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"   There was a time when, if you ate too many Christmas cookies during the holiday season, you would simply hit the gym a bit harder and try to slog off those sugar-induced extra pounds. But now, the latest post-holiday weight-loss solution is to just, uh, freeze the pounds off. Called &amp;quot;CoolSculpting,&amp;quot; the procedure involves clamping a gel patch to your skin, which freezes the fat cells beneath at sub-zero temperatures. The dead cells are then &amp;quot;flushed&amp;quot; away by your body after a couple months. (We&amp;#039;re not exactly clear on the mechanics of this part.) While CoolSculpting was developed by California scientists and approved by the FDA in 2010, this year marks a surge in demand for the procedure, maybe because word got out that it&amp;#039;s pretty painless\u2014you can apparently work on your laptop or watch a movie while the device does its thing. Even men, who tend to be more plastic-surgery-averse than women, are jumping on the bandwagon. Certainly, the treatment is far less invasive that liposuction, but we&amp;#039;re not sure that quick-fixes like this really work in the long run. Especially since, even though your fat cells are gone from one part of your body, they&amp;#039;ll just expand in other areas if you don&amp;#039;t stick to a healthy diet and regular exercise routine.  But, we want to know what do you think: Would you try a treatment like this? Or do you prefer traditional diet and exercise when it comes to weight loss?  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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