RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

From Halloween thru New Years people tend to gain 5-20 body fat lbs. Don't let Turkey Day tomorrow do that to you. Here's FIVE simple things you can do tomorrow to not wreck your waistline but still enjoy yourself.

1) If you must try everything, use SMALL plates.

2) To reduce the bloat from all the high sodium foods, every three hours after the meal have a high potassium snack (bananas, unsalted beans, dried/unsweetened apricots, unsweetened raisins, spinach, squash)..

3) Every three hours before the meal and every three hours after eat something SMALL to keep your metabolism fast. Especially after, most people stop eating, which slows down how fast burn calories = more fat gain.

4) To prevent overeating in the first place, have a huge drink of water (20oz) before the meal.

5) Limit the consumption of any drink that is not water, especially alcohol, because all those calories + food calories = major body fat gain.