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Top Ten Tips for Getting Fit in 2009
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Happy New Year!

I hope that this year is a much better one for everyone in all ways.

Are you feeling the effects of holiday gluttony? Too many holiday
favorites, too little in the work-out department? Do you think you
should drop and do 100 push-ups, or maybe 100 crunches?

Not just yet. Before you do - let's build up your "inner fitness"
first. Once you get your head around getting fit you'll be able to
be sure that your 2009 resolutions aren't empty promises.

Here are ten tips to help you start the new year on a HEALTHY,
fitness-forward note.

#1 – Identify Your Goal.
Plan your goals. It's much more than saying “I want to lose

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Dieting through the Holidays - Part 3
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Season's Greetings Friends!

As the holidays get closer and closer many dieters are now to the
point that they are hoping they end soon! Of course it's not easy
to lose at this time of the year - but remember as I've said in a
previous newsletter - even maintaining your weight at this time of
the year is good.

More parties and family gatherings are taking place now and it will
be like this until the New Year.

Some of us will be trying new recipes or making some tried-and-true
dishes, and some will be trying to find ways to make the
tried-and-true a healthier dish. Which brings me to READING LABELS.

Dieting through the Holidays - Part 2

THEY'RE BAAAACCCKKKK!

The holidays that is! Each day we draw closer and closer with much more
temptation. And it is not easy when you are determined to lose weight and
have be so dedicated and faithful only to have a dear friend or relative or
two try to persuade you to indulge more than you want. Of course "it's the
holiday", or "but Aunt Mabel made these special just for you - she knows
how much you love them", or "but we are only together at this time of the
year" and yada, yada, yada.

Friends mean well but sometimes they just don't understand. And if you
have been having difficulty trying to lose excess weight or maintain after
the long struggle of dieting, it's not easy.

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TODAY'S GOAL: Dieting through the Holidays
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Season's Greetings Friends!

It's Marygrace - contributing writer for TeamDiets, here wishing
you a wonderful holiday season!

Please don't tell me that you are dreading it because you are going
to gain 10 or even 15 pounds before it is over! Where's your WILL
POWER?

Is it possible to make it through the holidays and maintain your
present weight or even lose a pound or two? Of course it is! It
may not be easy - as a matter of fact it can be downright HARD to
do! After all, it's the time of the year when family and friends
gather (some whom aren't seen in some time or only during the
holiday season), holiday parties at work, home, with friends,

Eat less ... lose weight?!? Here's the other stuff you can do to get leaner.

1) Don’t diet to extremes. Reducing calories by 15-20% a day will almost exclusively burn fat while larger cuts in calories will burn a combo of muscle tissue and fat. Muscle drives the metabolism – calorie burning. This is why extreme low calorie diets don’t work unless you’re doing some type of weight training to maintain or increase your muscle and metabolism.

2) Graze all day. Professional athletes and models eat all day long yet keep their total calories under control. The grazing method, 5-6 small meals, elevates the metabolism. Each time you eat, the metabolism increases, and over a 6-10 week period, that increase can parlay into another 2-3 pounds of fat loss.

Membership is growing daily and I want to extend congratulations and welcome to all of you who have joined team diets. You have taken the first step needed in attaining your weight loss goals. Just joining TeamDiets alone is not going to get it done though. To accomplish anything in life you need to have an organized plan to succeed and put it into action. I have been working with clients and athletes for over 25 years and know from experience that the average person will need support, accountability and guidance to put that plan into action and stay committed to it. TeamDiets is here to assist you in organizing a plan.