I joke with my Jazzercise students as we are working our inner and outer thighs that we are getting ready for our “Winter Swimsuits.”
Although I am joking, the holidays can be an attack on the body. I love celebration as much as anyone but I do declare the after effects can make the beginning of 2012 more of a hassle than it needs to be.
My exercise of choice for holiday prep.
My plan? Treat the holidays like swimsuit season and get uber fit now. How? Three ways really:
1) Ramping up my exercise. For me that’s teaching Pure Muscle, a 4 class, 45-minute strength training class meant to fatigue muscles and tone the body.
2) Eating Right. Last week I started my third cycle of 21 Days with Snap Kitchen. I was initially amped to try Snap Kitchen’s 21-Day Fitness plan and see what it would bring. Well at the end of the 21-days, I didn’t want to stop. Too convenient. Now with two-cycles down and 4 days into the next, I not only feel better, I look better. Name a potential benefit and I am enjoying it. Better skin, weight loss, metabolism, energy, etc. etc. Weight loss wasn’t a main factor for me when I started with Snap, but as I fit in clothes I had given up on and buy smaller sizes of new things, I have to say I don’t mind one bit! The combo of eating right and exercising will never go out of style!
Get fit now so you don't have to deny yourself later...
3) Don’t sweat it. The worst thing I could do this season is clamp down and take out the little daily joys. Where is the fun in that? For example I spent last night at a slumber party with my high school girls. Twizzlers were looking at me. A open bag of Twizzlers were calling my name. Rather than deny myself the little enjoyment, I had some. Divine! I also pick up a bag of cookies and brownies from Snap Kitchen every time I pick up my food. You never can be too prepared for a sugar emergency…when I know it is coming from Snap aka made with ‘clean food’ I don’t hesitate to add that into the day.
By the end of the month..when holiday eating is in full swing, I will be ready for the winter swimsuit no problem. 
