Dieting and the Holidays | Lifestyle

by RayFitz

Thanksgiving and Christmas are the most glorious festive food days of the year. Dressing! And pie! Whipped Cream! Oh, YEAH! Another helping won't hurt! Really? Sure, that one more little helping is between you and your maker, but do you want to see him now or later? Do you want to go with or without the cranberry sauce?

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. Two simple words, but when put together, they mean a whole lot more. The first one is life and if you're overweight and don't change it, life may be good, but it will be shorter. If you're okay with being fat then it's cool, stay that way. Did you know 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. If you find the craving for food to be overpowering, then eat. Taste, savor, enjoy. Just don't consume. Here's a great example: I was at a party and handed 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.

Taht is life, and style is clothes that don't have an X in the size. Well, if that's what you want, if you're tired of wearing potato sacks, then stay away from the potatoes. Completely. Just do it. Style is driving a sports car, not a big,"comfortable" sedan. A big sedan is comfortable? C'mon! Everybody knows you need the room to get in and out. That's not style. You diet for your own reasons, but you need to stick to it. Everyday. Your lifestyle has to be the person you want to be, not who you've stuck yourself with. Lifestyle is when thin people invite you for dinner and there won't be an extra turkey because "We cook extra because we like leftovers." Lifestyle is active and fun. Be 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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