My Diet Plan Zone

Holidays are a time of year that we spend with family and friends enjoying delightful meals. While it is common to go off a diet plan during the holidays, overeating can cause weight gain from between 5-10 pounds. Losing that weight can take weeks or even months, so it is better we practice a bit of self dicipline to avoid a sudden weight gain.

Here are some tips to help avoid holiday overeating…

1.) Eat smaller portions - Sure we all love the turkey, ham and all the fixings, but moderating the size of portions we eat is essential to avoid sudden weight gain.

2.) Don’t go back for seconds - It’s tempting to continue eating something that tastes so good but going back for a second portion can add unsightly pounds and inches. Again, a little self discipline can go a long way.

3.) Avoid desserts - Most of us will find this tip to be one of the hardest tips to deal with but skipping dessert can be a necessity to avoiding holiday overeating. If you must have that slice of pie, try a half a slice instead.

4.) Don’t snack in between meals - One problem with holiday overeating is that there are plenty of snack foods that are tempting in between meals. If you must snack in between meals, try eating small amounts and resist the urge to eat mini-meals in between meals.

5.) Resist the urge to finish leftovers - Most people are conditioned to finish everything on their plate and to finsh any leftovers from our holiday feasts. Leftovers can be frozen in plastic storage containers and enjoyed again later on. There is no reason to “clean the fridge” of leftovers when we can make TV dinner meals to be used in the future.

The holidays are a wonderful time full of delicious foods but making a concerted effort to avoid holiday overeating can be one of the smartest things we do to stay on a healthy diet plan.

Love handles are anything but lovely and they are a big problem for most men and women these days. Does it seem the built-up fat that widens your waist never seems to go away no matter how much you diet, how many crunches or how much abdominal work you seem to be doing?

Today I would like to share with you a couple of little secrets about how to get rid of love handles fast and how to keep those love handles off through simple exercise and diet.

Love handles are simply built-up body fat so you will have to clean up your eating habits. For some dieters this will mean omitting the junk food and for some it will require lower calories while others will benefit from carb rotation. Most importantly, quality nutrition is the ultimate key to get rid of love handles.

Increasing your cardiovascular exercise such as an elliptical trainer will benefit the process but you should not over-do it. Instead, you should increase what you are currently doing in small amounts, and challenge yourself with weekly goals. Training your abdominals is important because abdominal work will strengthen the muscle under the fat. In addition to developed abdominals comes increased circulation which can aid in burning fat indirectly.

Abdominal Training Techniques to Avoid

1. Avoid Twists - Twisting exercises, especially the ones done from side to side with a stick, pole or other resistance object can actually widen your waist, not slim it down.
2. Avoid Side Bends - Side bends (weighted or not) can also add size to your waist which will only make it look thicker.
3. Avoid Hanging Leg Raises or Knee-Ups - These do not target the lower abdominal, they actually work the sartorius muscle that runs down the leg.
4. Avoid Adding Resistance - Unless you have a genetically small waist If you lack natural symmetry and have a blocky shape, you should avoid abdominal resistance.

Effective Abdominal Training Techniques

1. Stomach Vacuums - Stand upright and simply pull your stomach in, hold it there for as long as possible and release. Repeat three times.
2. Lying Pelvic Lifts - Lie flat on your back on the floor and put your legs in the air so that your body is in an “L” position. Slowly, in a controlled motion, raise your hips off the floor an inch or two and then return to starting position.
3. Modified Crunches - Lie on the floor with your legs crossed indian style and do a regular crunch exercise.
4. Elbow to Opposite Knee Crunch - Lie on the floor with knees in bent position and crunch your elbow to the opposite knee.

As soon as you get your diet plan in shape, avoid the exercises that can widen your waist and practice the effective abdominal exercises, you’ll be on your way to getting rid of those unsightly love handles forever.

If you have been searching around the internet for a diet plan that works, you may have seen numerous ads for Wu-Yi Tea, which the ads proclaim is a secret Chinese or Japanese women have used for centuries to stay slim and healthy.

On the advertisment page, you will see that the company claims to have access to an exclusive source for this special tea which can help you burn fat effortlessly and melt the unwanted pounds right away. These claims are often accompanied by written testimonials from people “just like you” who swear this particular brand of tea has helped them achieve weight loss they could not achieve through conventional methods.

On the Wu-Yi Source website, a list of potential benefits for people using this product is worded as follows:

1) May brighten skin while improving skin clarity
2) May fortify your immune system
3) May promote stronger, whiter teeth
4) May enhance body-mind wellness
5) It is 100% Natural and Organic

It is important that you take note that each one of these claims except the last one is started with the word “may”, and there is no actual claim that the product will produce the results guaranteed. It is also important to note that the fine print also carries the typical disclaimers, “Results Not Typical” and “When Used in Conjunction with Diet and Exercise” to alleviate the manufacturers of any claims arising from lack of anticipated results.

There are also reports of counsumers being ripped off by www.Wu-Yi.com who offers a 60 free trial, yet like other bizzare marketing firms, the only hope for a consumer to get out of their billing cycle is to cancel their credit card or report it stolen.

The Consumerist reports, Wu Yi Tea, The New Diet Scam which entails the runaround one unlucky consumer received after trying to cancel her free trail of Wu Yi Tea aka “Hollywood’s Hottest Diet.”

Unfortunately diet programs, beauty regimens, and herbal supplements are not government regulated industries, so it is imperative that you research the company before handing over your credit card information to anybody. Searching for “Wu Yi” and “scam” yields enough scary results to make you think twice about the product.