Keep this “Survival Guide” for Your “Half Moon Holidays!”

Dear “Holiday Experiencers,” take note!

Your friends, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays, have teamed up and are about to launch a joint attack on your wallet, weight, and digestive system! It’s time to pick up this guide and make it to work, amidst the hail of delicious food and lazy sleep!

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The “Sweet Trap” in the Mooncake World

Mooncakes, a once-a-year favorite, are known as the “invisible calorie bomb.” Don’t be fooled by their delicate appearance! You’d have to jog for an hour to burn off the calories in just one small piece of mooncake!

Soul-searching question: How many bowls of rice equals one double-yolk lotus seed mooncake?

Answer: About three! Surprising?

Tips to Avoid Excessiveness:

• “Cutting” is the best strategy: Cut a mooncake into small portions and share with the whole family. Is sharing more fun than enjoying it alone? No, no, sharing is worse than enjoying it alone!
• “Pair” with tea: Enjoy mooncakes with a cup of tea (green tea or oolong tea is fine) to eliminate the greasiness and instantly achieve an elegant and healthy look.
• “Move” to counteract the effects: After eating a mooncake, you’d need to walk for an hour and a half to burn it off. So, either eat less or walk a few more steps. The choice is yours.

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Holiday “Lying Down” Syndrome

“The world is so big, I want to see it; but the sofa is so soft, I just want to laze around.”—I imagine this is probably the truest description of many people’s vacations. While lazing around is comfortable, your waist and cervical spine are silently working overtime.

Soul-searching question: You think you’re “regenerating,” but you’re actually “bleeding” your body (depleting muscle and vitality).

Health Restoration Strategies:

• “Intermittent Recovery”: For every hour of sitting or lying down, get up and “recover” for five minutes. Get a glass of water, go to the bathroom, go to the window and see if the clouds look like pork belly or fried chicken legs… In short, get moving! “Micro-trip” plan: Without going far, you can also go to a nearby park for some “photosynthesis.” The goal: to reach the top ten on WeChat’s step count rankings and annoy those friends who are really staying home.
• Family “KTV”: Get the family together, turn on the music, sing and dance, calling it a “holiday-themed party,” but it’s actually a secret workout.

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Party “crazy” mode

Family dinners, get-togethers with friends, hot pot, barbecue, crayfish… the delicacies are bombarding you, and your stomach is saying, “I can’t take it anymore!” Your digestive system is seriously overloaded.

Soul-searching question: After eight days of heavy meals, is your stomach starting to miss light porridge and side dishes?

Weight Loss Tips:

• The “Vegetables First, Meat Later” Rule: Start your meal with vegetables to form a protective barrier in your stomach before moving on to the meat.
• “70% full” signal: When you reach that critical point where you feel like you can eat more or not, gracefully put down your chopsticks and tell yourself, “Well, I’m a self-disciplined fairy/handsome guy.”
• “Talk therapy”: During a meal, engage in more conversation and bragging to distract from the food. After all, connecting with each other is more important than sharing food (right?).

The Ultimate Tip: A Painless Post-Holiday Return

Remember our slogan: “Happiness Never Takes a Holiday Off. Health Should Never Go Dim!”

Before the holiday ends, give yourself a day of “relief.” Eat a light diet, maintain a regular sleep schedule, and exercise moderately. This will allow your body to gently say goodbye to “holiday mode” rather than a hard landing.