Are there any effects of eating cleanly but more food during Christmas festivities?

Hi Mitch!

There is nothing wrong with taking the opportunity of the upcoming holidays to indulge in some good food; just so long as it doesn't become a month of marathon eating. For those of us in the United States, the eating marathon starts with Thanksgiving at the end of November, which is basically a holiday that celebrates eating as much food as we are physically able. Then the three weeks leading up to Christmas many of us spend at holiday parties consuming lots of alcohol and high fat, high calorie foods in the name of celebrating, then there's the actual Christams celebration, a week later is New Years Eve and another excuse to eat and drink. Come January 2, after at least a month of over indulging, people are left wondering why their pants don't fit anymore! Hence all of the New Years resolutions to join a gym!

So celebrate! One or two days of celebrating and eating shouldn't really make much of a difference in your weight or body composition; a month of eating and drinking excessively will.

Thank you so much for your response Lauren!

You're very welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!