No, me neither.

I don’t mean money though….

It’s sort of the same as money though, in that the more you have, then if you have to spend a bit you won’t notice it as much – You won’t have to go into debt.

Of course I am referring to nutrition and whether you have been good enough over the last few weeks, months and even years to get away with some high expenditure over the festive period.

A good quote I had on my facebook page this week was off Simone:

“It’s not what you eat between Christmas and New Year but what you eat between New Year and Christmas”

Absolutely spot on!

From a scientific point of view if you have been at a stable weight and body fat % for a while then it is harder for the body to go up or down.

We call this a set point – No, not like at Wimbledon but a point at which your body is comfortable to be at (body fat wise).

Obviously there can be some minor change due to excess salt intake and water weight.  Also increases in muscle glycogen due to increased calories and decreased activity.

But,

Thats not fat.

So, if you’re nutrition has been generally good, say 80% good – Christmas will do you no harm.

If it hasn’t – Christmas will probably make you fatter.

Next week, I will cover some ways of trying to stop this but really like Simone said:

Get your nutrition right the rest of the year and you wont have to worry.