With the holiday season, can you still eat, drink, be merry and still stay fit? Answer: Absolutely—and here are some easy-to-follow guidelines to help you. If you stick to these, you’ll start 2007 in super shape – with no need to make New Year’s resolutions…

I’ve met several people who were quite strong and who looked like bodybuilders before they ever went into a gym. But these people are rare. Most of us are all too familiar with the scenarios described above. And this is why attaining that bodybuilding look is hard for most people. What’s the answer? How can the average person attain a really spectacular physique? Hard work, consistency, and dedication. These are the core principles of the Parrillo philosophy. If you can give me those, I can give you a great physique. Without those, all the information and training and supplements in the world just don’t matter. It’s really up to you. So how do you do it?Nutrient Partitioning The key concept is an idea called nutrient partitioning, which means directing ingested dietary energy toward the lean compartment and not to fat stores. The idea is to have your food energy go to build muscle while drawing on your fat stores to fuel activity. Achieving this requires two things. First is a very specific eating program which supplies energy in a way which supplies nutrients to build muscle but not providing calories which are stored as fat.