Challenge your Christmas Expectations

celestial

I seldom post articles but here is an excellent piece that really sounded a chord with me from the point of view of challenging your expectations and challening the norm, e.g. when people say 'ah no point starting anything before Christmas/I'm bound to put on weight over the next few weeks' - it is so refreshing and I hope you will be as inspired by it as I am (planning to get in the best shape of my life over the next few weeks - that Christmas dinner and tv and chocs on Christmas Day is going to taste all the sweeter knowing I've put the work in).

http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2009/11/the_holiday_fitness_challenge.php

Enjoy.

eclectichoney

Thanks for that celestial.

This line particularly struck me, as I sometimes could do with being reminded of it lol:

"Life is not an either or proposition; it’s a matter of balance."

Red Cortina

I am glad to see that I 'm not the only that is concerned about piling on the pounds over the Christmas period. I know that last year I put on about 7 pounds purely from sitting on my ass eating chocolate and drinking. But since I started training seriously 8 months ago and have really improved myself (going from BF% of 24 to 17) I do not want this to happen again. Here are some of the things that I have commited to over the holiday period:
-Train as hard as I can on any day that I am in Dublin
-Do 2 sessions with my PT for the week during Christmas day and New Years day
-Continue eating little and often
-Continue drinking lots of water (including on nights out)
-Continue eating lots of protein and veg
-Be active every day

amacachi

I lost weight over last Christmas. Couldn't touch my Christmas dinner or any of the leftovers for the following coupla days. Drugs are bad kids.