Hello Holidays!

by Lindsay, another priorfatgirl on December 9, 2009

Hi guys! Happy…Wednesday! (I had to think about what day it was! Haha!) How are you all doing today? I’m doing well. A little bloat-y.. ladies, you understand. I’ve been doing well counting my calories today. I wish I would have NEVER stopped (I still don’t know why I did!) but now it’s SO much harder to get back on track. So, a word to the wise… just don’t get off track in the first place! It’s much easier than trying to get back on track after you’ve jumped ship for a while.. Whew… just gotta keep working at it everyday, right? :)

Anywho, I wanted to share this funny little poem I got in my inbox today with you guys:

Fair Warning: Christmas Treats

‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I’d nibble, the eggnog I’d taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).
I’d remember the marvelous meals I’d prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,
The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I’d not said, “No, thank you, please”.
As I dressed myself in my husband’s old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt—
I said to myself, as only I can
“You can’t spend a winter disguised as a man!”
So–away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
‘Til all the additional ounces have vanished!
I won’t have a cookie–not even a lick.
I;ll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won’t have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I’ll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I’m hungry, I’m lonesome, and life is a bore—
But isn’t that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet!

Hahaha! Isn’t that good? Of course, that is NOT what January is for. We should be keeping up with our healthy habits all year round. But this poem was truly ME before I started on my journey. I would just got hog wild over the holidays and “be good” after they were over. I never really was good. Yes, I may have faced set backs on this journey, but over all, I am still weighing in at a lower weight than I was when I started. I may have maintained for a bit, but I didn’t gain it all (plus some) back, like I would have in years part. And that, I am proud of.

Of course, this poem also says we should “banish” foods, which, I don’t agree with either. It’s alllll about moderation baby, all about moderation. Yes, it’s hard to have self-control sometimes, but you just have to keep working at it and you’ll get there. Consistency is key.

Well, my friends, I’m back to the daily grind. Make good choices today, okay? Even if you haven’t up until now, how about going forward, we just try our HARDEST to make smart choices. I’m in. Anyone else?

Have a super evening!

xoxo
Lindsay

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