Weight gain over the holidays

難詞探意

1. forgo /f???ɡ??/ v. 放棄；對……斷念

2. pervade /p??ve?d/ v. 遍及；彌漫

3. indulge /?n?d?ld?/ v. 沉溺；滿足

4. mantra /?m?ntr?/ n. 曼怛羅 （某些宗教的念咒）；咒語

5. proactive /?pr????kt?v/ adj. 先發制人的；積極的

6. gingerbread /?d??nd??bred/ n. 姜餅； 華而不實的東西

Should youforgoall of those delicious holiday treats just to keep your skinny jeans feeling skinny? Although the possibility of holiday weight gain haspervadedpopular culture as a near inevitability, the average weight gain is actually only about one pound, according to a study published in Physiology and Behavior.Yes, one pound. This is the amount of weight you could easily gain or lose across any one week, depending on your eating and activity levels.

In fact, there's a large body of research that suggests that we're better offindulginga bit because the effort involved in avoiding food may actually exhaust our ability to eat healthily. In other words, every time you tell yourself, “I will not have a single cookie,” you may be setting yourself up for failure.Chances are that there are a lot of other things on your mind and too many cookies to say no to, so you're not going to be able to keep up the no-cookie mantra.

The very act of trying not to think about something tends to lead us to actually think about it.Keep telling yourself, “I will not have a single cookie”, and the downside is that you'll be thinking a lot about cookies.

The best advice across the holidays is probably to not worry too much about what you eat. Try not to spend a lot of mental energy on your food choices. This doesn't mean you can eat everything in sight with the thought that you'll create new habits later. If you want to beproactiveagainst the possibility of weight gain across the holidays or whenever, you could consider monitoring your weight. A recent study found that individuals that weighed themselves daily were less likely to gain weight across the holidays than a control group that did not participate in regular weigh-ins.

The prospect of gaining a single pound in December is hardly something that anyone should lose sleep about. However, for those that do gain more weight, some research suggests it's possible that some people never lose this weight.As with most things in life, we have options： To catch thegingerbreadman or let him catch us.Holiday enjoyment can and should involve delicious food. The experience of guilt is unlikely to change our choices for the better.

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1. What can we know from paragraph 1?

A. People should enjoy delicious holiday food.

B. Skinny jeans are popular among the young.

C. The holiday weight gain should be paid attention to.

D. The average weight gain during a holiday is about one pound.

2. What's the advice from the author?

A. Eating less during holidays.

B. Spending more time on food choices.

C. Trying monitoring your weight every day.

D. Participating in some exercise programs.

3. The text probably comes from .

A. a short novel

B. a healthy blog

C. a fashion magazine

D. a travel brochure

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Chances are that there are a lot of other things on your mind and too many cookies to say no to,so you're not going to be able to keep up the no-cookie mantra. 你腦子里很有可能有很多別的東西和太多的餅干要拒絕，所以你不可能堅持不吃餅干。

【信息提取】Chances are that... 意為“很有可能……”。

【句式仿寫】你很有可能在這次英語演講比賽中獲獎。