Do you want to lose weight fast before the holidays?

The holidays are just around the corner and you are worried about family dinners, office party and gatherings with friends, right? And don’t worry about what to feed or bring to parties. You are worried about how you will look and what clothes you will wear if you cannot get rid of those pesky kilos around the waist.

Are you thinking that if you could lose half an inch around your waist and maybe another half inch on your thighs you would look great and if you could lose a little more that wouldn’t be a bad thing either?

It happens every year or at least it does for me. Trying to lose a few pounds had always seemed so stressful to me that I actually gained weight as a result.

But that was before.

my first advice is not to do what I did for so many years and go on a fad diet or buy the silver bullet weight loss pill. They just don’t work.

So how do you shave off that extra weight in the next 4-5 weeks?

Well it’s no secret, it’s nutrition and exercise. Notice I said nutrition, not diet. Our bodies are designed to run on a specific mix of fuels. If we ate the food our bodies are designed to burn, there would be no weight problems; or high blood pressure or gout or diabetes or a host of other ailments that can be treated with good nutrition.

But that’s not what we do, is it?

We eat a ton of processed foods full of sodium and sugar. We are absolutely in love with commercial deep fryers and all the trans fat they carry. But the good news is, if we can make a little tooth out of those bad habits, we can make our metabolisms more efficient at burning fat and building lean muscle. Maybe long enough to slip into that party dress without holding our breath.

Here are some tips for starting a fat burning machine..

Stay away from processed grains whether it be bread or pasta or bagels or donuts. We eat a ton of this stuff and it inhibits the metabolic process.

give up soda. At least leave it until the holidays. This is the hardest for me. I love my Dr. Pepper. Replace sodas with real fruit drinks, iced tea, or water. Soft drinks, even diet soft drinks, are a fat magnet.

Try to eat high quality protein. High-quality protein will control blood sugar and boost metabolism when you exercise (yes, there is some exercise involved). Protein sources can include beef if you are grass-fed. I bet you never heard that before. Just make sure it’s grass-fed and not corn-fed and full of chemicals.

eat healthy fats. That’s right, there are such things. Include avocados and nuts in your diet. In fact here is another tip. Thirty minutes before a meal eat a handful of raw unsalted walnuts. This gives you good fats, protein, and dietary fiber. You’ll feel fuller when you sit down to eat, and portion sizes will be easier to control.

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Low carbs, good sources of protein, cut out soda, eat good fats.

Now a very brief word about the exercise needed to lose those extra pounds.

Contrary to what you might believe, exercises that target the stomach and abdominal muscles are not the most effective way to flatten the tummy. Even if you build those muscles, you’ll still have a layer of fat on top of them. Crunches and crunches do not increase metabolism as much as other, simpler exercises.

The secret is to exercise the whole body or at least the core. Doing this increases metabolism and burns fat. The more muscles are involved, the more fat is burned.

Now if you are fit you can train hard with weight training and mountain climber pushes. If you’re like me, you might want to try something a little easier.



Any exercise that involves balance. it will work your entire core. I learned this from a golf fitness trainer. I’m not saying this is going to turn you into a fat burning machine, but you have several weeks to try.

In the golf drill, you stand on one leg with the other bent at the knee and hold a club in each hand parallel to the ground. If you’re not a golfer, use both hands and substitute a broom for the clubs. Then, using your shoulders, twist as far to the left, then as far to the right as you can. You will feel your leg, chest, back, and stomach adjust for balance. Continue on one leg for thirty seconds, then switch to the other leg and repeat.

This is really a low impact resistance exercise that is very easy to do. Surely you already know this, but the longer you do this exercise, the more effect. Heck, you can even do it while brushing your teeth. Within a week, your posture, at the very least, will improve tremendously.

Imagine for a moment that it’s a month from today and you put on that dress and you look like a million bucks. How good it will feel!