Can we go overboard at Christmas without getting fat? In this period there are articles on the topic, there are a thousand things that could be useful to us not to roll like pigs after New Year and indeed, up to the Befana.

In short, I am not saying to deny everything, on the contrary, the goal is to indulge in a few more whims. But to avoid overeating if and when you can, perhaps by adopting some strategy that really costs us nothing.

HOW TO STRAW AT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT FAT

• FIRST RULE FOR SPREADING AT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT FAT : let’s do the math!
  

  There is a list of foods that we can give up, and a list of foods that we like to eat and for which there is no diet that fits. In the first list are foods that we usually eat without enthusiasm, and that at Christmas or New Year we would eat out of boredom. In my case: bread, sugary fruit, almond paste or marzipan, bitter or liqueur at the end of a meal, nougat. I can also limit pasta without being offended to death.
  Certainly there are things you can avoid or limit without affecting the Christmas spirit.

• SECOND RULE: Make frequent snacks with fennel, cucumber, celery and raw carrots.

  They can open your meals like pinzimonos, but the ideal would be to eat them frequently between meals because they clean up the intestines and help you to pee more, improve digestion and help the liver, as well as allowing us to increase regularity. intestinal and deflate.

• THIRD RULE: long live the cold!

  I am not saying to go around bare-chested, but try to feel a little cold during these holidays, perhaps by eating more chili to warm up, but without covering yourself too much. You may wonder why. Easy. So you burn more calories by stimulating your metabolism by activating brown fat. Furthermore, one thing is to cover up to avoid illness, another is to access the heating up to create a sauna effect or to get fur. Better have some thrills.

• FOURTH RULE: the three bites.
  

  Make these holidays an occasion for sharing, but take it literally. Treats that you can share with friends or relatives: there is no need to make an entire portion of panettone with ice cream. Three bites are more than enough. The same for the free appetizers, ie where you serve yourself from the plate. Three bites are the equivalent of three small bites, or three slices of something. It doesn’t seem like a tragedy to me.

• FIFTH RULE: walk or train at home.

  Excursions, walks, whatever you want. But don’t stay home playing cards and gorging yourself on nougat. Or let’s work out at home: here are tons of free video tips to burn a lot of calories in just 30 minutes. Before the party on the 24th, in the afternoon and on Christmas morning, during Santo Stefano.