START 2010 WITH A FLAT STOMACH !

Christmas, New Year's Eve, Easter ... the end of the year is punctuated by lavish diners, abuse of chocolate and alcohol, excessive consumption of calories in total ! To avoid depressing on the scale follow my tips to keep your flat stomach.




Fasting is not the solution !
It is useless to think that not eating for three days you will lose your extra pounds. That's not true! On one hand it would be dangerous for your health (lack of vitamins needed by your body)and then you will starve and overeat and gain the double of what you have lost.
A healthy balanced diet is the key. You just need to eat a little of everything but a lot of fruits and vegetables. Throughout this year, you have an easy access to many fruits : clementines, kiwi, grapefruit, apples for example are the fuits of the winter. In spring, the choice will be even bigger! Vary the pleasures and know that you can eat fruits without moderation!

Eat light !
This may seem obvious but you have to eat light :

avoid eating to much fat: butter, margarine, oil containing 85% to 100% of lipids are not advised for cooking.

red meat should be excluded from your light diet. You will focus on lean meats (chicken) and fish (among the one with the least amount of calories: monkfish, cod, sole, bream, whiting, trout...).

you should prefer like yogurt and cottage cheese which are very low in fat. You can also combine your diet with wholegrain bread (maximum 150g per meal).

Hydration!

Drink, drink, drink ! Water of course ! It helps also eliminate the extra calories bring by the alcohol. You should drink plenty of water without any moderation.

Sport!

Courage! It will seems hard at first and then you will enjoy and do it again ! The return of sunny days is the perfect to restart physical activities. But you can start now by using stairs instead of elevators or escalators. It is a good habit that will allow you to tone your body and stimulate your blood circulation. Ride bycicles, go to a heated pool with some friends, walk, run ... are all activities you can practice to feel good about your body.

Practice a sport while eating light is the key for losing your extra pounds !

Good luck ladies!