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.
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!