Starting this week and over the next month or so, we're facing a barrage of calories. Thanksgiving is a couple of days away and there's going to be tons of delicious, physique blurring foods everywhere. As hard as you work all year, you should enjoy yourself and your family.

 

Here are a few quick pointers on enjoying yourself while not sacrificing your results.

 

Lets start with some calorie burning training strategies...

 

1) If you're heading to the gym, perform the toughest workout of the week on Thursday morning. Whether you do full body workouts, or you like to split your workout into pushing/ pulling exercises or body part splits.
 

Performing the workout before the big feast will allow your body to use the feast to it's advantage. A good portion of the feast will go toward recovery of glycogen stores and muscle repair- instead of fat stores.
 

After the workout, your muscles are like a sponge waiting to soak up all the nutrients.

 

2) If you workout at home, bodyweight workout that turns your body into a fat burning furnace, or our sample our Bodyweight Exercises "How To" section. Here are a couple below to get you started.

 

     

 

      

More videos here.

 

3) If you're hosting Thanksgiving and simply have no time to get to the gym, perform Eugene's 7.5 minute Tabata workout- it's a workout that can be done at home, and is stimulates the metabolism like wildfire. You'll also get all the benefits mentioned above.

 

Here are some holiday nutritional tips to keep the body fat away...

 

4) Drink a whole bunch of water (or as the professionals say, stay hydrated). Keep a bottle of water (or green tea with some lemon squeezed in for flavor) by your side at all times. You're much better off getting those calories from food instead of drinking them.

 

If you're the one hosting and or preparing everything, it can get hot in the kitchen. You'll also be running around to stores and stress levels can get up there. Water helps quench your thirst and helps ease the stress. Usually, the meal itself will contain copious amounts of sodium and getting a consistent flow of fresh fluids will help you from getting bloated.

 

5) Eat the vegetables first in the meal. This will help cut down on gorging on the other stuff. The fiber fills you up quick and you'll be less likely to go crazy on the stuffing and pies.

 

6) Eat the turkey and other proteins first. There's not that many calories in turkey, compared to the to the other goodies on the table. Protein also fills you up quicker. (below are some more reasons for eating turkey before the stuffing and other goodies)
 

7) Try the green apple trick. Green apples have pectin- a fiber that takes fills you up, as well as a natural chemical that satiates you
 

8) Instead of the Thanksgiving Turkey, have tofurkey, the tofu shaped as a turkey.
 

Eat your damn turkey and enjoy it! Don't listen to the fun killing food police. Believe it or not, turkey is an excellent source of protein and does NOT make you tired.

 

Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!

 

P.S. It may be a good idea to get our Black Book of Secrets now to reduce or avoid the damage from all the holiday meals. It contains exactly what you should be eating, and the exact exercise plan you need to keep your body fat in check. It's instantly downloadable and comes with a few cool bonus tools to keep track of everything. Check it out here