The Two - Week Body Makeover

Follow this fat-torching diet and workout plan to lose up to 10 pounds in 14 days.

- Nicole Catanese

THE WORKOUT

The plan, designed by New York fitness guru Taryn Toomey, creator of The Class (www.taryntoomey.com), is a unique workout that incorporates using your body weight for challenging strength moves and cardio blasts set to motivating music and mantras.

Simply do Days 1 to 7, then repeat the plan for another week. The result: Carve out lean muscle head to toe, and turn your body into a natural fat burner. All you need: a yoga mat and the custom playlist Toomey curated for Days 1, 3, and 5. (Download your favourite tunes for the other sessions.)

DAYS 1+3+5 CARDIO-AND-STRENGTH COMBO

Using the playlist below, do each move for the duration of each song. Move 1: Jump squats. How-to: Squat deeply and reach arms forward. Exhale as you jump up, reaching arms behind you with an audible “Hah!” Move 2: Wide leg drops. How-to: Stand in a wide plié with feet turned out, squat down, contract inner thighs and buttocks, engage pelvic floor muscles, and lower and lift to the beat. Mantra: When your inner voice says, “I want to stop,” choose strength, says Toomey. “Change the conversation you have with yourself.” Move 3: Jumping jacks. Move 4: Forearm knee lifts. How-to: On all fours with forearms on the floor, bend your right leg at a 90-degree angle, flex foot, and pulse your heel toward ceiling. Mantra: “Act like you’re pushing into something that’s been stuck emotionally,” she says. Move 5: Inner-thigh toner. How-to: Lie on your right side. With your right leg straight and toes pointed, bend your left knee and place your left foot behind your right knee, then lift and lower your right leg. Move 6: Burpees.