236. 10 Things to Do to Prevent Weight Gain During the Holidays
The Kris Gethin Podcast
Kris Gethin
4.9 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Most people don't realize how much of their holiday weight gain has nothing to do with "bad food choices" and everything to do with unplanned habits, skipped movement, and metabolic chaos. They write December off as a free-for-all, promise themselves they'll start fresh in January… and then spend the next two months undoing damage that was completely avoidable.
In this episode, I'm giving you the plan that stops that cycle cold. I'm walking you through the 10 strategies I personally use to stay lean, strong, and in control through the holidays; without skipping the celebrations.
From feast-day training and nutrient partitioning to strategic fasting and metabolism-supportive supplementation, you'll learn exactly how to handle travel, parties, big meals, alcohol, stress, and disrupted routines without sacrificing results.
This episode is your full playbook for navigating the holidays like a pro: how to train, how to eat, what supplements actually matter, which habits blunt fat gain the fastest, and how to walk into January ahead of everyone else. If you've ever felt like the season derails your progress, this will show you what's truly possible.
What's Discussed:
(00:00) Preventing Weight Gain During the Holidays
(02:33) Feast-Day Training & Nutrient Partitioning
(05:32) Strategic Fasting for Metabolic Control
(08:20) Holiday Health, Supplements & Blood Sugar Strategies
(17:33) Holiday Fitness, Discipline & Nutrition Mastery
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Chris Getten podcast where we dive deep into the science of building a stronger physique, |
| 0:11.9 | unlocking the secrets of anti-aging and optimizing your health through cutting edge biohacks, |
| 0:17.6 | fitness strategies and mental resilience. I've been a personal trainer for nearly 30 years now and voted the number one transformation |
| 0:25.2 | trainer by governing bodies such as PT Academy, bodybuilding.com and trainerize. |
| 0:31.9 | I am the co-founder of unmatched supplements, co-founder of the Chris Kethyn Jims franchise, and co-founder of my |
| 0:39.6 | online coaching platform, Chris Kethin Coaching, and author of several books. |
| 0:44.8 | I'm a hybrid athlete, a natural pro bodybuilder, and I've competed in events such as Ironman |
| 0:50.1 | Triathlon, Ultramarathon, Spartan, and many more. My goal with this podcast is to cut through |
| 0:56.7 | the noise of fitness myth, misconceptions, and deliver clear protocols, actual tips, and real |
| 1:04.1 | resilience and science to help you optimize your physique, elevate your physical and mental |
| 1:10.4 | health span, and, of course, enhance your |
| 1:13.5 | life. Welcome back to the Chris Schethen podcast. We have a jolly old episode for you today, because we're |
| 1:24.1 | going to cover 10 things that you can do to prevent weight gain during the holidays. |
| 1:29.2 | You know, people usually tell me the same thing around this time as well, that I'm going to get |
| 1:33.1 | back on track in January and then usually those best intentions fall off in February. |
| 1:38.9 | But that's a problem right there. Most people gain around 5 to 10 pounds between Thanksgiving, |
| 1:43.9 | especially here in the U.S. |
| 1:45.5 | and New Year's. |
| 1:46.4 | And then they spend the next eight weeks trying to undo what could have been prevented in the first place. |
| 1:52.7 | So today I'm going to give you that plan, 10 things that you can do to keep the fat off, |
| 1:56.8 | keep the muscle on, but still enjoy the season and time with family. |
| 2:02.3 | So this isn't about saying no to life. |
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