The holidays are upon us. Well, almost. I have to say, that I am finding myself in the Christmas spirit a bit earlier this year, thanks to <insert any store name here>. Now, I love the holidays as much as the next girl (and probably more), but starting with the Christmas music the day after Halloween is a bit excessive. Although, what a nice birthday treat for me!
Either way, I am starting to minorly freak out about the holidays. Why stress, you ask? It's not like I host any holiday other than Easter. It's not like I don't love the decorations, music, cozy-feel all around, and the act of gifting. No, no, none of that. The holidays this year are a major problem in my life for no reason other than...... the food.
We all know that food is a big issue for me (and, while the "30 before 30" didn't exactly fall into place the way I would have liked it to, I officially lost 17 lbs before my birthday- not too shabby- but I think I have already gained probably 5 of it back because I completely forgot what it is to make dinner and/or eat healthy...) but now I am also realizing that I am faced with a bigger challenge: the next month of life will be filled with big holiday dinners, little holiday parties, and TABs galore. There will be cookies, cakes, candies to anyone's delight. Not mine!!!
Let's face it - everyone eats like a crazy person during the holidays, and usually people gain weight. It's the winter-time, not like it's bikini season anymore. Everyone is cooped up in the house because it's so cold out, and so we just eat. It's human nature...Someone save me.
As I am sitting here with a horific stomach ache after the (extra-crispy) Thai wings and Bar Bites tt and I ate for dinner last night, I am reminded of just how crappy I feel when I eat crap. I am on "staycation" this week - I have decided that the first thing on my agenda is to develop a diet and exercise plan for the next 30 days. I am going to literally plan out every meal through the holiday season (inclusive of any parties that need to be attended, by looking at the menus ahead of time). I am going to limit my alcohol consumption (ha). I am going to not. eat. dessert.! I am also going to force tt to do this with me, as we are not the best influences on each other. (I don't feel like eating grilled chicken... let's get a pizza.)
Once I have finished this plan, I will be more than happy to share it with the world, so check back in the next few days and I hope to have it ready.
Let's just hope that with this plan in hand, the holiday feast gods spare us all this year!
Second on my agenda... figuring out my Christmas cards... Oy.
Recipe of the day:
Diet-Friendly Thanksgiving Recipes ala HG
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