1. Reduce Refined Sugar

There is nothing wrong with enjoying treats and your favorite comfort foods in the winter, but when you over-indulge, it could mean feeling miserable, having no energy, and putting on unwanted pounds. If you want to try to avoid this and start a new diet in the winter, start with your sugar content. This doesn’t mean natural sugar like in fruit or raw honey, but the refined sugar found in pastries, donuts, cookies, pie, and other baked treats. 

Try to keep these to a minimum, saving them for special occasions; it makes them more special, and is a good first step to starting a new diet without feeling like you are completely restricting yourself.

2. Eat Seasonal Foods

Starting a “diet” is not always about taking something away, but adding in something healthy. Use this mindset to add in healthy options to your meals and snacks that are in season and perfect for winter. For example, some winter superfoods include brussels sprouts, apples, pear, pomegranate, cauliflower, and squash. When you add these healthy foods, you get a lot more vitamins and minerals, and often feel fuller between meals when you fill up on your veggies and fruits. The more veggies you eat, the less refined carbs you feel you need.

3. Focus on a Healthy Balance, Not Restrictions

Again, it is important to focus on a healthy balance in your meals, even when you are trying to lose weight or just maintain your weight over the holidays. In the winter, get rid of all those diet restrictions, and instead just have balanced meals. If you want bread, eat bread! But eat it with a meal that includes lean protein, vegetables, whole grains, and maybe some fruit. 

4. Enjoy Your yoga practuce

When you start a new diet, it helps to incorporate some exercise as well. Exercise is really only 20% of losing weight, while your diet is the remaining 80%. But it does help to burn some calories, keep you fit, and give you energy. Plus, when you are practising yoga regularly, on and off the yoga mat, it helps a lot with curbing those cravings.

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