It’s no big surprise.
You could say that you’ve eaten too much, drunk too much and done no exercise.
Which is true.
But not overly helpful. Or strictly accurate.
You have eaten and drunk more than you normally would have,
And you probably exercised less than you normally would have.
Those aren’t excuses – those are just facts.
No judgment there.
Probably a good set of choices.
You spent time with your family, enjoyed one of the remaining traditional ‘feast’ rituals that we’ve got left.
Enjoyed – dare I say INDULGED in luxurious amounts of delicious food – all the things you like to have as treats.
Played games, spent more unhurried time with family members than you ever do for the rest of the year with no other purpose than to enjoy each others’ company.
AND
Probably with extra days off work and your worries are of the ‘are the roast potatoes done, yet?’ type – rather than the bigger existential dilemmas.
But then there comes this weird week between Xmas and New Year with more time to think, and less work to do – and after all that busy busyness and focus on detail – it’s like your brain switches back on.
You can’t keep track of what day of the week it is, what time the shops open and routine is out of the window.
Kind of presses F5 on your brain – refreshing the page of the usual habits and responsibilities.
What am I doing with my life?
What are my goals?
What aren’t I happy with?
And while the diet and fitness industry will bombard you today with lashings of guilt and pressure (you had a Slimming World and Weight Watchers leaflet through the door yet? Bet you did.)
All the marketing ‘gurus’ tell people like me that we should capitalise on how shitty people are feeling about their bodies.)
We just want to urge you to be kind to yourself.
Don’t panic.
You’ve realised by now (if you’ve reflected on how you felt this time last year) that it’s not going to be about what you do between Christmas and New Year that’s important
if you can’t relax then – when can you?
Its between this New Year and Next Christmas.
Feeling good, looking good and living healthily HAS to be about the long game.
Tiny steps in the right direction, little slightly better choices that become bigger great choices.
Not a massive push that you can’t keep up.
So instead of beating yourself up for ‘putting on so much weight’ and drinking your body weight in Prosecco
Why not think; I’ve relaxed, indulged and spent time with the people I love.
And rather than – I have to change EVERYTHING all at once, as I am so greedy and lazy.
Why not think; I have had my fill of the stuff that makes me feel and look worse, and got the hedonism out of my system I am going to day-by-day, change by change move towards where I want to be.
A bit like in the olden days when a teenager was caught smoking – their granddad would make them smoke a whole packet of fags to make them thoroughly sick of them!!
So, why not see Christmas as a great thing.
A time to recharge, connect… and a bit like smoking a whole packet of indulgence ciggies – probably EXACTLY what you needed to get on track.
Whatever you do – our advice is to take it slowly and surely.
No massive declarations on Facebook about the crazy diet you’re going on, or the marathon you’re going to run by June.
(Statistically that’s more likely to make you fail anyway)
Just quietly make a quick note in your diary each day of every better choice you make and triumph you have.
(Statistically – that is what’s going to make you succeed)
And if you’re ready to play the long game with us and join us for The Project –
the 6 month online course with regular Skype Coaching and Accountability –
using Mindfulness to change your body and the way you do things
If you have a takeaway once a week – you can afford it.
If you have a takeaway coffee each day – you can afford it.
If you have a lot of weight to lose, anxiety, stress, sleeplessness and no energy –
which is affecting your life
You can’t afford NOT to do it.
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p.s. smoking a whole packet of advice is not official Wise & Gorgeous advice. It was a metaphor. Obvs. But if you did smoke a whole packet of fags, you could probably do with a quick walk around the block to get some fresh air in your lungs ;). And probably a trip to the GP.