Let's get in shape BEFORE the holidays

I know, I know...it's only a week until Labor Day, but I'm talking the food holidays, the ones that always seem to involve goodies.

November brings to the States the always popular Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving brings us turkey and all the trimmings, normally healthy veggies made unrecognizable by the addition of marshmallows, sugar, and other refined additives.  Shucks, I'll bet you know someone that adds a can of condensed...well, they call it soup... to at least one dish that is served.  What is that stuff anyway?

Well, if you're careful you can survive the onslaught of covered dishes and get ready for the real test. Because as we all know, Thanksgiving, in addition to being a very family oriented holiday, is the kick off for the shopping season.  While some seem to take this as justification to melt the plastic in their wallets when buying gifts for loved ones, other folks take to the kitchen to melt chocolate, sugar and butter while creating delights to give as gifts of food for their friends.

January rolls around and here you are rolling around from the massive amount of visceral fat that has accumulated from the consumption of the above mentioned gifts of food.  Sheesh, what a gift...another five pounds of body fat.  I could have done that myself and they could have avoided the astronomically high Discover bill, not to mention the time lost on baking dozens and dozens of cookies. Let's not even mention the burns they got from wrestling with that bubbling caldron of fudge that somehow overtook the neighborhood.

So just as you think your New Year's resolution for losing said poundage is really going to work, some well meaning friend (read saboteur) brings you a huge heart shaped box full of additional calories. Sigh...

You get my drift, there is always a food related holiday to get in the way of losing weight.  But we know  that the choice is really up to us.  We can graciously accept the food and then donate or re-gift it.  We can tell folks ahead of time that we won't be accepting any food gifts, and suggest a charity  that could use the money they would have spent. We could even promise to match the amount as incentive.  We can do lots of things to stay healthy.  We can...but will we?

Speaking for myself, I have signed up for an additional fifteen weeks with a trainer at our fitness center.  I did this in February and lost about 17 pounds.  I took a break to see how well I could do on my own, and I have maintained the weight loss, maybe going up and down 1-2 pounds.  I do know that I wont push myself like I will for my trainer, so here we go again.

Well, that's it for me for today.  Remember if you're bored and want to do some web surfing that I have two other blogs that are always looking for new friends.  Stop by and see me at ...A Walk In The Park or at my newest blog...Where We Really Create.  Never know, you just might find something interesting or make a new friend.   Till then, take care and have a great holiday.

Still here...

Just wanted you all to know that I'm still hanging in there.  Still hitting the gym 4-5 times a week and eating healthy.  My weight plateaued at 177, but I'm going to knock through that number and start losing again soon.

Since my weight loss posts have become few and far between, I am starting a new blog for anyone and everyone that has a hobby. The idea is to send me a picture of your studio and something you have created and I will post it on the new blog.  If you are interested, check it out here.  It is new today, so no followers yet, or any fancy stuff.  These things will be forthcoming.  I hope to see you there soon.