How Celebs Stay Slim During the Holidays

Psst: Celebrities eat holiday cookies, too. So just how do they indulge and keep their bellies flat? We went to their trainers, stylists, and chefs for the little tricks that can help you stay slim (or at least look slim!) for the holidays, too.

1. Ramp it up, starting now.
Maybe this isn’t what you wanted to hear, but the celebs trained by Jorgen de Mey start intensifying their workouts a few weeks before the holidays. The author of The Action Hero Body trained Bridget Moynahan (star of Six Degrees and I, Robot) through her pregnancy and is now working with Wedding Crashers star Isla Fisher through hers.

“Choose an intense workout that increases your heart rate for a longer period of time, and ramp up the number of workouts you do,” de Mey suggests. “This will burn more calories for that activity, and it will also increase your overall metabolic rate so you will burn off more of the party food you’re eating.” For example: “One client was doing easy stretching yoga once a week and Spinning once a week. I had her skip the yoga for a while and, instead, just do the more-intense Spinning three times a week,” de Mey says.