It's usually about now when I start flipping through my mental roladex of every trainer, nutritionist and dietitian I've ever had. I sort through the various contradictory holiday menu advice ( "Eat all you want on Sunday!" "Have two tablespoons of everything!") and try to conjure an eating plan to get to the New Year without packing on more than say, 2 pounds. Impossible. Yep, you heard me: Holiday Eating Plan.
How spontaneous and exciting, you say! But for someone who not only dreams of dancing pecan pies and marshmallow smothered sweet potatoes, but prays to them, I expect nothing less from myself. Long gone are the days of the pre-T-day double spin class (read: Two kids. This so aint happening) along with the will-of-steel to deprive myself of food that I really…just…want. Life really is too short. And I say that because I'm getting old. It really is too short. And I wanna eat shit.
This email arrived into my IN BOX today and I got scared straight.
There really is no free lunch. If you wanna stay fit, feel healthy, ok, look hot, you really can't eat what you want. There is something beyond totally depressing about this and yet at the same time…liberating. I mean, it kind of makes things, I don't know…easy? Yes, easy! Like being a monk – you've given up the pleasures of the material world but you've gained mental and spiritual freedom! Ah-so!
Anyway if you want to stay physically fit and strong this season, it all starts in your MIND.
Read below more about Mental Toughness Is The Key To Avoiding a “DIET DISASTER” This Thanksgiving by Mental Toughness Expert Steve Siebold.
I'm finding it very interesting. I'm putting this one in the ol' mental file asap and think I'll try his tactic out this year.
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