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HEALTH AND WELLBEING<br />
TOP TIPS TO... Not putting on weight over Christmas<br />
The average <strong>Lewes</strong>ian will put on 7lbs over Christmas.<br />
Here are a few practical tips to keeping a little trimmer.<br />
Walk between meals - Don’t doze over <strong>the</strong> Queen’s speech - burn off <strong>the</strong> turkey with a brisk<br />
stroll.<br />
Don’t snack. Think 300 calories in a mince pie, and 250 in a handful of nuts<br />
Drink white wine. There are 60 more calories per glass of mulled wine.<br />
Drink a pint of water be<strong>for</strong>e meals. You’ll feel fuller and eat less.<br />
Kiss under <strong>the</strong> mistletoe - apparently a one-minute smooch burns off 26 calories - that’s<br />
four minutes <strong>for</strong> a guilt free 2-finger kit kat.<br />
But if you have piled on <strong>the</strong> pounds in January you could always…<br />
Join a gym - a one-hour low impact exercise class will burn off around about one mince<br />
pie.<br />
Avoid alcohol - which saves 170 calories per pint of Guinness and 221 per can of Stella you<br />
avoid.<br />
Cut out <strong>the</strong> takeaways - following tip 2 often helps with this.<br />
If you can’t completly follow point 3, just cut out <strong>the</strong> extras - (an average size naan bread<br />
contains over 500 calories)<br />
And <strong>the</strong>re’s always colonic irrigation…<br />
I managed to lose 8lbs last year following tips 2 & 4 - and in our January issue we’ll be reporting<br />
back on <strong>the</strong> effectiveness of tip five…Happy Christmas
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