Holiday Overeating - Prevention & Cure

For most of us, the holidays are a great time. A break from the routine. You know the drill. Going back home. Long trips by airplanes or cars. Friends and family. It's a good time for many, but also a stressful time for some. Whether you are a child visiting a parent, vice-versa, or some other combination, you are about to commence a dietary adventure requiring dozens of mini-decisions. Even the best of us will likely get a few wrong.

If you follow a special dietary practice, you will need to carefully navigate through what is often a bounty of food but perhaps little that suits your diet. What's more, your personal challenges will likely not go unnoticed. Questions will be raised and with it worries or at least discussion, wanted or not, about your diet. For some, this is a dreaded moment. For others, this is a teaching moment. If you're on a strict diet, you may find little to eat, but for many, the opposite is the problem. The food choices and temptations are overwhelming and the result is overeating.

Well, we all have different digestive capacity and some of us can manage overeating better than others. You've heard about people with stomach's of steel? Sure. And some folks can sleep on a bed of nails. But for most of us if we overeat, we end up just feeling tired, bloated, or guilty-not necessarily in that order! If that's where you're headed, you've got three choices: A) A train wreck B) Damage control and repair, or C) Prevention.