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Best Way to Lose Weight This Winter
8 Reasons You’ll Lose Weight This Holiday Season
Forget trying to fend off a little extra flab. Take control and drop pounds with these simple strategies
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Eat, Drink, and Still Shrink!
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Because You're Going to Eat Turkey
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Because You'll Actually Eat Your Vegetables
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Because You'll Warm Up with a Cup of Tea
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Because You Can Only Attend So Many Holiday Parties
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Because You Can Get Great Deals on Yoga, Pilates, and the Gym
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Because You Get to Sleep In
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Because You'll Consume More Fiber from Peas, Corn, and Sweet Potatoes
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Because You'll Have a Glass of Red with Dinner
Because You'll Actually Eat Your Vegetables
Green beans, yams, cooked carrots—unlike most times of the year, Americans actually eat their vegetables during the holidays. When people eat foods that are less densely stuffed with calories—or foods you can eat a lot of for very few calories, such as vegetables and even turkey—they feel fuller on fewer calories. In one study, participants on a low energy-density diet felt full after eating half as many calories as their counterparts who were eating a high-density diet. The same study authors found that adding just 200 g of vegetables to a meal—2 cups of green beans, for instance—was enough to make people full faster.
The tricky part: Watch how the vegetables you eat are prepared. While steamed or boiled green beans are low in calorie density (just 11 calories per ounce), creamy preparations like casseroles are twice as dense (one recipe is 25 calories per ounce). Scoop smaller portions of veggies prepped with sugar (like candied yams), gobs of butter, or loaded with cream.
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