Stephanie Martin-Smith
Soul Purpose
It would be very interesting to see if stocks in Tums, Rolaids and other stomach-settling agents go up during the holiday season!
The volumes of food prepared and eaten is just crazy. There was a time when I thought that Christmas was just a free ticket to eat. I mean, you can’t count calories during Christmas, that’s just unnecessary. Who could think of exercise when you can’t even move out of the recliner you molded yourself into after the insurmountable amount of food you ingested for dinner?
And then the sugar, the chocolate, the deserts of every kind you can imagine is always sprawled out in mountainous displays.
I bet you could find more than one or two people unwilling to admit the button on their pants was not willing to meet up with its other half.
And then January… the tummy roll is sitting over top of the pants that you finally pried together. The gym now taunts you with seemingly aggravating exercise and not to mention, its just too darn cold out to be going anywhere.
This year I will create a new mantra that says “Oh yes I can make good choices!”
I have often used a buffet plan that seems to work – I have a heaping tablespoon of everything I’d really like to try. My plate is full, I’ve sampled everything and I am comfortable. It seems to work well.
Oh yeah, don’t wear stretchy pants to any events! That is just asking for indigestion.
Most of all I think all the food prepared this holiday season should be enjoyed and shared with the company of those around us, and we should be thankful that we are part of such an abundant country, a land of plenty. However this is not to be confused with thinking we must eat everything in sight.
Then again if you do eat too much and you are in need of some fresh air, I’m sure you could find some fresh snow to shovel, or a car to push out of the laneway, or some other Canadian outdoor activity!
Post Script: A funny note on Christmas songs…Max was listening to the song I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus and he showed concern. I asked him what he was thinking and he told me that mommy shouldn’t be awake when Santa is there. A few days later a student and I were listening to the same song and her eyes grew large as we heard about mommy and Santa Claus. I thought I’d better see what she thought was the problem with this picture and she said “cheating!” I said “OK, lets move onto another song.” Who wrote this song? There is just no way of explaining your way out of that one!
