Post Holiday Health Assessment
November 28th, 2008. Filed under: Finance & Fitness Fridays.Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the U.S. Did you all enjoy your day? Did you spend it eating the huge meal until you were absolutely stuffed and then sit around and watch TV and talk? Did those of you who visited someone else for the meal feel as if you had to roll out the door and hope you could still get your seat belt buckled up? Come on, fess up. You ate your way through the holiday and now you’re feeling guilty. Okay, raise your hands if you did what you swore you would not do. You ate too much, didn’t you? And now it’s time to think about the health aspects of your day.
Did you eat all the healthy stuff? Did you then go on and have just a little of the not so healthy stuff? Did that one or two bites turn into one or two servings instead? Did you hit the “Well, I blew the diet, so I might as well eat whatever I want now” point? Are you beating yourself up now because your will power disappeared when your sense of smell kicked in? Are you thinking about all the artery clogging cholesterol and out of sight carbs you ingested? Well, just STOP IT!!! You proved you’re human right along with the rest of us.
These are the questions you should be asking yourself. Did I kick back and enjoy the day? Did I unwind and let go of the stress? Yes, I know a lot of us have family members who get on our nerves and some of us have families that are down right dysfunctional. But you can still enjoy your family get togethers. After all, you can leave and go home afterwards. If that’s the kind of family day you had, didn’t you feel the stress beginning to leave as you walked out the door? Didn’t you feel relieved to know that you did your family thing for the year and now it’s over and done?
If you’re one of the majority of us who really enjoyed our day, forget about the food and guilt trip. You had a healthy day. You relaxed. You laughed. You probably laughed a lot. You felt love and acceptance. You had a chance to look at the many ways you’ve been blessed. And most importantly, you were thankful for those blessings. Believe me. That all far outweighs the bit of damage from one day’s pig out. You can start back on the road to increased fitness today. Don’t feel guilty about yesterday’s meal. Feel thankful instead.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:02
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