Slim.Fast Magazine

30. Dec, 2010 2 Comments Original Article

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Christmas is over, there is snow everywhere, I am stuck inside with the wind howling out there, Christmas cakes and cookies covered and put away— but still dancing around like sugarplums in my mind.

I promised myself that after Christmas I’d start a diet regimen, but now I feel it is impossible until the New Year celebration is oven. Then I can really get to it.

Can’t I? As I sit here with pecan-pie thoughts in my head, I begin to realize it isn’t Christmas that gets in my way. I can think of a hundred different times during the year when I feel stuck like this, wanting to stop eating so much, feeling unable to, putting it off and off until Christmas comes around again and I can blame it on that.

So, let me think about this. I know Christmas doesn’t help a person stick to a diet, but what about the rest of the time? What is it that prevents me from changing my eating then?

I think I need to look for a new answer, one that befits the big question: Why do I continue to overeat? Why do I keep myself overweight, angry with myself, uncomfortable, when I really want to be thinner, to feel and look better?

The answer to this question is somewhere inside of me, and I have a sneaking suspicion it has very little to do with Christmas, or New Year’s eve, or the 4^th of July.

Come on, time to get serious about this.

2 Responses to Christmas is Over and I Need Help Losing Weight, Starting a Diet, Doing What It Takes

Debbie Ashley 30. Dec, 2010 at 19:42 pm

Yep, I empathise with you. There's nothing like an occasion for celebration that makes me reach for that chocolate, alcohol, snacks. But hey, it's just an excuse to tuck in isn't it? After all, it's Christmas!/Easter!/Birthday!/Wedding! etc etc etc. I make soooooooo many excuses for overeating yet deep down I know it's me that's accepting that. Yet I ask myself now "what do I want more - to eat what I want regardless of feeling bloated and hating myself as a result OR to be slimmer, lighter on my feet and healthier?" Time I think my friend that we use this time to give ourselves a mental kick up the a**e. After all, there's no excuse really to carry on is there? Only soooooo many reasons to change. BUT, the key is I feel to understand your relationship with food. Does it give you something that's missing? E.g. love? Do you use it to stuff down low self-esteem and feelings of self-hate? Or just boredom...too many nights in front of the TV. No matter what diet you try, until you get the to bottom of WHY you eat, nothing will work. Best of luck to you and to me my dear xxx

paultopping 8. Jan, 2011 at 17:27 pm

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