You should probably keep your birthday and Christmas day open as a day to splurge, but plan 3 other days for cheating during the holidays and no more days without fitness.

 

Only eat sugar stuff right after a fitness training workout.(i.e a sports drink)  That means within 20 minutes of strength training when your body won’t store it as fat.

 

Do a brief strength training session, or a brief cardio session each day over the holidays to keep your metabolism fired up.  By brief, I mean no more than 12 minutes (if you have questions about this, just email me).

 

Take an extra long walk around the shops when shopping, and try to pick the pace up when your walking home/to the car/bus/train, the extra baggage will help tone those arms, give them a crafty curl to tone the biceps!!

 

Do your fitness early in the morning so you won’t be tempted to miss them due to shopping, family, parties, etc.

 

Eat breakfast within one hour of waking.  You’ll be less tempted to eat sugar when you’ve started the day with good nutrition. If your somewhere HOT then opt for the fresh fruits, smoothie, live youghurt, bircha muslei or a porridge, even sprinkle a little brown sugar....

 

Limit alcohol consumption to cheat days.  Having lite beer doesn’t do any good if you are on a low carb diet.  Alcohol does the same thing, as if you just dumped straight sugar into your body.(It stores it).

 

Drink more H2O.  Whatever you do and wherever you go, bring your water with you.  It will keep you hydrated, and flush toxins out so that your metabolism and body systems are working at their best. Also you'll feel better for it after a night on the razz!!