HOW TO REMAIN LEAN AND SEXY DURING THE HOLIDAYS

The holidays are alleged to be the most wonderful time of the year, except for several weight-conscious women, they are anything but merry.

Since the 5 weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day are spent navigating a dietary parcel, dodging festive foods, like sugar cookies, pecan pie, and buttery mashed potatoes.

Eventually you may admit defeat, and that one taste of stuffing can cause a second or third helping.

In a recent study within the journal appetite, found that women who followed strict diets were more at risk of temptation, and weight gain, than those who indulged infrequently.

So this year, I'm suggesting a new mind-set which will profit your waistline and sanity:

===> Eat the foods you like.

The trick, of course, is to enjoy in moderation. Follow these easy rules to be able to relax and really relish yourself at those seasonal gatherings—and develop habits you'll use all year long.

Drink Water (Hydrate)

This is one step that has slipped past several shoppers throughout the years. Studies have shown that drinking two glasses of water before each meal can assist you eat less and lose a lot of weight.

Water is useful in boosting your metabolism, particularly in the morning.

It’s been same that drinking a glass of ice cold water as shortly as you come to life causes your metabolism to jump-start itself.

Drinking adequate amounts of water also keeps you hydrated which can ultimately keep you from regularly indulging in high calorie, sugar-filled foods and beverages. Our bodies usually confuse dehydration with hunger. Therefore after you ‘feel’ hungry, you'll really still be dehydrated.

When you feel the urge to snack, try drinking a tall glass of water. If your hunger pains subside, not only have you prevented yourself from consuming surplus calories; you’ve given your metabolism a ability to continue burning the calories you ingested in your last meal.

Dehydration means that your metabolism comes to a grinding halt and increases your body's inflammation levels, usually leading to weight loss resistance. By the time you understand you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated.

Begin with a large glass of filtered water upon waking and keep a water bottle near to sip throughout the day. Water will even halt those late-night cravings for cookies: a University of Washington found drinking eight ounces of water at bedtime may indeed clean up your evening cravings.

Take time for workout

There’s a phrase in weight loss known as ‘first to come, last to go’. It describes wherever your body can burn fat first, and where it will burn fat last.

Some individuals may gain weight in their midsection first, ultimately creating it to be the last place to loose. Therefore, by creating abdominal exercises your main priority you’re not obtaining yourself any closer to obtaining those sexy abs you wish.

Instead, specialize in full body exercises. Make sure to contract your core (tighten/flex your abs) in each exercise, from squats to bench press. Your core is like your bodies center of gravity. It’s used in movement, so while working each muscle group your abs become the secondary muscle worked. As long as you’re partaking your core in each set of every exercise, your abs are working constantly. Abs are the one muscle group which will be worked daily.

Muscle is your metabolic Spanx that holds everything together, something you may appreciate only too well after you put on that black dress after New Year's Eve.

Control Your Stress

Long lines, family gatherings, and compelled joy will provoke anxiety, worry, and stress throughout the holiday season.

An excessive amount of caffeine, wine, and sugar, you’ve got a formula to keep your stress endocrine cortisol jacked up all day, breaking down muscle and storing fat.

Realize your center of calm: meditation, deep respiration, yoga, reading or simply walking your dog around the block will offer fleeting elation throughout the frantic season.