Average 6-Pound Holiday Weight Gain? Not with Detox!

Did you know the average American may gain 6 pounds during the Holiday season? Not only is a 6-pound in 6-weeks Holiday weight gain unhealthy, but it can sabotage all your hard work during the Autumn and summer months.


Why do we put on weight? There are several reasons. Here’s the truth about Holiday weight gain and how you can avoid it with Dr. Colbert’s 21 Day Detox and Cleanse.

Study Shows Average of 6-Pound Holiday Weight Gain

A study survey conducted in 2018 of over 2000 respondents found that (1):


  • 45% planned on not trying to eat healthy during the Holiday season
  • 44% plan on eating multiple Holiday dinners in one day
  • 33% were okay with eating so much on Holidays they feel sick
  • 40% typical require looser clothes after a Holiday meal
  • 54% don’t plan on exercising at all through the
  • Only an estimated 12% will get through the end of the year without adding pounds
  • 33% have already decided on their New Year’s Resolutions; these include exercise, eating healthy, self-care, saving money, and learning a new skill


Unfortunately, the data tells a dismal story. If this sounds like a recipe for disaster to you, you’re right.

The Truth About Holiday Weight Gain

Holiday weight gain typically occurs because many adults see the last 6 weeks of the year as a great excuse to overeat, slack off on exercise, and become more sedentary in general.


It’s 6 weeks of letting go of healthy habits that causes the weight gain, and not a couple extravagant meals.


Instead of finishing the year strong, many people are ready to cozy up and quit during December. They might order donuts or eat cinnamon rolls for breakfast on an ordinary day. Snacks may become Christmas cookies rather than a healthy choice. They often plan to undo any weight gain once they set their resolutions for the New Year.

New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Undo Holiday Weight Gain

The problem? There is a mountain of evidence that shows New Years’ Resolutions don’t work. Most people completely abandon them before January is over, often just after one week (2).


The mentality of feast now and resolve later, for 6 weeks, leaves many adults in a cycle of perpetual weight gain, year after year at worst. Or at best, a cycle of gaining and losing the same pounds over and over again.

Stop the Cycle with Detox

This Holiday season, you can stop the cycle. Many years, by the time we get to December, we feel tired, lethargic, and unmotivated. Dr. Colbert’s 21 Day Detox and Cleanse can help you:


  • Feel energized, vibrant, and youthful rather than feeling like you want to quit
  • Avoid eating toxic, fat-building foods throughout the season
  • Omit starchy, belly-fat-adding refined carbohydrates and sugars
  • Forego processed foods that induce inflammatory reactions
  • Rid your body of the toxins and harmful substances that build up throughout the year
  • Omit foods that drag down your energy and cause glucose peaks and valleys

More Tips to Avoid a 6-Pound Holiday Weight Gain

Again, while most people focus on the foods eaten on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, or another Holiday, these are not the main culprit for Holiday weight gain. The issue is the entirety of the season of overeating and being sedentary. To stay strong, lean, and on track this year, try these tips.


  • Join Dr. Colbert’s 21 Day Detox and Cleanse. While it may seem hard to join in at the end of the year, this is one of the best times! Following a program will help you stay on track and give you the extra boost you need to do so.
  • Focus on healthy eating for the 6-weeks season, and allow yourself some grace on the actual Holiday days.
  • On the Holidays, enjoy all the different foods you’d like. It’s a celebration after all. But, there’s no need to stuff yourself. This only leaves you feeling unhealthy and lethargic. Instead, take reasonable portions and enjoy every bite.
  • If you’re gathering with others, bring a dish that’s both healthy and delicious. Make sure you have options available in which you feel good.
  • During Holiday feasts, eat slowly. Put your fork down between bites, take a drink of water or tea, and really enjoy the meal. Not only is eating slowly much better for your digestion, it will also help you avoid grossly overeating.

Foods That Drag Your Metabolism Down

The number one enemy of your metabolism is refined carbohydrates in processed foods. Without a doubt.

Sugars are dragging you down. This includes straight sugar, sugars from other sweeteners, fruit juices, and white starch from grains.


When you eat any of these, they become sugar in the body. The more sugar that enters the bloodstream, the more it needs to be stored in the cells as fat. This does 3 things. It:

  • Increases fat storage
  • Requires more insulin to be pumped out into the body
  • Damages cellular health by making cells less sensitive to insulin

As time goes on, the body stores more and more fat, cells become unhealthy, and it becomes harder to lose fat. A sluggish metabolism starts with sugar and processed foods. You must detox from these.

Foods That Improve Metabolism

Since we’re talking about improving cellular health in order to improve metabolism, we need to think about how nutrients affect cells.


A great way to nourish cells is to eat foods high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory nutrients. Build your diet off of natural, real, whole foods like vibrant vegetables, fermented green powders, spices like turmeric, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, black pepper, and a small amount of beans and fruits.


Next, eat healthy fats like extra virgin olive oil, fish and fish oils, avocados, coconut oil, and more. Stop overeating proteins and sugars and replace them with these fats. This alone can support insulin sensitivity and metabolism (2, 3) health. In fact, omega-3s have been shown to increase fat loss compared to other nutrients.


Next, drink plenty of clean water each day. Your body needs water to support cellular health and digestion. You can also use green tea and black tea for an extra metabolism boost.


Lastly, pay close attention to gut health. Use fibers like insulin and psyllium husk daily. Add probiotics from fermented foods and/or supplements. Fibers and probiotics have a direct effect on calorie output, hormone balance, and cellular health (4).

Intermittent Fasting and Your Metabolism

Intermittent fasting is an effective tool for achieving a healthy weight. How? It simply supports your whole-body health and metabolism, from hormones to cardiovascular health to your immune system.


An intermittent fasting diet combines a calorie deficit, improved cellular health, and a cycle of fasting and feeding that promotes fat loss without the body adapting and conserving itself. This lack of adaptation helps the body continue to work towards a healthy weight in the long-term (5) because it supports metabolism rather than slowing it down.

Join Us for a Fast Metabolism Diet

Are you ready to put this altogether and truly change your metabolism?


Join us in Dr. Colbert’s 21 Day Detox and Cleanse! During the next 21 days, you will learn to omit the foods that are bringing your health and metabolism down, detox from toxins and chemicals that build up in our systems, flood your body with health-supporting nutrients, and use intermittent fasting to your advantage.


It’s free. It’s a fast metabolism diet. Get started with us today!

Bottom Line

You’re not stuck with your current metabolism! You can obtain a healthy weight and feel great. You can detox from the foods dragging you down, nourish yourself with foods that support cellular health, and use intermittent fasting to your advantage. Join us for Dr. Colbert’s 21 Day Detox and Cleanse and get your fast metabolism firing today!

You’re not stuck with your current metabolism! You can obtain a healthy weight and feel great. You can detox from the foods dragging you down, nourish yourself with foods that support cellular health, and use intermittent fasting to your advantage. Join us for Dr. Colbert’s 21 Day Detox and Cleanse and get your fast metabolism firing today!