually do eat something. It is a cycle that is hard to break. There are reasons for cheating on a diet, and sometimes you can get a better handle on those reasons, when you work with a counselor to deal with your emotional issues. Any type of emotional problem, even though it becomes worse during the holidays, should be dealt with at some point.

When you feel yourself starting to give in to temptation and reach for things that you know are going to be bad for you, turn toward a person instead. Conversations are effective diversions that can stop you from eating too much. The more attention you pay to your fellow guests, co-workers, friends, family members, etc., the less time you'll have to fill up your plate at these events. Besides, isn't that why you went to the party in the first place -to see your friends and family? Some people focus too much on the food, but you don't have to be one of them!

If you're committed to controlling your weight over the holidays, you can do it. You should start by not resigning yourself to putting on weight this time of year, as so many people do. You don't have to skip the holiday feasts everyone enjoys or even the occasional treat, as long as you keep your diet and exercise program in mind most of the time.