Holiday Guilt Debunked: Enjoy Binge Eating Without Compromising Weight Loss

It’s officially one of the most wonderful times of the year! And one of the most difficult for those who try to lose weight, get in shape, or stay in it.

As the festive season approaches, the number of searches, like “how to stay in shape during Christmas,” as well as content pieces with different advice, skyrocket.

Instead of a common suggestion on restricting yourself, you will find the opposite advice in this article. And here’s why.

The holiday season is much more than delicious food.

It is a special, once-a-year occasion to spend time with your relatives and embrace family traditions.

Putting any restrictions on yourself that can cause social pressure and so-called decision fatigue simply makes no sense.

Especially when what actually matters is the following…

To lose weight, focus on eating habits between New Year’s Eve and Christmas, not the opposite

Instead of worrying that one or two days of holiday will ruin all weight loss progress, consider it more like a pause than a setback because…

Losing weight is not something that can be put off track by a couple of days of binge eating.

Getting in shape should be considered more like a marathon than a sprint.

So, you should not feel guilty for going over your calories once or twice during the holiday week. The key point is to stay on track all year long.

The problem is when days turn into weeks or even months.

Then, people may adopt an extreme attitude towards food – either going all in or starving.

Usually, it is the result of unsustainable diets. However…

There is a proven, systematic, and easy-to-follow way that can help anyone with stalling weight loss – while eating nutrient-dense, balanced, and tasty foods.

But more about that later.

Going back to the article’s topic, a couple of binge days… 

Let’s put it this way – even a whole week of overeating between Christmas and New Year’s Eve leaves you with 51 more weeks.

Instead of punishing yourself or your relatives by harping about what you can’t and won’t eat…

Especially when someone had to put in the work and hours to prepare everything for the holiday party…

Here’s why you should give yourself a break between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

Why those extra pounds are not worth depriving yourself of delicious festive food

Overconsuming 1,000 calories per day for 7 days is estimated to promote a two-pound weight gain.¹

What if you are going through an absolute Christmas blowout? 

Based on the previous reference, an extra 2,000 calories per day for the whole week can bulge your weight by approximately 4 pounds.

However, you might be surprised by much higher digits when stepping on the scale after the festive season.

To explain that, let’s get a little bit scientific here.

By default, the most delicious, mouth-watering, and tempting festive dishes, not to mention sweets and beverages, are high in carbs.

Excess carbohydrates are stored as glycogen, with each gram of molecule retaining 3 times more water.² As a result, your weight can fluctuate by 2–4 pounds in a single day.³

After stepping off the scale, you may think to yourself…

“Maybe I should have suffered that pain watching my family and friends enjoying home-cooked, tasty meals without me?”

It is not that hard to hop back on track after the Christmas splurge.

But only with a sustainable, nutrient-dense, fat-burning, and easy-to-follow way of eating.

With that being said, you may end up in…

A quest for an efficient way to get rid of water weight and fat

The so-called “crash diets” often follow Christmas and New Year’s Eve’s overeating.

However, on average, these radical diets last 15 days and often result in regaining even more weight.⁴

The human body is designed to protect itself. Under unfavorable conditions like undereating or starving, it slows down metabolism, which leads to storing fat.

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health conducted a study to find the high-fat diet as the most efficient and sustainable way to lose and manage weight.⁵

The 20-week medical research found the following:

In addition, another research study revealed the correlation between carbohydrate intake and glycogen. Switching to a low-carb diet replenishes glycogen storage and may result in rapid water weight loss.⁶

With many research studies around high-fat diets, the ketogenic (or simply keto) diet emerges as a sustainable way of eating for long-term weight loss and improved overall well-being.⁷

However, starting with the keto diet can be challenging.

With the information about the diet being all around the place…

Tracking not only the calorie intake but ratios of macronutrients…

Paying lots of money on costly specialty products to spend all your time in the kitchen, cooking…

All done just to see minor or non-existing results.

It can be difficult, or even impossible, to get everything right on your own.

Except if you have your own…

Personal weight loss assistant that supports every aspect of the keto diet

If you want to:

• Know what exactly and how much to eat to get your body into a fat-burning state right away
• Choose from 25,000+ personalized recipes with ingredients you actually love
• Have a personalized shopping list of affordable foods at your fingertips
• Spend only 15 minutes or even less while cooking delicious keto-friendly meals, including delightful desserts
• Have a personal weight loss assistant by your side to ensure you won’t go through upsetting trials and tribulations while trying to figure out the keto diet on your own…

There is an app that may come in handy.

Keto Cycle crafts an easy-to-follow meal plan personalized for you. Plus, all the above and even more.

All you need to do is take a free 1-minute quiz to tell a thing or two about yourself.

Including the time you can spend on meal preparation, ingredients you don’t like, your activity level, and health conditions.

The Keto Cycle then estimates how long it could take to achieve your weight loss goal with a personalized keto meal plan.

The plan itself comes with exact calorie and macronutrient intake to maximize your weight loss, over 10,000 recipes, and a complete grocery list.

With Keto Cycle, you can easily track your progress and make necessary adjustments. As well as get personalized workouts and educational guides.

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