Dieting and the Holidays
Christmas and Thanksgiving are the most glorious festive food days of the year. Lordie, don’t you just love that ham and turkey and mashed potatoes! And pie! Whipped Cream! Oh, YEAH! One more little helping won’t hurt! But you know better. That one more little helping is between you and your maker, sure, but how soon do you want to see him? Do you plan to go with or without the yams?
This really isn’t a joke. It is your life. I know, we have all winter to be back on the diet so we can wear the new spring fashions. Yeah. Spring fashions? Really? Take a deep breath and think for one minute on why you diet. You want to look good. You want to feel good. You want to meet someone, or go somewhere. You want a different life style. Or maybe you just want to live a little longer. A few years ago they said the average American was overweight. Now they say about 35 % of the population is obese. Obese. That’s a big life style change. If you are on a diet, then you are on a diet. Don’t be that silly person that says you can go off for today, or tomorrow and back on the next day. Think about what happens at Thanksgiving dinner. Don’t be that silly person that says that it won’t matter because the diet doesn’t work anyway because that’s why they don’t work!!! Your diet has to become your lifestyle. Look on the TV. You see the people that actually went on a diet and created a whole new lifestyle for themselves.
Life style. These are two simple words, but when put together, they mean a whole lot more. I don’t need to say it, but if you’re overweight and don’t change the way you eat, life may be good and probably short. If you don’t mind the jokes and snickers, if you don’t mind the rudeness we get when we are overweight, then that’s okay, stay that way. Are you aware that every ten pounds of weight you carry increases pressure on your knees by forty pounds? But that’s okay, because it’s your body and your knees. If you find the craving for food to be too much, then eat. Taste, savor, enjoy. Just don’t consume. Recently I offered a really exquisite chocolate to a lady that has gone from 280 down to 140. She bit off half of it, delighted in the flavor, cherished the taste, and discarded the rest. She has changed her life from the person that would just eat and eat and eat to the person that tastes and cherishes the flavor, but doesn’t consume.
Style- How about clothes that don’t have an X in the size? Would that be great? Well, if that’s what you want, if you’re tired of wearing potato sacks, then stay away from the potatoes. Completely. I know, lots of nutrients in the skin, so peel them and eat the skins but throw the rest away. Sports car or big sedan? Sports cars are like shoes. You have to be able to get into them to wear them. A big sedan is comfortable? C’mon! We all know you need the room to get in and out. Who are we kidding? You diet for your own reasons, but you need to stick to it. Everyday. Your style has to be the person you want to be, not who you’ve stuck yourself with. Back to life style. I tend to go off every once in a while. Lifestyle is when thin people invite you for dinner. Life style is knowing that there won’t be an extra turkey because you are coming, and you don’t hear “We cook extra because we like leftovers.” Life style is the beach, parasailing, volleyball, and stuff like that.
As I see it lifestyle is an all-together thing. The Thanksgiving dinner? Friends, family, and Thanksgiving. That’s what Thankgiving is for, not for an eating frenzy. Your family andd friends gather to celebrate life, and that’s what is important, not how much you can eat in one sitting. My friend that lost 140 pounds didn’t just skip a meal now and then. She changed her life. To her, it doesn’t matter about a diet. She eats right, exercises a little, and is a thin person. She no longer binges on food. She takes the holidays for social gatherings and warmth and camaraderie, not as an opportunity to eat until she can’t stand up, or drink until she can’t walk.
Losing the weight has to be your choice, but what a great choice it is. Set goals and grow into those goals, not the next dress size. Become a hero to yourself.
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