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25 Tips to a Healthy Holidays: Tip 3

Tip 3: Avoiding the Alcohol

I will admit. I love wine. I love red wine, white wine, sparkling wine, cheap wine, and I am a sucker for a “new” feature at the store. On an average month I probably go through a bottle or two. While the hubby is deployed I tend to hang out with others and we drink wine. I also enjoy it at parties, bubble baths, and right about now you are thinking I am an alcoholic! Well let me just say-  I normally do not have more than 2-3  glasses and that is a splurge, I do mind the directions on my medications and make sure I do not get “drunk” . But my whole point- Especially during the holidays Alcohol is the staple it seems for all of the parties and get-togethers  I attend!

So how to do you enjoy the festivities while watching the keg belly?

  • Drink one glass of water for each alcoholic drink you have.
  • Limit your alcohol to just a few drinks.
  • Try the SKINNY version! There are so many amazing skinny versions of your favorite drinks, I promise there is something for you!
  • Don’t drink at all! Yeah that will not work for me, but how about half of a drink or just one for the night. There are tons of low cal sparkly drinks that will satisfy the same feeling as that champagne 😉

25 tips

So lucky for me I am in the first part of my cleanse in my 24 Day Challenge and I am not drinking any alcohol anyways and I do not mind. But I may at New years when I want a glass or 3 of champagne ;-).

 

Just joining in on Healthy Holidays? I am on my 24 Day AdvoCare Challenge and am using it to get healthier during the holidays! Find the other tips here :

Tip one

Tip two

 

What is your favorite holiday drink?

Filed Under: Holidays, Life, Motivation, Weightloss Tagged With: 25 tips to avoid holiday weight gain, alcohol, healthy holidays, motivation., weight loss, wine

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  1. Desiree' says

    December 1, 2013 at 9:39 am

    Excellent tips. I’m a beer drinker and the occasional margarita. I do tend to go more towards the beer since it is far less calories than margaritas. And I can usually fit the beer into my caloric goals for the day. Occasionally I’ll splurge and have a margarita but not very often. And my drinking is usually limited to the weekends also.

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    • Showmeashley says

      December 1, 2013 at 9:43 am

      That is super smart! Now a days I drink maybe once a month but with all these holiday parties…I am tempted way more!

      Reply
  2. Anita says

    December 2, 2013 at 10:13 am

    Awesome tips! Red wine lover here … I have a small glass with dinner most nights (for the health benefits?). If we’re out with friends I am usually the DD for the night as I am no longer a young version of myself and recovering from a night out takes a week 😀

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    • showmeashley says

      December 2, 2013 at 10:15 am

      Hehe there are health benefits for red wine!! Proven!

      I normally DD too! I am only 25 but it is just not the same as college 😉

      Reply

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