| It's the next morning, you wake up feeling like | | | | day. Try having small meals high in fibre and |
| you weigh twice what you did the night before, | | | | protein. Fiber will ensure that you're digestive |
| you're head is achey, you feel bloated and | | | | system gets back on track! Use your left over |
| generally feel unfit. As you think back to the night | | | | turkey to make a turkey salad with lots of fresh |
| or the nights before you're horrified to think of all | | | | vegetables, or a light soup made with lots of |
| the high fat, high calorie foods you ate, not to | | | | veggies and homemade turkey stock. |
| mention the alcohol. | | | | Step 3 - Drink Water - Hydration Hydration |
| What now? | | | | Hydration. This is the cheapest and fastest way |
| You have 3 choices: | | | | of shedding the pounds! The chemical processes in |
| 1. Wake up and do it all over again by starting the | | | | your body need water to work efficiently. Make |
| day with a big fry up. | | | | sure to drink at least 1 litre for every 50lbs of |
| 2. Starve yourself all day hoping to balance it all | | | | body weight. The old 8 glasses a day doesn't |
| out | | | | work for everyone as we're all different sizes. It |
| 3. Be sensible and apply the rules for damage | | | | makes sense that the smaller you are the less |
| control. | | | | water and vice versa. If you find drinking water |
| There's really only one choice: DAMAGE | | | | difficult then try having herbal teas such as |
| CONTROL | | | | peppermint or chamomile, or try adding slice of |
| Here's what to do if you want to get back on | | | | lemon to your glass. |
| track and ensure that you're not ending the | | | | Step 4 - Get Moving - You've done an excellent |
| holidays by having put on the extra pounds that | | | | job carbo loading the day before now it's time to |
| will take the beginning of the new year to take | | | | burn those calories! The best way to do this is |
| off. | | | | with a bit of interval training. Choose an activity |
| Step 1: Have breakfast - This is the best way to | | | | you enjoy either jogging, skipping,or getting on |
| give your metabolism a kick start. People who eat | | | | the cross trainer. Warm up for 5 minutes then |
| breakfast tend to snack less on unhealthy snacks. | | | | increase your intensity to about 85% of your |
| Include protein as part of your healthy breakfast | | | | maximum effort, do 20 seconds at high intensity |
| as protein takes more energy to digest. Try | | | | with 10 seconds slow. Do this for 10 minutes or |
| having natural bio live yogurt with a small handful | | | | as close to 10 as you can get, finish with a 5 |
| of mixed organic nuts, or scrambled eggs with a | | | | minute cool down. In just 20 minutes you'll be |
| slice of parma ham. Avoid the bread! It's high in | | | | sweating and feeling great! |
| sugar that you're body will store as fat. If you'd | | | | Rather than starting the new year wishing you |
| like a slice of bread have wheat free gluten free | | | | hadn't put on the extra pounds, follow these four |
| rye bread. | | | | damage control steps and start the new year |
| Step 2: Eat every 3 hours - Eating every 3 hours | | | | right! |
| will keep your metabolism going throughout the | | | | |