No ones must get fat for Christmas if they think smart. In the run-up to Christmas, we're all getting excited about seated with family members for any festive feast – and gaining some weight in the process.

But there is no inevitability about gaining weight at Christmas so long as women (and men) spend a little time calculating what they desire to complete to keep their current waist circumference.

In the first instance, individuals need to be committed and going to reach their therapeutic goals. No one can cause you to leave that sofa and swap the brandy butter for crème fraiche.

But success can come to people who create a plan – deciding in advance what to eat, and what's off limits. If you value a glass or two of bubbly, keep that on the menu but cut out dessert, or have fruit instead of Christmas cake. Tuck into the full festive fare, but ensure that you will find piles of fibre-rich vegetables in the mix. Fibre, as well as making you feel fuller, helps your digestive tract to clean up toxins and get eliminate them fast. My own trick is to eat a few green apples before lunch itself. This will help to slightly stretch your stomach, feeding back a sensation of satiety towards the brain and you will find yourself eating less of the primary event.

Nobody wants to go through the disappointment of climbing to the scales in January and finding they've placed on an extra half stone.

Gaining weight is particularly hard for women in the middle of their lives who may find it difficult to lose the pounds again. Women in their 40s often notice incremental putting on weight which may be hard to shift. This happens for a variety of reasons such as the proven fact that metabolism gradually slows down over the decade as they approach menopause and women begin to lose muscle tissue. Pregnancy may also result in putting on weight which is never completely lost.

When you are looking at eating meat, I would recommend that ladies consume a standard formula close to 0.8-1 gram of protein per kilo of bodyweight each day. Less and also you risk not covering the essential requirements for muscle regeneration and all around health. A lot more and you may elevate a rise hormone called IGF which actually encourages weight gain. For reference, 1 egg has around 6-7 grams of protein and 100 grams of lean beef (the size of a playing card box) has around 30 grams of protein.

Refined ordinary sugar can be eliminate completely since it is empty calories that really rob the body of essential nutrients including potassium, calcium and zinc. Use honey instead to sweeten foods – no more than 2-3 teaspoons each day. Before eating anything, honey has powerful medicinal properties and it is a powerful anti-viral agent. It can help ensure smooth motions since it acts like an emulsifier of gut contents.

I also advise women against constant detoxing and cleansing. This can actually strip your body of important nourishment. Rather than detoxing, I would like women to think about how they can nurture their health instead. This means eating the thing you need within the correct amounts and balancing energy input with energy output through physical exercise.