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<\/a>That\u2019s the best case scenario.\u00a0 In reality, the holidays can be a time of stress and exhaustion.\u00a0 That, in turn, leads to emotional eating and snacking when you are too tired to be in control.\u00a0 And the goodies are there, everywhere we turn.\u00a0 No wonder we gain weight during this season.<\/p>\nHow much weight?\u00a0 According to many surveys, people report gaining an average of five pounds during the holidays.\u00a0 Actual studies show that number to actually be closer to one pound.\u00a0 That\u2019s the average.\u00a0 Thin people gain none to 1\/2 pound.\u00a0 People who are already overweight bring up the average.<\/p>\n
Even if it is just a pound, other studies show that people tend not to lose holiday weight.\u00a0 Since people tend to gain about two to three pounds per year, that means a lot of the cumulative damage comes from holiday weight gain.<\/p>\n
How can you avoid the Christmas weight gain traps?\u00a0 We\u2019ll be talking about strategies in the next few posts.\u00a0 In the meantime, being forewarned of the danger is a good start.\u00a0 Proverbs 1:17\u00a0 says \u201cSurely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird.\u201d\u00a0<\/em> If you see the net, you can avoid it — so keep your eyes open!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beautiful Christmas music is playing and the lights on the tree are twinkling.\u00a0 Everything is festive and the holiday mood is high. That\u2019s the best case scenario.\u00a0 In reality, the holidays can be a time of stress and exhaustion.\u00a0 That, in turn, leads to emotional eating and snacking when you are too tired to be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[299,300,293],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-tips","tag-christmas","tag-emotional-eating","tag-holidays"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>That\u2019s the best case scenario.\u00a0 In reality, the holidays can be a time of stress and exhaustion.\u00a0 That, in turn, leads to emotional eating and snacking when you are too tired to be in control.\u00a0 And the goodies are there, everywhere we turn.\u00a0 No wonder we gain weight during this season.<\/p>\n