Apple cider, eggnog, candy canes, fruitcake, Christmas ham, hot chocolate, hot buttered rum, gingerbread, mashed potato, pecan pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, and all kinds of pies and main dished, snacks, and drinks, which gives your liver a 24/7 duty of processing all that sugar, and turns the majority of it into fats. In this article we are not giving you advises regarding NOT eating all that delicious food, the holidays must be fun times, eating whatever we want is mandatory in this time of the year. Controlling the eating habits during the holidays allows you to enjoy all the good food, by not feeling full after one delicious meal and suffer all day long from a bloated stomach afterwards. By following these tips you will be able to almost maintain your weight and eat all the goodies during the holidays.

1. DRINK A LOT OF WATER

Water is the keystone for flushing out all the extra fat you receive from the meals. Drinking a glass of water before and after a meal, allows your digestive system to break down the food easily, thus you would not feel bloated if you are having a continuous eating habit. It is recommended to drink at least 15 glasses of water on daily basis.

2. WALK

Yes I know, it is the holidays, why should you walk instead of zipping on an eggnog and laughing at some common jokes? Taking a walk around the bloc for 15 minutes is not a biggie, it is not an intense activity, however it will gives you some blood flow to you muscles and prevents you from transforming some of the sugar intakes into fats.

3. CONSUME ALCOHOL MODERATELY

The best way to consume alcohol is to stick with one kind of drinks during the day, mixing alcohol and having cocktails will shock your system, and consider those empty calories as 100% extra intakes, which leads to bad hangovers. Drink a glass of water after every glass of alcohol to keep the % of alcohol stable in your blood stream.

4. DO NOT NEGLECT THE HEALTHY ADD-ONS

The best add-on to not neglect is CINNAMON, it slows down the passage of food from your stomach to the intestines, i.e. you will not be eating as much as usual. Check out this article to learn about the bestjuicing recipes to lose fat.

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The abs, the dream of each one of us is having a chocolate tablet abs, they are responsible of showing how lean you are, unfortunately, even with the presence of a big amount of articles, videos, and tutorials about getting abs, the majority fail to achieve that goal.

The causes can varies for each individual, but the most common main ones are the following:

1.You Need To Lose Weight

The fat surrounding your mid section needs to be flushed away, doing exercises that targets only the abs will not make that fat go away, you need to do big compound movements, such as deadlifts and squats. Click here and discover the most effective way to lose fat.

2.You Need To Do The Right Exercises

Your abs are always in action, once you wake up, they are responsible of holding your posture straight, thus you need to approach them while respecting that principal, which is having a good posture. Doing sit-ups are good, but it's not a great exercise, your spine become in a vulnerable state, and you only target the outer fascia of your abs. All you need is one exercise, which is leg raises, it's the most effective exercise for the abs, actually it makes your mid section so strong, and it gives you a stable strong middle section, thus you will be more comfortable while doing the deadlifts and the squats.

3.Be Aware Of Your Body Anatomy

Believe it or not, the shaped outer abs are obsolete comparing with transverse ads and the obliques, these late ones are more important, they are responsible of keeping you away from the snapping your back or having a hernia while lifting weights. Ergo you need to add a very important exercise to your routine in order to target these muscles, doing one arm dumbbell squats will allow you to fix any muscle imbalances, also will make your transverse abs and obliques stronger, and of course it has an aesthetic output too, it will give you a very nice bottom sweeps on the sides, like a warrior shield.

4.Learn How To Breath

This might sound very basic, but believe it or not, breathing during exercising is very crucial, thus knowing when to exhale and inhale is important, the principal is simple, inhale and hold your breath while the weight is moving, and exhale when the weight is not, however the pause must not reach a rest state, so exhaling and inhaling fast but effectively in order to get all oxygen you need and not pass out needs a lot of focus. At the end of this article you'll find a breathing exercise that will allow you to increase your capacity regarding this matter.

5. Detox Your Body

Sometimes even if your have a very low body fat, you body can hold water and make you bloated, meaning your skin will be full of water and makes you look like you have more fat to lose, thus your abs will not show up. Detoxing your body will let your skin look thin, which allow your muscles to stand out, including the abs of course, in order to do that you need to eat organic food and stay away from processed food, here is the top juicing recipes to detox your body.

