Surviving the Holidays

It is that time of year where there are goodies galore and time seems to be running twice as fast. At least, that is how I feel right now! We are leaving to go visit family for Thanksgiving this Saturday and will be gone for a whole week! I can hear angels singing now! Honestly, we need this break so bad.

While I am itching to get out of town, I am not itching to forget my healthy ways for the sake of being out of town.  However, it is so hard when you are not in your own environment.  I have been thinking of ways of how we are going to get through this time without packing on the pounds, and I feel that that is going to be my biggest help; planning ahead!

Here are a few of my plans:

-We are staying with my husband's family while we are on vacation in a place where we have stayed many times before, so I know what kind of fitness facility they have and have started thinking of workouts that I am going to do.  Lame  right, but it is going to pay off I am convinced! I am also going to bring some workout DVD's and routines that I know I can do in our room if I can't make it to the gym.

-My husbands mom is a great cook, and I want to enjoy her food with out feeling guilty, so I am going to really try and self talk myself from eating multiple servings of her delicious food.  I have a sweet tooth that is almost impossible to cure, so this is going to be a challenge, but I am getting my husband on board to help me with this as well.  No seconds is what I am aiming for.

-Because I know that I will eat more than normal with all the goodies that we will be presented with, I have been aiming for a certain number of calorie burn instead of focusing on a time when I work out.  I hope that by aiming high I will be able to start 2011 without the thought of trying to lose some holiday pounds.

-I am also working on forgiving myself for eating one too many cookies. This is the hardest thing for me; not beating myself up when I eat more than I wanted to.  To be honest, I am just praying for self control this year.

Happy healthy Holidays everyone!