Christmas is only two days away!

Decide NOW which sweets and carbs are most important to you, and commit to eating ONLY those. I encourage you to write this out, post it on Facebook, or tell a friend, to really crystallize it in your mind, and commit to it.

The idea is to hit a line somewhere between “I can’t have any sweets or treats,” and “I’ll eat whatever I want!” Plan on skipping the things that you don’t love so much, but enjoy and really savor the things you do! Maybe your friend can help you sort out what those things are.

Here’s a message I put on my calendar a few years ago; I set it to reappear every December 20:

This is a gift you’re giving yourself, so that you’ll feel better afterwards! Remember…

But if you do “slip up” or “mess up,” think about this…

But more importantly: lest we get too wrapped up in food and other material stuff, let’s also remember that Christmas is about something much more important…

A peaceful Christmas to you and yours;

may you recognize and thoroughly enjoy every blessing that is yours!

(See you here on the 26th.)

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{ Christmas calligraphy by Anderson Inkwell }

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