Cheat Day Strategies For A Hedonist

November 25, 2010

Can you avoid fat gain during cheat days and holiday feasts like Thanksgiving and Christmas? Sure, you can – but if you’re a big eater that loves food, like me, it’s more a question of minimizing fat storage than attempting to avoid it. And trust me, there’s a few nifty strategies that can be used for damage control while still enjoying holiday hedonism, cheesecake mastery and spontaneous feasts of all sorts.
The key to damage control during ad libitum (“at one’s pleasure”) eating sprees lies not only in how much you eat but also with the choice of macronutrients. Food combination voodoo? No, just pure facts based on nutrient metabolism and science.
The question is also how to quickly get back on track for there is no doubt that big eaters can eat thousands of surplus calories that do lead to fat gain and post-holiday bloat. One of the “secrets” to maintaining […]

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Martin Berkhan)

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