The Executive Edge

1. Step 1

   First, remember that holiday time always involves tons of sweets. You will likely receive many different types of sweets as gifts, as will your family members. Your workplace will likely be full of sweets everywhere you look. It is very hard to resist partaking in some, if not all of these. Make sure to pack your own snacks. It's OK to have 1 or 2 , but not the whole box.

2. Step 2

   During times like this, it is even more important to eat all of your food mindfully. Just make it a point to be very much aware of everything that you are putting into your mouth. Don't just stand next to the water cooler chatting with a coworker while you pop truffles in your mouth that someone put out to share. Don't just gobble the whole box of chocolates that someone gave you just to "finish the box." Eat slowly and mindfully.

3. Step 3

   If someone gives you a gift of sweets, try to have the willpower to get them out of your house without even touching any. Consider bringing them to work or to your church to share, re-gift them or just walk into some charitable organization and hand it over with the the hopes that they will give it someone who doesn't have. If you feel obligated to sample some of what you were given, don't sample it at a time when you may end up eating the whole thing. Sample it right before you put it out in the break room at work, then quickly walk away.

4. Step 4

   Be very aware of how calories work. A small truffle could easily have 100 calories. so 10 are 1000 calories that will just turn into fat .That's enough energy to run about a 10 miles. Will you really be running a mile (or 10 )after work? If you eat the whole box of truffles, something I know I could easily do, you could easily have enough energy to run an entire marathon. Will you be doing that? In a sense, calories are calories. If you eat too many sweets in a day, compensate for that by eating as low-calorie and as low-fat as you possibly can for the rest of the day. Also do as much exercise as you can, even if it's just marching in place while watching TV.

5. Step 5

   Don't adopt a self-defeating and illogical mindset. Don't say, "Well, my diet is already shot to hell, so I might as well eat all the candy." That is just silly. Don't say, "OK, I'll just pig out between now and New Years Day, because on January 1 I am going to start the strictest diet that I've ever been on in my life." There is nothing magical about Jan 1 as a good day to start a diet. The right time is right now, even if you just finished a whole box of cookies.

6. Step 6

   Try to remember that even if you follow a diet perfectly, you will still only lose about 2 pounds per week on average (not counting initial water weight loss which doesn't involve fat loss). If you gain 10 pounds over the holidays, you are probably looking at at least 5 weeks of very strict dieting and exercise. Will you really do that, or will you get off track no later than Valentine's Day when more sweets come your way?

7. Step 7

   It is very, very hard to not gain weight over the holidays, but you don't have to agree in advance that you will, which many people do. You can honestly sneak past the holidays with little or no weight gain. Just try to be mindful and in control, and remember that there is never a wrong moment to eat healthy and exercise. Each moment is a new beginning. Jan 1 is only a calendar year beginning. It is not the first moment of the rest of your life, which is right now.

8. Hire a trainer, it amazes me that people think of nothing to spend $3000 or $4000 on a 1 week vacation but won't consider hiring someone that can really show them how to to care of their health the rest of their lives.You have to look at it as a investment in your health and future. What would your life be like if you lost all the weight you wanted or really got in great shape?

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