Tips For Staying Slim During The Holidays

Nov. 16, 2009 - PRLog -- It’s not uncommon for people to gain weight during the holiday season.  By following some simple-to-adopt cooking strategies, you can avoid packing on the pounds and start the New Year on the right track.
   “January is our peak month as so many people tend to overeat during the holidays,” said Cynthia Stamper Graff, president and CEO of Lindora Medical Clinic, the nation’s number one medically supervised weight control program.  “A lot of traditional foods we eat during that time can be unhealthy, however, many of them can be modified so that the holidays can be enjoyed without guilt.”
   Among Lindora’s holiday food preparation tips:

•   Choose turkey instead of ham.

•   When cooking, skim the fat from the meat drippings before making the gravy and remove the skin before serving.

•   Cut potatoes into large chunks so that they will absorb less fat during the roasting process.

•   Season vegetable side dishes with lemon juice and herbs instead of heavy sauces.

•   Avoid using salt when cooking. (Excess salt promotes water retention, which leads to weight gain.)

•   Substitute angel food cake for other types of high-fat desserts and use fresh fruit for toppings.

•   Prepare holiday pies using evaporated skim milk and top with low- or fat-free ice cream or yogurt.

•   Rather than baste meats in fatty drippings, use wine or fat-free chicken broth.

•   Refrain from drinking alcohol or, at the very minimum, alternate with glasses of water.  

•   After eating, take a walk instead of lounging in front of the television.

•   Relax and get plenty of sleep because stress hormones tend to cause bodies to store fat, no matter how we are eating.

   Lindora Medical Clinics is a multi-faceted, medically supervised program combining diet, moderate exercise and motivational tools to help patients become lean for life.  Stressing an “eat better, move more, stress less” philosophy, Lindora helps 3,200 patients each day at its Southern California Clinics and thousands of others through its cyber-clinics, workplace program, books, products and telephone coaching for those opting to lose weight from the comfort of their homes.  Lindora is a member of the Partnership for Healthy Weight Management, a coalition composed, in part, of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Center for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health.  For more information, call (800) LINDORA or visit http://www.lindora.com.

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