How To Deal With Holiday Eating Accidents - Part 1
By Zach Hunt - Spokane Fitness Coach
A few holiday seasons ago I was with all my family at my parent's house. This particular day was one of my favorite holidays - thanksgiving. We were having a fun day together, with games and relaxation by the gas fire place.
However earlier that day, something terrible had happened, an accident like no other, it was horrific, it was massive, it was a holiday eating accident.
You may ask what is a holiday eating accident? It is one of those times where there are so many good foods to eat and so many tempting treats made by your family members and perhaps some store bought, but not very likely.
When you gather up all of this good food, and place it in a buffet style manner for you to serve up and chow down. The accidental part happens when you keep on eating because you want to fit in everything and you don't want to hurt anyone's feelings for not having 3 helpings of each person's food, so you just go through the stomach pain to chow down until your stomach turns against you.
How, do we deal with these inevitable parties, banquets, dinners, and the large and not-so-healthy meals we may be faced with over the holidays? If we accidentally pig out or over-indulge are we doomed to be labeled as the vacuum cleaner or perhaps the garbage disposal.
First I'm going to stricken the word “accidental” from my speech. Do we ever really “accidentally” eat anything? I have a feeling that whenever I eat a piece of pie or perhaps pound of stuffing, it is not on accident. I don't ever recall accidentally eating a head of broccoli or perhaps a few florets of cauliflower.
No folks that doesn't happen, we all know good and well that we are all responsible for every last morsel we put in our mouths is on purpose, what purpose that is, it's up to you.
So you just indulged in the big one, the whammy, the ultimate thanksgiving feast, what do you do next. First I don't recommend skipping your next meal or meals in the next day to try and make up for that episode of eating.
Let's take a quote from TV accident. What happens after you see that snow warning or perhaps the this is only a test or whatever, “we now return to our regular scheduled programming”. I don't know if any of them actually say that but I believe I have seen it before. Let's apply that to food, after the binge, we not return to our regular scheduled eating.
Sounds good to me, we get right back to our positive habits. Don't beat yourself up just get right back on track, the past is behind you can't change it, just make the best of right now, today is a new day!
Stay Tuned for part 2 in The Spokane Fitness Truths section. Where we'll discuss the reverse approach to dealing with this trajedy and finish up with an overall summary of the best way to deal with these "accidents"
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