Exercises

Leg Raises : 5 SETS / 15-30 REPS

One Arm Dumbbell Squat : 3 SETS / 10-15 REPS

Breathing Exercise : Bend over and inhale, while letting your torso pushing you up against your thighs, hold it for 5 to 15 seconds, repeat it several times.

Focusing only on diet to lose weight is not enough, you need to use those muscles and make them do what they are designed to. While juicing helps you lose weight and detox, the body needs a mechanic relief too, personally i prefer lifting weights, but you are free to do any kind of sport you like. For weight loss purposes you need to be aware of how your body burns fat, thus you lose weight. 

The Riddle 

Apples - 2 medium  364g
Celery - 4 stalk, large  256g
Cucumber - 1 cucumber  301g
Ginger Root - 1 thumb  24g
Kale - 6 leaf  210g
Lemon - 1/2 fruit  42g

Tik Tok 

Apples - 2 medium  364g
Beet Root - 1 beet  175g
Carrots - 4 medium 244g
Celery - 3 stalk, large 192g
Cucumber - 1/2 cucumber 150.5g
Ginger Root - 1/2 thumb 12g

Morning Galore

Beet Root - 1 beet 175g
Carrots - 2 medium 122g
Oranges - 2 fruit  262g

Tropicalis 

Ginger Root - 1/2 thumb 12g
Kale - 4 leaf 140g
Mango - 1 fruit without refuse 336g
Orange - 1 small 96g
Pineapple - 1 cup, chunks 165g

Popeye 

Beet Root - 1 beet  175g
Celery - 2 stalk, large  128g
Spinach - 3 cup 90g
Spirulina (dried) - 1 teaspoon 2.31g

The lower body of the woman is the most important part to focus on, the majority of you ladies don't want wide lats or 18 inch arms, also, the fat storing protocol in the woman's body make the fats go to the thighs and the backside, thus concentrating on working out your lower body intensely is a must.

In order to get sexy thighs and a round backside that fits the width, you need to do the right exercises that fits your requirements, the following is a standard program to target your lower body and sculpt those muscles with the right way, ergo you will develop a pear shaped body. Our goal will be revealing the feminine shape, by developing the thighs  andthe backside's sweeps, and of course leveling up the lower body strength. Also doing cardio will help lose the fats surrounding your thighs and glutes to bring up those nice shaped muscles, however this workout is so intense, it will make you burn so much fat, thus the muscles will show up.

THE WORKOUT:

Squat 5 SETS / 6-15 REPS ( Progressive Overload)

Keep the feet apart above the shoulders' width, but not to wide, the more close the feet are, the more your core is stable, and the more you target the quads. Of course you will be squatting to the depth.

Sumo Deadlift 3 SETS / 20 REPS (Use light weights)

Depends on the technique, each version will be targeting a different muscle group, over here, we want to target the abductors, the hamstring and the glutes, thus the body posture must follow these three simple rules: The shins must be parallel at the starting point, the back must stay flat, while you're pulling with your glutes and hamstrings keep the knees outwards to use your abductors.

Stiff-Legged Deadlift 4 SETS / 10-15 REPS

Now we will target especially the hamstrings, and also touch lit bit the glutes. Even if it's called stiff-legged deadlift, the knees must stay loose ( bend ) a little bit, while moving moving the weight upwards, the bar must stay close to the legs and moving these late backward to activate the hamstrings in order to move the weight.

Lunges 5 SETS / 10 REPS

This is a finishing exercise to target the glutes, the abductors, and the quads, it will pump your glutes so good, and give you a nice rounded feminine sweep for your backside.

Calve Raises 5 SETS / 20 REPS

Don't ignore the calves, proportions are also important, having diamond shaped calves will make your thighs stand out, and also helps develop the strength level

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1.Maple-Nut Granola
Makes: 10 cups

Nutrition Facts - 1/2-cup serving contain: 
255 calories
12 g fat (3 g sat, 4 g mono)
0 mg cholesterol
32 g carbohydrates
6 g protein
4 g fiber
15 mg sodium
92 mg potassium

Ingredients 

5 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup unsweetened coconut chips (Large thin flakes of dried coconut called coconut chips) 
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup unsalted pumpkin seeds
1/3 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup raisins

Method

1. Preheat oven to 275°F.
2. Put the oats, coconut, almonds, pecans, brown sugar, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds in a large bowl and mix them, another measure cup or bowl pour the syrup, water and oil, then pour this late mixture in the first large bowl containing the prime mixture, stir until you all the ingredients are well mixed, then spread it into a big roasting pan, 
3. Enter it in the over to get baked for 45 minutes, remove from oven, stir  again, put it back in the oven for 5 minutes, so on so forth until the color turns into a golden brown, and the mixture is crispy.

