Saturday, December 25, 2021
It’s the flipping biscuits again, I just can’t seem to wean myself off them. So my weight loss stalled, again. I mean I regained my pre-holiday weight from beginning of December, but losing the next few grams is challenging. Plus it’s Christmas.
I will not be defeated by Christmas though. No way.
Mentioning to my friends that I’m trying to get back being good with food and exercise between my holidays and Christmas their response is automatic. “Now? Why bother? Do it after Christmas.”
I realised a recently, that that’s exactly the problem with weight loss. We let things go when we’re on holidays, when it’s Christmas, it’s a birthday party, someone’s wedding, long weekend away, etc etc etc
The problem with that is, when you look at your social calendar, you’ll find so many days filled with something to do, when you are just not being mindful, not worrying about what you eat and how much, about going for that walk – that the weight creeps up, your muscles lose definition, your health suffers. Then there is the ever lasting message of – I’ll start the diet after Christmas; or when I come back from holidays, and so and so forth.
I’ve began to think, that is the wrong attitude toward keeping healthy, particularly when you are trying to lose weight. Don’t get me wrong, I do think it’s good to let go, and not worry about what you put in your mouth from time to time; but if I did that in December, a month usually filled with meeting friends, restaurants, catch-ups, sometimes trips away and of course Christmas – I’d be back where I started in 2020. Even this year, through pandemic there have been opportunities to go out, go away, stuff my face.
Thus for a while now, the attitude I’ve been adopting is to be mindful of what I eat and how I eat, even during holidays and especially Christmas. Just because it’s a festive season and the kitchen is stuffed to the brim full of special treats and goodies – doesn’t mean that I have to eat them all at once. A little bit of everything, eat slowly, don’t go for seconds if you’re not really hungry – otherwise you’ll only regret it after Christmas.
Well, today is December 25th. Turkey is in the oven. Christmas cake on the kitchen table. About a dozen boxes of chocolates in the living room. And more bottles of alcohol on the counter.
I’ll tell you what happened after Christmas. For now, wish me luck. LOL
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