Excitement during the holidays or waiting for santa to come are some of the reasons why people can’t sleep If you want to lose weight, you should get enough sleep. Don’t skip sleep just to wrap gifts or cook meals. This is unhealthy. When one lacks sleep, two hormones called leptin and ghrelin are active and interact with each other. As a result, one can gain weight. Experts says six to eight hours a day is the ideal sleeping hours. Time to grab a snooze and stay fit.

Before heading out the door to go to a party or dinner, you might want to eat a protein rich snack. By doing so, you can steer away from calorie rich finger food while at the party. Be sure to have some of these snacks lying around the kitchen. Here are some of your options on what you can eat before going to a party: one cup of yogurt or low fat cottage cheese, twelve almonds nuts, low sodium turkey or chicken, apple or tablespoon of peanut butter. These snacks will also not make you so hungry.

Going to the gym this holiday might be part of your agenda. It is the busiest time of the year. For this reason, you might want to do exercise at the comfort of your home. There are a lot of exercises that you can complete without going to a fitness center. You can even do it at other people’s home. You can find exercises that can fit in between cooking, baking and other holiday festivities. There are also DVD workouts that you can follow like Yoga or cardio. No matter what it is, this is a nice way to stay fit.