My plan to not look like
after the holidays:
1) Exercise every day. Exercising is an appetite suppresant for me, so even if I want to take a rest day, I find I can control my eating much better if I take just a short 30 min. walk outside. Plus, gotta love those endorphins!
2) Limit snacking to 200 calories per day. Period. If I find myself mindlessly snacking, I will immediately stop and go into a room w/out food and do something non-food related (talk, read, watch tv, write, take a walk, etc.)
3) My little sis turns 21 on Christmas Eve
....so of course we'll be having a party, complete w/ cake and ice cream. I'm allowing myself to have a sliver of cake and a spoonful of ice cream if I feel like it. If I don't like the flavor or I'm just not in the mood for dessert, I'll pass it up. Cake and ice cream will always be there for me when I want it.....I'd much rather be thin than have cake. As far as food goes, I will exercise portion control....between 1200 and 1650 calories daily from now until the end of the year, including Christmas Eve & Day.
3) I'm going to plan the Christmas Menu w/ my Mom and make sure there are plenty of healthy veggie dishes. I'll be cooking, too, so I'll be aware of the nutritional content of everything. I'll plan what I'll eat for Christmas dinner the night before and stick to it - after all, I'm accountable to you guys, as well as myself!
4) I'm going to allow myself one serving of dessert on Christmas (and it has to be something special....I'm making organic pumpkin bars so I'll probably be having one of those for 120 calories)
5) Eat lots of veggies & salad to fill me up. Have a good mix of protein w/ my good carbs. Make sure to get at least 25 g. of fiber daily.
6) Get at least 8 hrs of sleep a night.
7) Keep my Dec. 31 goal of 169 in mind. I want to make my goal.
8) I'm joining a gym next month, so that will keep me motivated to get into the 160's!
9) I'm celebrating New Years w/ my family (I know, I'm pathetic
) and I don't drink alcohol, so besides portion control I don't think this will be a problem. And I'll be exercising on New Year's Eve too!
So basically, I'm just going to continue doing what I've already been doing (w/ a couple of slip-ups along the way
). Christmas is not really so much about food as it is seeing family & friends and showing them how much you love & appreciate them....it's about connecting with
people, not food. So, I'll be keeping that in mind.