{"id":346038,"date":"2013-12-23T11:17:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T03:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/how-do-we-avoid-those-extra-end-of-year-pounds-346038.html"},"modified":"2013-12-23T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T03:17:43","slug":"how-do-we-avoid-those-extra-end-of-year-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/healthy-practices-hk\/how-do-we-avoid-those-extra-end-of-year-pounds-346038.html","title":{"rendered":"How do we avoid those extra 'end-of-year pounds'?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/LesKilosdHiver-1.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-5926\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5926 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/12\/LesKilosdHiver-1.jpg\" alt=\"LesKilosd'Hiver 1\" width=\"504\" height=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>Each year, with the end-of-year holidays, we find ourselves carried away by the wave of festivities.\u00a0 That, paired with the imperceptible change in our everyday habits \u2013 each day, eating a little more fat, and moving just a little less \u2013 creates that vicious cycle of stress-food-pounds-more stress. So each December, we end up practically penning those two, three, four extra kilos that suddenly materialise onto our hips, butts, thighs, into our yearly planners. But nothing is inevitable. So why allow the scales to leap, and our morale to plunge? And more importantly, why wait till the start of the New Year to fulfil our weight loss resolutions? These three reflexes can save your holidays, and ensure you start the New Year without \u2013 literally \u2013 the extra burden.<\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/a-healthy-diet-to-avoid-the-extra-end-of-year-pounds\/\">A healthy diet to avoid excess pounds\u00a0<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/maintain-physical-activity-to-avoid-the-extra-pounds\/\">Physical activity to avoid excess pounds\u00a0<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/kill-stress-in-15-minutes-of-tao-exercises\/\">Killing stress in 15-minute Tao exercises<\/a><\/p>  <p><em>Rica \u00c9tienne<\/em><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing is inevitable. Here's how to avoid piling on the pounds before the start of the New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":5926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Nothing is inevitable. 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