Quick tips on how to shed some of that extraness around the middle…

1. Become a bag lady! — No this doesn’t mean quit your job and opt for the best position under the bridge.  When you have a bunch of shopping bags don’t try and haul them up the stairs all at once.  Take one bag at a time.  The extra trips up and down the stairs will do you good!

2. Stand tall! — When waiting at the doctors office or outside your kids dance practice for things to wrap up, don’t sit down.  Keep standing!  Your body burns more calories when you are on your feet.  And while you are up, remembering to engage your ab muscles, pull your shoulders back and stand with some posture!  This little trick will also help tighten your tummy area!

3. Don’t hire a maid! — As if we all had the luxury,it was nice to pretend for a moment.  Get down and dirty with a couple extra chores.  We all know your place could use a little more scrubbing.  You will actually be burning calories while cleaning.

4. Blow a bubble! — Researchers have found that chewing sugarless gum can help you burn calories.  The motion of your jaw chewing will actually burn 11 calories an hour!

Make sure to listen every day for your daily beauty buster: easy tricks to bring out the supermodel in all of us!