Great Belly during the Holidays…

So, as women we always have to be careful of not only what we eat, but how we do things, (or how to avoid things) during the holiday to prevent everything from SHOWING on our waistline.

For some reason, as women we are blessed with bloating by eating the wrong things.
GO EASY ON THE TREATS! Not that you need a reminder from me!

Here is my personal strategy when I go to parties: I take LOTS of veggies from the veggie tray, so I have just the tiniest bit of room on my plate for a treat. Then I eat all the veggies first and sometimes I will only then want a bite of the last thing on my plate.

What I have found is that because I am usually talking at parties the whole time, I am not usually even aware of what I am eating and I don’t enjoy the treats to the fullest extent (taste, smell, texture) so its not really WORTH indulging since I will be scensory deprived while eating it. If you are going to eat at parties and talk, you might as WELL eat something healthy because you will only be HALF aware of what you are eating.

If you are not a big talker at parties – make it your goal to converse more – you will have a BETTER time and you will eat MUCH less.

WATCH WHAT YOU LIFT!
What’s the big deal you ask? If something is TOO HEAVY for you, you will know because you won’t be able to keep in your transverse all the way back to the 5th floor (back to the spine). Its very tempting to lift those Christmas boxes, the heavy Christmas presents for the kids, the HUGE turkey – have someone HELP you lift it if you can’t keep in that transverse or you will resplit or split further – your recti.

DO SOME SEATED TUPLER EXERCISES
Extremely potable exercises you can take with you anywhere in almost any circumstance. Bring your innermost muscle in as far back as you can go – hold it for a count of 30. Then do 5 squeezes out the back at the end. This is the elevator.

You can also go back with your innermost stomach muscle – transverse – all way back (5th floor), and release the muscle a little bit to the 3rd floor (imagining your belly as a sideways elevator). Do that 100 times – just make sure the movement is smooth and really SQUEEZE back the transverse everytime you go back to the 5th floor.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

While you might not be able to avoid them entirely, AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSILBE the five WICKED WHITES:

White Sugar
White Potatoes
White Flour (Bread)
White Rice
White Pasta

These strategies will help you avoid BLOATING, BULGING, BELLY ACHING, and sporting a BELLY BUMP (known as a pooch).