by Richard
The Christmas holidays are, by their very nature, just begging to sneak up behind you and whack you in the head with the heavy stick. (As opposed to the ugly stick. We’re going to assume that happened a long time ago. Not to you, though. That other guy. Over there. See?) I mean, look at the holiday’s main icon, Santa Claus. A jolly fat man, amirite? Of course I am.
This then is Christmas stress busting tip number three. Don’t pig out over the holidays. I know it’s traditional to eat like you’re going to the gallows tomorrow during Thanksgiving and Christmas, but that sort of thing really ain’t good for you.
You start packing on the pounds, noticing a little (more?) flab around the middle and you start getting worried about what you’re going to have to do to lose it all again. I know people who start stressing over how they’re going to fit in more gym time during the new year when they’re already so busy with work and the kids and the family. It’s going to be next to impossible, but. . . Maybe if they get up at 4 a.m. each morning, they can slip down to the gym, work out and then get back to the house for breakfast or, better yet, get into the office early and get more work done.
I don’t know about you dudes, but to me that sounds like a recipe for stress. Unrelenting, self-imposed stress.
And it’s all (or relatively most of it) avoidable.
Instead of filling your plate with sugary sweet goodness, just take enough to give yourself a nice taste. Instead of making huge portions of each part of the meal, again just sample. You’ll still get full and you’ll still have all those great flavors. It’s just that you’ll be able to walk after the dinner instead of roll. Always a good thing.
And speaking of Christmas dinner and the like, there’s nothing that says it has to be an elaborate retake of Thanksgiving. Heck, last year we had lasagna, made from homemade sauce. The homemade sauce does take a while, but we made it far in advance.
What I’m trying to say is that eating during Christmas doesn’t have to be an ordeal. There are many ways to do it. Why not choose the way that doesn’t require you to almost work yourself to death to accomplish it?
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