You dont have to wait for the New Year to bring a slim and healthy mindset to the forefront of your consciousness. You also don’t have to limit your thinking to just exercising and strict dieting to lose weight and get healthier.

Well, here we are- Christmas Eve and staring down the New Year. I think we can all agree its been a tough year. I hope all of you had bright and wonderful moments in between some of the harder realities.

Most of the folks that I run into need more protein in their diet. Significantly more. What I am hearing is that people find getting enough protein in their diet a chore, especially when on the go. No one likes chores. And, no one likes the feeling of working hard to lose weight or get fit and not seeing results.

The nuts and bolts of why most Americans gain 2-6lbs every Holiday season is because we eat more and exercises less. We cant change the amount of time between now and January 1st, but we can change how we use that time. Maintaining is the new losing during the Holidays. The easiest strategy to beat the bulge is to try to consume less calories in the coming festive weeks (then you normally would) before January 1st and get in more exercise. Given the extra strain on our schedules, this is easier said then done.