Fit Yummy Mummy Blog – Post Pregnancy Weight Loss – Flat Tummy Workout

The 6 Week Holiday Hottie Transformation Challenge wrapped up this past week and out of the 80+ women who submitted their final essays and photos, 10 were selected to be in the running for the grand prize.

Thanksgiving marks the start of a 6 week event where we are bombarded with strategies to burn off the holiday weight gain. But did you know many of these tips are generic and flat out useless if your goal is fat loss?

The hot topic online right now is Fat Loss for the Holidays! Well I have a couple Holiday Fat Loss “secrets” of my own! While these may not be glamorous, if you follow me at all you know I will be as upfront as possible about what it takes to get results ~ glamorous results! Secret #1

6 Weeks to a Brand New Body – Proving results ARE possible over the Holidays! “When I set out to participate in the 6 week Holiday Challenge, I knew it would not be easy. Making big lifestyle changes are hard enough, but during what I typically call the “eating season”? Well, that’s just signing yourself for failure, right? The final weeks of November coupled with the holidays in December usually have a pretty negative impact on my waistline…and my “fat pants” usually find their way back into regular rotation in my wardrobe. Not this year. My goal was to just finish. I wanted to be consistent….and keep moving forward, even if that meant occasionally messing up. (After all, we all know Fit Yummy Mummy is NOT about perfection.) However, I am absolutely horrible at following through with weight loss programs or diets. That said, I was just fed up and really did hope to change some bad habits and lose some fat during the Fit Yummy Mummy Holiday Challenge. Once I started using the KUP accountability system, I quickly saw how off my eating truly was – and how far I really had to go. Each week, for six weeks I sought to keep up and post my daily KUP scores to hold myself accountable. It really worked! In the past, my food journaling would start out really detailed, and then I’d slack, and then I felt if I wasn’t counting every tiny calorie, then I might as well not count anything and I used that as an excuse to eat whatever junk I wanted. The KUP system was so simple, so quick that I didn’t have an excuse NOT to keep up with it. That said, I knew I was TRYING, really trying to eat better and work out consistently, but I wasn’t sure if my body was reflecting my good intentions. My scale weight budged a little here and there….and my jeans seemed to be feeling a little looser, but I felt I still wasn’t progressing as well as I wanted. How could I be with the occasional slip-ups, and planned indulgences that seemed to be a tad uncontrolled at times? Each day, I’d try to be a little better – drink a little more water, eat what I had planned, schedule my workout, have some “Jenny time,” etc. These little changes really added up. I didn’t take any measurements aside from weight until the challenge ended, and I was blown away. Sure, I still have a long way to go to my 20% bodyfat goal, but I’m so happy with my results! As much as we all hate before photos and measurements, they were really a GREAT gauge of my progress these last six weeks. I thought I’d be doing well if I just maintained, but I’m so proud to say that I have lost 13.5 inches in total!!! Thank you to everyone for the wonderful support, and a special thanks to Holly for this great program and this second to none community. Hugs to all of you for your motivation, advice and heart. I am so honored to be a part of the Fit Yummy Mummy family. Thanks to this, I know I’m going to enjoy the holidays and 2009 so much more that I’ve achieved a very big first step in the right direction. My stats: Date: 11.5.08…………………………….Date: 12.19.08 Age: 31……………………………………Age: 32 Height: 5′ 9″……………………………..Height: 5′ 9″ Weight: 153………………………………Weight: 146 (-6 lbs) Bodyfat: 28%…………………………….Bodyfat: 25.8 (-2.2%) Chest: 36″………………………………..Chest: 34″ (-2″) Waist (narrowest point): 32″………….Waist (narrowest point): 30″ (-2″) Abs (at naval): 34″……………………..Abs (at naval): 31″ (-3″) Lower abs (below naval): 37″…………Lower abs (below naval): 34″ (-3″) Bicep unflexed: 12.5″ (R)……………..Bicep unflexed: 12″ (-.5″) Hips: 40″…………………………………Hips: 39″ (-1″) Thigh: 24.5″ (R)………………………..Thigh: 23″ (-1.5″) Calf: 13.5″ (R)…………………………..Calf: 13″ (-.5″) CONGRATS TO EVERYONE that participated – this was not an easy time for a challenge, but we did it! WAY TO GO Fit Yummy Mummies! Merry Christmas and here’s to a FIT and HEALTHY 2009!” ~Jenny, Age 32, Mom of One, St. Louis, MO Ready to make your weight loss wishes come true? Need a little extra support, motivation and encouragement to make it happen? Come join us at ClubFYM.com and see how easy it is to get started and avoid the Diet Disasters of New Years in the past. ClubFYM.com `

Have 10 Minutes? Short burst exercise is your solution to to burning Fat Calories – not just calories, over the holidays. High intensity exercise burns off significantly more body fat than traditional, steady-state endurance exercise. You work your entire body in a very short period of time. You will boost your metabolism, feel energized, beat holiday stress and look great, all from a mere 15 minutes of your day. Perform the pair of exercises in Superset A 2-4 times in a row with little to no rest, before moving on to Superset B to repeat 2-4 times in a row. Conclude with burpees for intervals.
Super set A 1. Dumbbell Swings – 10-20 2. T-Ups – 6-10

Super set B 1. Reverse Lunge – 6-10 2. V-Ups – 8-15

Intervals with Burpees

Perform sequence of burpees for 30 seconds, rest 30 seconds, repeat for a total of 4 to 6 minutes. Yes, it is intense and yes that is all you need to do for “cardio” for your holiday workout.
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