Shape Magazine
You’re interested in healthy weight loss over the holiday season. Here’s the math: To lose 5 pounds, you need to shave 17,500 calories (or 3,500 per pound). Break that down over November and December and it works out to only 300 calories a day. You’re losing at a very healthy, controlled rate less than a pound a week which makes you more likely to stick to your weight-loss efforts and keep the weight off post-Jan. 1. Here are the holiday diet tips you need: