Lifestyle
University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 30, 1990
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Battling the Holiday
BULGE
By Jamie Elliott Kansan staff writer
'T is the season to be jolly and stuff yourself silly on
Mom's homemade fudge, Grandma's chocolate-chip cookies and the plethora of foods Mom pushes on you with the words "You look so thin! What do you eat at that school?"
The holiday season starts at Thanksgiving with the traditional pig-out meal and the same way. For many people, the omnipresence of holidays foods plus the Christmas decoration of routine can add to fat.
Gretchen Brewer, Bonner Springs sophomore, she tended to head for the refrigerator when she was at school. She didn't actually practice at school
"I still eat the same amount of meals, but I also eat whatever else I can find. I snack a lot." she said. "When I'm home, I don't have anything to do. And when I bored, I go and weight when I at home not here."
"Not only is the food right out in front of you and you can laze around, but one of the major causes of overeating in this country is boreating. You are eating around where the food is right in front of you can be a real help."
Ann Davis, dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that when students went home for Christmas break, proper eating and exercise habits often went out the window.
Stress during the holiday season also can drive students to food, Davis said.
"When students come home for break, they have just come off a very stressful time — finals — when they have to be very disciplined," she said. "The holidays become associated with letting down. All that goes out the window. You can sleep better, ignore your exercise program."
To keep students from wearing a path to the refrigerator, Davis suggested maintaining as much of a school routine as possible.
Another way to avoid overeating is to eat regularly.
"It's easier to resist those cookies if your eating patterns don't get erratic," she said. "One big mistake people make is to fast in the morning in preparation for the big meal. You should go ahead and eat breakfast at 8 a.m. and even eat again at 11. Then you'll be in much better condition to eat, and you just take a taste of all the foods that are available."
Of course, along with holiday cheer and food comes snow and cold weather, which are not conducive to exercise.
Structuring time also will keep students out of the pantry. Arranging activities with friends or even taking a part-time job can help.
Luis Cardozo, coordinator of aerobic programs at Robinson Center,
NAUGHTY
8 a.m. Skip breakfast ("too many calories")
11 a.m. Start snacking on chips, dips, crackers, cheese and peanuts. Wash down with diet soft drinks or alcohol.
2 p.m. Hit holiday dinner feeling "famished." Plow through first help ing in 15 minutes; graciously accept offer of seconds and thirds.
Forget to save room for pie; eat two small pieces anyway.
3 p.m. Help clear table; finish leftovers that are too small to bother putting in a bowl.
6 p.m. Collapse in a moaning heap in front of the TV; doff in the middle of a rerun of the Wizard of Oz.
10 p.m. Stumble into bathroom for Alka Seltzer.
Toss and turn until midnight.
1 a.m. Sneak into kitchen for a turkey sandwich. Polish up last piece of pecan饼; wash pie plate to cover your tracks.
6 a.m. Wake up with a splitting headache. Check weight on a bathroom scale. Yell at parents and snap at dog.
Total calories consumed:
6,500. Fun Factor (1 to 10):
3 fun-to-be-with Factor: 2
NICE
8 a.m. Eat a leisurely breakfast of omeal or cereal, nonfat milk, toast and jam.
11 a.m. Have a light meal of soup and crackers.
2 p.m. At dinner, choose a small portion of everything you really like; pass up things you're not crazy about. Take 45 minutes to finish first helping; stop eating before you're full.
3 p.m. Chew gum or sip a low-calorie beverage while you're helping in the kitchen. (Good meal planning has eliminated problem of too many leftovers.)
6 p.m. Take invigorating walk around the neighborhood with friends or family, rake leaves with kids or visit shut-in.
Return home and enjoy a light dessert. Go to church, watch home movies, play Monopoly, enjoy conversation.
10 p.m.Hit the sack; sleep like a log.
6 a.m. Wake up refreshed.
Check weight on bathroom scale.
Hug parents and pat doo.
Total calories consumed:
1,800. Fun Factor (1 to 10).
10 Fun-to-be-with Factor: 10.
[ "Reprinted with permission, Hope Heart Institute, Kalamazoo, Mich. " ]
up with exercise even when the weather was nasty.
"If they have a garage or someplace in the house where they could, jump rope, they could combine that with a calisthenic exercise." Cardozo said. "People with VCRs can rent aerobic videos. There are a lot of good ones on the market, and they are inexpensive to rent.
"Or, you could just put some good music on and do some basic steps — marching, lifting knees as high as you can — and when you're feeling better up, go to the floor and do some sit-ups or push-ups, leg exercises."
Cardozo said that students interested in developing an exercise program for Christmas break could visit the KU Wellness Center at Robinson
for a fitness test and that the staff could prescribe a holiday exercise routine.
For the best results, any exercise activity should last at least 20 minutes and be done three to five times a week, Cardozo said.
The bottom line, Davis said, is to go into the break with realistic goals, and don't feel like you have to avoid holiday goods completely.
"The goal should be to hold your own," she said. "Feeling like you can have anything is important — it's all about moderation. Stay busy, and don't abandon exercise to help with stress and weight management.
"You can enjoy foods without harming you or causing weight gain. It all has to do with moderation."
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