To keep each day a feast and tidy biscuits, gingerbread, Sweets and alcohol: how to Remove Christmas or its weight, the holidays can be a challenge. A current decreasing study now shows how you can exactly make, and not a few pounds heavier from the holidays comes. (Also read: for More tips on how to enjoy Christmas without gaining weight)
"Daily Self‐Weighing to Prevent Holiday‐Associated Weight Gain in Adults" the title of the study in the journal " is;Obesity – A Research Journal" was published. The authors of the study, Sepideh Kaviani, Michelle van Dellen, and Jamie A. Cooper examined 111 people and your weight history. The participants in the study were divided into two groups. A group had to weigh from Thanksgiving, which takes place in the United States at the end of November, until the beginning of the new year’s day. For that, they received a Smart scale. The goal: the initial weight actually keep. The other group was the control group that did not have to pay attention to their own weight.
Weight keep? Then at Christmas, starting on the scale
The results speak a clear language: the participants, The daily waves, were for the most part your weight. Some of the obese participants even managed to lose a few pounds – an average of 1.46 kg.
In the group that is not weighed yourself, saw the matter quite differently: The participants took an average of 2.65 kilograms. This weight was able to lose this group of four to ten weeks after the new year, partly, however, the control group was on average still 1.5 kg heavier than at the start of the study. (Also interesting: decline study: Why men lose easier to weight than women)
Behind the Trick with the scale
So the daily weigh-in alone to hold the weight? Certainly not, after all, the scale is not a fat burner. However, The daily monitoring helped the subjects to take better care of the own weight. The author of the study Jamie Cooper believes that this group, has shown a weight gain on the scale the next day, a little more trained or better careful what they ate. The conclusion of the study is thus clear: those Who want to stay over Christmas, in spite of solid food in the Form or possibly even a few pounds to lose, you should take a regular look at the scale. The simple Trick of knocking the bad Conscience, helps to Keep the weight or acts as a Motivator for going to the gym.