Post Christmas Yuck!

Hey All! I hope you made it through the holidays with healthy choices and lots of laughter!  I managed to make it through another holiday with no weight gain!  I definitely loosened the straps this holiday.  Over Thanksgiving, I was so worried that I probably focused on it more than necessary.  So for Christmas,  I wanted to let loose and just see what happened.

Granted, my stomach can NEVER eat the kinds of portions that I used to.  So even if I wanted to stuff myself, I really can’t anymore!  On Christmas Eve I ate two very luscious and rich meals.  I kept my portions in control but I could still feel the ‘food hangover’ the next day.  So what did I do? I ate more! On Christmas Day I made all sorts of bad choices: candy, Christmas Dinner, movie popcorn, alcohol and even POP.  I was very nervous about getting on the scale this morning but my metabolism has been keeping up better than I thought it would.

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The weigh in went fine but when I woke up I felt GROSS.  All morning I kept feeling the sugar, carbs and yuck floating around in my body.  (TMI WARNING!) And I kept having to make trips to the bathroom over and over.  I knew I had to get to the gym.

So I went and did The Christmas Eve Workout again this morning and now I feel SOOO much better.  I keep forgetting that just because I CAN eat things like candy now and then, my body still doesn’t want them.  I’ve re-calibrated what my body craves and needs so much that now when I have a crappy eating day, it’s not worth it.  The feeling I had this morning was NOT WORTH eating everything I did!  Needless to say I had a giant salad for lunch and will be cooking a healthy meal tonight as well and already feel much better.

I think it’s fine to gorge for the holidays as long as you keep it reasonable.  What I have to remember next year, is the morning after Christmas YUCK.  For me it was not worth it!

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