2.STUFFED SPAGHETTI SQUASH
Makes 2 servings

Nutrition Facts - 155 g contain:
0.4 g fat (0.3 g sat, poly 0.1, 0 g mono)
0 mg cholesterol
10 g carbohydrates
1 g protein
2.2 g fiber
28 mg sodium
181 mg potassium

Ingredients 

1 spaghetti squash
2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 red onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 jalapeno pepper, minced (leave seeds in for more heat)
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 Tbs. ground cumin
1 Tbs. Mexican oregano
1 Tbs. chili powder
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup freshly torn cilantro, plus more for garnish
1 lime

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Remove the seeds with a spoon then roast the squash on a baking sheet for 50 minutes. let it's temperature get back to normal for 30 minutes.  Then take a fork, and proceed scraping the flesh, ergo you will make the “spaghetti.” 
3. Heat the oil in a pan. For 2 minutes saute the onion, garlic, jalapeno pepper and red bell pepper. The add cumin, Mexican oregano, chili powder and a good pinch of salt and pepper, and saute for 1 minute. While stirring the mixture add the beans, corn and cilantro. Pour the lime juice (not too much) while still stirring. At the end add half of the "spaghetti" to the final mixture and stir for one last time.
4. Enter it to the oven until the color turn slightly golden brown

3.Spinach & Sun-Dried Tomato Stuffed Pizza

Makes: 6 servings

Nutrition facts - Per serving: 

291 calories
7 g fat (3 g sat, 2 g mono)
10 mg cholesterol
36 g carbohydrates
1 g added sugars
18 g protein
4 g fiber
607 mg sodium
419 mg potassium

Ingredients 

• olive oil

• 1 14-ounce package firm water-packed tofu, drained

• 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

• 1/2 cup chopped soft or reconstituted sun-dried tomatoes (soft sun-dried tomatoes, not packed in oil)

• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

• 1 pound prepared pizza dough, preferably whole-wheat (or you can prepare your own homemade version)

Method

1. preheat oven to 475°F. Pour the olive oil on a large baking sheet .
2. Crumble the tofu gently and mix it with spinach, tomatoes, Parmesan, mozzarella, basil, onion powder, salt and pepper, use your hands.
3. Flour a surface and roll the dough on it, make the dough as a baking sheet, allow the extra dough hanging from the oven cooking pan, the length equal the same as the base length. Spread the filling on the dough, then fold the overhanging dough over the filling. Seal the edges with a fork by pressing downwards. Don't forget to make tiny holes on the top for steam venting purposes.
4. Pour some olive oil on the top, and black olives for decoration as you wish, bake it in the oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until it's well browned, let it cool before you cut it.

The best way to burn fat is to do a high peak intense workout. Your body burn energy in 2 

levels, the first level of energy is burning the amount of sugar absorbed by your body, 

afterward if the intensity is still peaking, the body call for the second level of fuel, which 

is stored fats, thus we will focus on a continues intense workout for 20 minutes. As a busy 

woman, you must have a tight schedule, meaning, a daily 20 minutes fat burner workout 

will give you the wanted results :


Home Squats - 5 minutes Squatting : 45 Seconds For each set, and 15 Seconds Rest 

between each set, meaning, you'll do 5 sets, and do as many reps as you can during those 

45 seconds.

1 Minutes Rest

Split Squats Jumps - 5 Minutes : 45 Seconds For each set, and 15 Seconds Rest between 

each set, meaning, you'll do 5 sets, and do as many reps as you can during those 45 

seconds.

1 Minutes Rest

Jump Squats - 4 Minutes : 45 Seconds For each set, and 15 Seconds Rest between each 

set, meaning, you'll do 4 sets, and do as many reps as you can during those 45 seconds.

1 Minutes Rest

Mountain Climber Exercise  - 4 Minutes : 45 Seconds For each set, and 15 Seconds Rest 

between each set, meaning, you'll do 4 sets, and do as many reps as you can during those 

45 seconds.