From Nick Nilsson
Author and Publisher of BetterU News
http://www.fitness-ebooks.com

Are you dangerously underweight this holiday season? I'm going
to give you some strategies will fix that FAST!

So, with all this talk about holiday weight loss and Joel
Marion's "Cheat Your Way Thin" holiday edition (with a holiday
cheat schedule, which is kind of a cool idea), I figured I should
also present the OTHER side of the coin and tell you how to best
GAIN weight over the holidays, too :).

I think you'll get a kick out of the article - I think it's
kinda funny but you can let me know either way.

Here's the link to Joel's book first, though (which is
excellent, by the way - similar in concept to my own Metabolic
Surge program in that it makes use of strategic and scheduled
dietary changes to prevent slowing of the metabolism).

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/cheat-diet-holiday.htm

He's thrown in a Restaurant Guide as well. In the guide, Joel
looks at the menus of more than 75 popular restaurants, providing
you with a detailed list of "Cheat Your Way Thin approved meals"
and options at each. This is really good to know for when you go
out to eat and don't want to just be staring a salad while
everybody else is chowing down.

I've also posted a great article from Joel called "Why Dieting
CAN'T Work" - very good info and really gets to the heart of what
his program is all about.

http://www.fitstep.com/Library/Guest-articles/dieting-cant-work.htm

Nick

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Top 10 Holiday Weight GAIN Strategies!

IMPORTANT! This information is strictly intended to be humorous!
Do not attempt these strategies unless you really, really feel
like it.


As a personal trainer, I always like to see people put on as
much weight as possible leading into New Years Resolution season.
It gives me more to work with when they come to me to lose it.
:)

If you find yourself dangerously underweight this holiday
season, fear not--help is on the weigh!! These tips will help you
to maximize your assets to the fullest extent possible in the
limited time you have available.


1. Nap After Every Meal

This includes breakfast. This is a favorite trick of the Sumo
wrestler. The idea is to eat as much as possible then go directly
to sleep, a time when your body doesn't use much energy and has a
greater tendency to store food as fat. Turkey and warm milk for
dessert will help you accomplish this if you're not tired
enough.


2. Follow Fatty Meals With a Sugary Dessert

What's the best way to make sure that fatty food isn't wasted by
burning it off? Eat 12 sugar cookies! The sugar will help raise
your insulin levels, helping to push that fat directly into your
fat cells where it'll be safe.


3. Stay Away From Veggies

Vegetables have far too much fiber and will leave you feeling
too full to eat enough afterwards. Even a good, rich dip won't be
able to compensate enough for this problem. If you love the taste
of dip, save it for the potato chips. Not only do chips have more
calories, they are shaped more like scoops than vegetables and
you'll be able to get more dip per chip.


4. Gravy is the Fifth Food Group

To really maximize your weight gain, your food pyramid should be
floating in a lake of gravy. Gravy is loaded with life-giving
energy in the form of fat and corn starch (a wonderful,
high-glycemic sugar that will help ram that fat right onto your
hips).


5. Reduce Your "Running Around Town" Levels

This is especially true when shopping for presents. You will
burn off way too many calories trying to fight the crowds at the
mall for you to effectively gain weight. Hire some neighborhood
children to fetch things for you or rent a golf cart. If you must
walk around when shopping, be sure to stop at the food court or
pretzel stand every half-hour to refuel.


6. Drink Alcohol Late At Night

Only do this if you are of legal age, of course, and never drink
and drive. Drinking is one of the best ways to increase your
unlean body mass that there is. Each gram of alcohol contains 7
calories per gram instead of the wimpy 4 calories in a gram of
regular carbohydrates. On top of that, alcohol has the added
bonus of turning off your fat burning hormones. And all of this
accomplished at night when your metabolism is at it's
slowest...what could be better??!!


7. Skip Breakfast, Have a Light Lunch and Hog Out At Dinner

By skipping breakfast and depriving your body of fuel, you will
help slow your metabolism early in the day when it normally would
be at its fastest. This will help set up your expansion plans!

The light lunch should consist mainly of sugary foods to help
skyrocket then plummet your blood sugar. This will help you to
feel much hungrier when you sit down for the big feast of the
day.

Dinner should consist of fatty meats, gravy, lots of butter, egg
nog, cookies, and something fried. If you must have a salad, save
it for last after you've finished up with your higher-calorie
selections. And be sure to cover it with enough dressing so that
you can't tell what color of food you're eating.


8. Save the Exercise For the New Year

Exercising will only burn off precious calories. It will also
help build muscle mass, which is a definite no-no if you want to
put on as much fat as possible. Muscle will burn up those
valuable calories that you've worked so hard for all day long.


9. Don't Leave The Table

A great weight-gain strategy is to park yourself at the table
all day long. Let someone else clean up the breakfast dishes,
wait there for snacks to be served, start into lunch soon after
that, lie back and have a snooze (provided you've planned ahead
and pulled a recliner up to the table), then wake up in time for
dinner. This will result in a favorable lethargy-to-gluttony
ratio.


10. Bonux Xmas Tip...The Santa Claus Racket

Tell your children to leave milk and cookies for Santa. When
they go to bed, drink the milk, eat the cookies and leave one
present under the tree. Wake up your children and tell them that
Santa only brought one present and that if they want another one,
they need to leave more milk and cookies. Sent them to bed. Drink
milk and eat cookies. Repeat.

The bonus part of this strategy is that your children may be so
tired by the time you're done, they might let you sleep in a full
fifteen minutes longer than they regularly would!

Put all these weight gain strategies into effect and I guarantee
there will be more of you to love come January 1st!

Or, if you want to actually LOSE, give this a try :)

http://www.fitstep.com/goto/cheat-diet-holiday.htm