Ok, let’s be honest… we all ate way too much over the Holiday break (even if you don’t celebrate, there tends to be a lot of extra calories lying around…)

And if you didn’t… well then you get a GIANT gold star! (Keep it up!)

As for the rest of us… Let’s start to get fit for 2013 now.

Fighting back by doing these 5 tricks to crush 1000 calories every day this week:

1. Threw out ALL of the junk food in your house. It’s true; if it’s out of sight it will be out of mind, too. (Calories saved = 1500 per day… maybe more.)

2. Increasing  fiber intake to 40 grams per day. (Most Americans only get 15.) This will help clean out pounds of “toxic junk” from your digestive system right away AND help  feel full longer. High-fiber foods include: barley, beans (black beans, navy beans, and lima), bran, cereal, peas, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, red potatoes with the skin, broccoli, oatmeal, and apples. Also try Benefiber in your nutrition shakes which you can find at any grocery store. (Calories saved… 400 a day.)

3. Dropping your total sugar intake to 30 grams or less per day. Sugar causes belly (and body) blubber, it lowers your immune system, and it is highly addictive. Lose it and you’ll lose those pesky cravings, too. (Calories saved… 300 a day.)

4. Drink LOTS of water a day to help flush your system and to improve natural calorie-burning metabolism. If you aren’t properly hydrated you won’t burn the flab as fast as you could. It’s true.

5. Start exercising intensely twice a day for 30 to 45 minutes a session. Remember… body blubber is just stored fuel. To burn it, you gotta move! (Calories burned = 400 a day.)

So there are 5 easy tips that can help you keep over 1000 calories off your body this week.