As you guys know by now, I'm not the kind of coach who was going to tell you "how to have a healthy Thanksgiving dinner" and
to have chicken breast instead of turkey on Thanksgiving.
I'm not the kind of
coach who is going to tell you not to touch single Christmas cookie at your
family celebration or not to have a few drinks on New Year's Eve.
Quite the
contrary, I want you to give yourself permission to live a little bit
and enjoy the holidays. That's what life is all about.
But I want to
take a second to clarify something.
I am also not kind of coach is going to give
you permission to fall back into bad habits and the routines that got you into trouble in the first place. I'm not suggesting you throw your goals and
your healthy habits out the window for the next two weeks. I'm not suggesting you can eat and drink everything that your heart desires and not undo a lot of the progress you have made.
Even though it is a tough time of year to be disciplined, you can still make forward progress. You can still start 2015 better than
you started 2014.
It's not time to give yourself persmission to go back
to eating platefulls of refined carbs for your meals. It's not a time to skip your workouts or forget about the
importance of healthy snacks and staying hydrated.
It is simply a time to allow yourselves some room to
make mistakes and to be okay with it.
I know that many of you that I
have spoken with, myself included have already gotten the crappy stuff
out of our systems. I for one, am getting all of my workouts in and have gotten
back to all of my healthy habits (water first thing in the morning, fat/protein snacks, etc.) I know that I will sneak
in some cookies and some poor food choices over the next week or two but I'm okay with that.
But simply getting my workouts in and drinking my water have made a
world of difference. Remember, holiday parties are much more fun when you feel good about yourself. Just sayin'...
Happy Holidays!!
