Thanksgiving - Day of Reckoning

Posted on | November 24, 2008 |

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? For me… It’s “food coma”. The result of being fat and bloated from eating all those extra unwanted calories. I try and stay disciplined when it comes to my everyday eating habits, but this is one of the days of the year where it seems like not one diet can combat the mounds of food just waiting to be consumed.

Knowing that this inevitable doom is looming, I have tried to limit my fat intake for the week prior up until Thursday, Thanksgiving day. Cutting down on my fast food outings, along with anything extremely fattening and also cutting carbs after a certain time of day has subconsciously made me feel a little bit better about the whole gorging that is going to be taking place. I have also stepped up my cardio to 25 minutes per day to help minimize the weight gain.

Sometimes I wonder if all the working out and resisting eating all the foods that I love is worth it. I think about being overweight. Growing a belly and letting myself go the way of the increasing waistline. Would I be happy? What kind of life would I be living? Could I still get dates?

Rather than test this theory, I think I’ll stick with the workout regime and continue to deprive myself of all the fattening things I wish I could eat. Come Thursday, I might have to resist the extra helpings of stuffing, meat gravy, buttermilk biscuits, pies and cookies.
I tipped the scales at 191 lbs today, Monday the 24th. I’ll have to check back again one the day of reckoning is over. My prediction: I won’t gain more than a pound.

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