The 'you don't have to mess up your diet to to have a good time at Christmas' people - to be honest no one wants these sort round at Christmas, the have jacket potato instead of roast, fruit salad instead of pudding and a pumpkin and ginger smoothie instead of a glass or three of wine.
The second tend to control themselves slightly - have one mince pie instead of three, one glass of wine instead of half a bottle, they manage to have a couple of chocolates rather than the whole box. This is the group that most of us would like to think we'll be.
Then there is the third piggier category - The have second helpings even though they already have a severe case of the meat sweats, the eat mince pies for breakfast lunch an dinner, the start drinking at lunch time and use any excuse for a drink.
I have to confess I am completely in the last category!! I love Christmas and Christmas food and drink. I use it as an excuse to eat and drink all the naughty stuff that I would usually shy away from. Cheesy footballs are a guilty pleasure, I could eat a whole tub over the Christmas period.
But I don't have a problem with this! I am good in my eating and exercise most of the year and come December I relax. The reason I don't have a problem is because I feel I need this step backwards to allow the leap forward that happens in January.
I do love New Years day and the possibilities that there are for the upcoming year, the blank canvas that the year is, the ability to better myself and become a better person.
I will put together a list for my next post of all the things that I hope to achieve and goals I will set myself but for this last day I will make the most of eating and drinking all the naughty things that are in the house :)
