Haha, I mean, c’mon, how could you not use this quote? I just about died when I saw it on Instagram. Yup. We all know those folks. Unfortunately, I and most of y’all are not blessed with those genes. So here’s how to shed that Thanksgiving weight in a week.
EATING:
IF IT AINT HEALTHY, THROW IT OUT – Call it wasteful but if it’s not good for your health, there’s no reason to keep it and keep eating it. Either let other family members take it or if you’re left with it, it’s probably because no one else wants it which is even more reason you should just toss it out. If you have kids or hubbies who want it, divide it up into pieces for them in separate Tupperware. This will help prevent you from taking small fork bites out of it.
KEEP THE HEALTHY STUFF – Totally, if you can, keep the turkey and veggies. You’re good to make yourself turkey sandwiches or put them in the salads you’ll be feasting on the next few days.
GREEN LEAN MACHINE – Double up on your greens and cut your carbs in half. More than likely you will have overloaded on carbs the last few days, so keep those to a minimum. You will want to eat at least two meals of spinach salad per day. If you’re like me, and love salads, this is no problem for you. However if you hate salads, just remembered that this is only temporary and something that will help you get back to your normal weight. Also, double up your protein in those salads to help you feel fuller! Add things like sliced almonds to give it a great crunch.
JUICE IT UP – If you absolutely cannot do more than one salad a day, swap it for pressed green juices. Regardless though, you should drink a couple pressed juices a day for the rest of the week. One green juice and another colored one (the beet detox is always great. It has beets, apples, ginger, carrots. Sometimes one of these is swapped with another veggie or fruit – every brand has their own, but go for whichever one has beets. It’s so bomb!)
BATTLE THAT SWEET TOOTH – If you still have a bad sweet tooth, supplement it for some healthy kettle corn and a lot of fruit (or fruit parfaits BUT only with: Lite&Fit vanilla green yogurt (this brand has the most protein and least amount of sugar & calories compared to most), strawberries, blueberries, sliced almonds, and small dab of healthier granola (but leave this out if you can)). Healthy kettle corn or parfaits still aren’t the BEST in terms of super clean eating but I can guarantee you it’s better than all the cake, pies, cookies, and ice cream you’ve had. Chances are you’re still going to be craving sweets the day after so let these calm them.
Now onto working out. Eating clean will help you lose the weight and working out will just help you get there faster. Most thing that if you work out, you can eat whatever you want. WRONG. Losing weight is 80% diet, 20% gym.
(NOT) KANYE’S NEW WORKOUT PLAN
Day after Thanksgiving
AM: 3 mile walk/jog/run
PM: Hit cardio again for 40 minutes. Elliptical, bike, run again, whatever
Day 2 after Thanksgiving
AM/EARLY AFTERNOON:
Warm up: half mile jog, 50 walking lunges, 50 air squats
Lower body workout:
3 sets:
12-15 squats
20 walking lunges with weight
3 sets:
12-15 Dumbbell Deadlifts
20 air squats
3 sets:
12-15 sumo squats
10 split lunges each leg
3 sets:
10 leg curls (on machine)
10 hamstring curls (on machine)
Finisher (3 rounds)
50 jumping squats
40 sec plank
30 jumping lunges
20 jack knives
10 air squats
PM: 30 min of cardio
Day 3 after Thanksgiving
AM/EARLY AFTERNOON:
Warm up: 1 mild jog or stairmaster for 10 min
Upper body workout:
3 sets:
10-12 seated row
10 elevated pushups on seated row bench (hands on bench, feet on floor)
10 leg lifts on bench. (Lay on the beach, let your butt hang off one end, hold yourself with both hands above your head and slowly lift your legs, keeping them as straight as possible)
3 sets:
10-12 lat pull downs
10-12 bicep curls
30 sit ups
3 sets:
12-15 Tricep pushdowns
10 bench assisted dips
15 jack knives
3 sets:
10-12 dumbbell shoulder press
10 light dumbbell shoulder raises
30 sec plank
Finisher:
10 pushups
20 jack knives
30 skaters
40 burpees
50 wall balls (or thrusters if you don’t have wall balls)
PM: 30min cardio
Day 4 after Thanksgiving
AM/EARLY AFTERNOON: cardio for 45 minutes
PM: cardio for 45 minutes
By day 5, with the clean eating and heavy workouts, you should be okay! If not, repeat these for another 4 days!