5 Simple Tips To Stay Lean During the Holidays

Wouldn’t you like to stay lean with the holidays just around the corner? If yes, read on.

I’ve compiled six tips from some of the world’s top bodybuilders and fitness gurus.

You can indulge and feast on the food you love without putting on fat.

You can have your cake and eat it too.

1. Go on a keto diet

Go on a keto diet or a low carb diet for a week before your big feast. Dr. Jim Stoppani recommends keeping carbs at 0.25 grams per pound of body weight. This way, when you indulge in eating carbohydrates, your body will be replenishing your glycogen stores.

2. Don’t snack mindlessly

Be aware when you are enjoying something extra, and don’t snack mindlessly just because it’s there. Enjoy some of that candy and then put it away. (Better to keep it out of sight.)

3. Use Intermittent Fasting

Including intermittent fasting always helps, especially on days before your big meals. The extra calories from the meals will be sufficient to break your fast, without the risk of gaining fat.

4. Work out as usual

Stick to your schedule as much as possible and workout, especially on days with huge meals. The calories from the meals will be used to replenish your muscles.

5. Make up for high-calorie days

Make up for high-calorie days by lowering calories (especially fat and carbs) on other days.

Bonus tip (my personal take on it)

YOLO. Eat, snack, and drink as much as you like. But know that when you’re done, you will need about two weeks of dieting to get back to where you started.

I say it’s worth it.