Thanksgiving is on its way. You have much to be thankful for
this, and every, year. I will address gratitude and blessings in another post.
Today, I want to help you avoid the post-Thanksgiving glut-guilt. You will like
this plan! It lets you eat a real dinner (and dessert) without the feelings of
regret. How can this be done? I’ll show you how I have done it for many, many
years.
The problem most of us fall into during the holidays is,
poor planning. I’m not talking about shopping, invitations, decorations or
cooking. I mean, we don’t do proper calorie-prep. Think about your typical approach
to holiday celebrations. You plan your schedule, your outfits, what to do with
the kids, pets, work, bills, etc. Yet we typically forget about the calories.
Oh yes, we think about the calories. We think
about how poor our nutritional habits will be during this time. We make
promises to ourselves. We claim that we will start exercising and eating right in
the coming new year. It will be our “New Year’s Resolution”. I have a question. Has that plan worked for
you? If not, try this instead.
You have nearly two weeks until Thanksgiving. (If you read
this later, use it for the next food-filled event you will attend.) Try
starting now. Rather than wasting the time until your feast, then eating like a
Viking at that feast, and attempting to repair the damage, try a preemptive
strike!
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This time, burn as many calories as possible between now and
that big day. Get to the gym, run, eat light. Start trimming-down and creating
good habits BEFORE the Thanksgiving feast. (Come on. You can do this for a
couple of weeks!) Then, enjoy! You know you will overdo it on that day.
Everyone does. That’s OK, once in a while.
This time, you will have done all the right things before-hand.
You will feel good, not only about the work you have done, but the good habits
you have begun. You will enjoy the same meal as everyone else but, as they slip
backward, you will only move (slightly) toward where you were weeks before. Yet
you will have one amazing advantage over everyone else!
You have begun your New Year’s Resolution more than a month
early! By the beginning of the new year, as your friends and coworkers are
trying on their brand-new running shoes for the first time, you will be in full
swing. Heck, keep going!
Try this method this year. I promise you, if you start today
and stay consistent for the next couple of weeks, you will be glad you did. In
fact, many of you will have successfully made a permanent and wonderful, life
change.
Get to it!!!
