Losing Weight During The Holidays Workshop

Losing Weight During The Holidays –by Robyne Arrow “Ms.
Flavors”

Dear Friend, I am assuming your schedule is pretty hectic as you
prepare for the upcoming holiday season.

As a gift I’d like to share with you a few tried and true
concepts on how to maintain or lose weight during this holiday
season. I hope you enjoy the read.. the thought process.. and
once again Happy Holidays.

Here it goes…

Thirteen years ago I became quite intrigued with the idea of
LOSING WEIGHT DURING CELEBRATIONS. Even knowing the chance of
finding success with this idea was highly slim I was
nevertheless still intrigued.

Please note, When I refer to, “LOSING WEIGHT DURING
CELEBRATIONS” I am NOT referring to:

1) Avoiding family and friend get togethers,

2) Avoiding all other meals to splurge during just the one,

3) Limiting my meals to five pounds of plain MEAT and maybe a
heaping bowl of lettuce. (Not trying to be sarcastic–just being
truthful),

4) Taking supplements or DIET pills of any kind.

*Here’s How I Found Success…

In the beginning, thirteen years ago, I simply began deciphering
which foods I was going to eat for the celebration versus the
foods I really needed to stay away from, like those scrumptious
tasting butter rolls served at the beginning of dinner.

RESULTS: Weight loss didn’t take place the first celebration.
But I didn’t gain weight either. What I really enjoyed was this
preplanning approach especially the greater sense of feeling and
being in control so I continued my efforts and after many years
of enhancing this concept I created what’s known as the Replace,
Eliminate, Limit (REL) Theory.

REL Theory

*The REL Starts With REPLACING Foods.

It Works Like This:

After making a mental note of the specific foods that may be
available at the celebration, start deciphering what foods to
REPLACE.

~What foods would I like to REPLACE? (TIP: The more creative you
can be the better the results.)Write down the foods you’d like
to replace:

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Ask Yourself These Questions When Deciphering What Foods To
Replace the above foods with:

~What foods can provide me with the same fullness yet without
all the carbs? (TIP: The more creative you can be the better the
results.)

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~What FOODS would I be willing to settle for?

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EXAMPLE:

~Would I be willing to REPLACE the potato salad (major carbs)
with regular salad (low in carbs) –maybe I could put more
croutons on my salad… more cheese… maybe even splurge with
some good ole Ranch or honey french dressing on the top.

~Write a list of FOODS you would like to REPLACE:
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~After deciphering which foods to REPLACE, begin asking:

~Which foods should I ELIMINATE? Certainly there must be ONE
food TO ELIMINATE, Just for control purposes, if anything else.

~What Foods Would You Like to Potentially ELIMINATE? Write them
Down:

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~If you are new to the REL concept perhaps ELIMINATE just ONE of
the heavy carb laded foods: rolls, potatoes, rice, noodles,
breaded foods, etc. You may be thinking one food elimination is
not enough. It can however, guarantee maintaining your weight
through the holidays.

~What ONE Food would you like to ELIMINATE? Write it down:

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~If you are a die hard REL user and/or want an awesome challenge
then ELIMINATE ALL desserts and replace with fruits. OR perhaps
ELIMINATE just one or two types of desserts; pumpkin pie, fruit
pies, chocolate cakes, nut pies (Pecan), etc. It’s your choice.

NOTE: You can make your own rules too. For instance you may want
to ELIMINATE all fruit pies and instead limit your desserts to
sugar free fruit pies. Its’ your choice.

~If you’re feeling challenged and want to consider ELIMINATING
more than one food item what would those food items be? Write
them down:

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~And lastly, foods to LIMIT.

~When it comes to LIMITING foods simply acknowledge those foods
that quickly fill you up more than others.

For Instance: I am going to LIMIT the deli sandwiches so I can
enjoy a larger piece of Mom’s favorite Gooey Butter Cake? Or, I
could probably (just maybe) LIMIT the dessert and fill up on
some of the scrumptious salad. Or I could choose to LIMIT both
stuffing and sweet potatoes so I could have both versus
splurging on just the one. What about you?

~Know what foods you want to LIMIT? Write them down.

~List of FOODS TO LIMIT:

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***Who knows. I was once told I think too much. Maybe that’s the
reason why REL works so well; Doing more thinking then
eating—LOL

~CONCLUSION: I find that when we attend celebrations or social
functions without a plan we, often more times than not, tend to
find ourselves gaining weight. Even worse, end up with sugar
highs that are hard to get rid of or control. This can be
avoided and in many cases weight loss can be a reality DURING
any celebration. So the first goal is to have an REL PLAN.

Use the REL theory if you like–it’s pretty fun actually. You
may even find yourself looking at the food table thinking maybe
I’ll REPLACE the green bean casserole with the stuffing. No
maybe I’ll ELIMINATE the potatoes all together and instead treat
myself to a small LIMITED piece of the scrumptious hot pecan pie.

THE REL Theory has been taken from the highly popular book—The
Medium Carb Diet.

QUESTION: Have you ever thought as to wonder why the REL works
so well?

ANSWER: All to often, we only need a one second distraction to
prevent us from acting on those last minute, “sound good” ideas.
Sure EVERYTHING looks good on the dinner table but if we have a
focus… a plan… we tend not to reach for just anything and/or
everything NOR splurge on those foods that will surely put the
weight on.

I know there is a lot of information this time around– but I
really want you to feel comfortable and in control regardless
the special occasion while managing your dieting regimen. This
REL thought process is generally all that’s needed to prevent
one from reaching out for all the fattening stuff.

RESULTS: REL has helped thousands of people succeed not just
through the holiday seasons but every day of the year. Try just
one of the ideas and I assure you’ll feel more in control and
happier with self as you look at the up and coming New Year.

Yours in Health,

Robyne Arrow “Ms. Flavors”

Have questions regarding the REL Theory? Email your question to
[email protected] Please limit your email to one
question.

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Pass this on to a friend. Just make sure the whole article
stays intact along with authors name and web site address. Who
knows your friend may want to learn how to lose weight during
the holiday season too.

(c) copyright 2005 Robyne Arrow

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