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How To Stay Healthy During The Holidays
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Libby Langdon's Tips on How to Stay Healthy During The Holidays
- If you know you’re going out for a dinner or to a cocktail party that night, have a good breakfast and a simple bowl of soup or a salad for lunch – as long as you don’t overeat in the evening you’ll feel like you can treat yourself a little. - Don’t skip meals; you’ll be ravenous by dinner and ready to overeat. - Drink a few glasses of water before a cocktail party, you’ll be full and less likely to fill up on high calorie cocktail food – the trick to enjoying holiday food is to keep portions small - During this busy time of the year we get less sleep than we need and some of us feel a slump in the late afternoon (3:00-5:00PM), schedule your day so you are out and running errands or shopping at this time – just 10 minutes of brisk walking can give you up to two hours of increased energy. - If you are lacking in the sleep department steer clear of high fat foods, which tend to make you feel sluggish. - Stay hydrated; even slight dehydration can lower blood volume, which forces the heart to pump harder to keep blood circulating. Water (preferably) will help you fight off fatigue - Don’t position yourself close to the food table at a party, focus on the people instead - Leave time in your schedule for exercise – and in December shopping qualifies as a full contact sport! - Make a big pot of soup on Sunday and plan on having it for lunch during the week- get creative by adding something new each day, mushrooms, leftover chicken, whole wheat pasta – if you’ve already made the base you’ll know it’s there and it’s good for you and you’ll stick with the plan – plus what’s more comforting than homemade soup on a cold day? - Just because you need to be careful during the holidays doesn’t mean you need to punish yourself – treat yourself to a TEASPOON of each dessert (no, not a big honkin’ tablespoon of it all), as long as there aren’t 42 desserts – you’ll have a taste and won’t be resentful - If you’ve hosted a party, try to package leftover desserts and send them home with your guests so you’re not tempted to nosh later on. If it’s not there you can’t eat it! - Lookout for the eggnog and seek out the red wine – red wine is about 74 calories per glass (depending on glass size) and is full of heart healthy flavonoids - Stay away from Cream based soups, sauces and dips – they are empty calories that can set you way back from your goal of having a healthy holiday season!
Libby Langdon is a model, actress, lifestyle enthusiast, designer and expert commentator on HGTV’s latest offering Small Space, Big Style. A native of High Point, North Carolina, she currently resides in New York where she is building a reputation for her stylish and practical designs. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she began her professional career as a model for world renowned modeling agencies Elite and Wilhelmina. Afterwards she emerged as a soap opera and Hollywood actress, with dozens of TV appearances and films to her credit.
Two of her recent projects include a trendy restaurant located in mid-town Manhattan, La Masseria – in Italian means farmhouse, which her design scheme brought the feel to life. In the meatpacking district of New York Libby turned a vacant gutted space into a dual-purpose environment which serves as a sleek and modern venue to display the clothing line of Italian menswear designer Massimo Bizzocchi. In between designing Langdon is a frequent contributor in newspapers and magazines on ideas for entertaining, cooking, and ways for people to live beautifully. For additional information about Langdon, visit her website at www.libbylangdon.com.
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