So the holidays are here. this seems to be the time many people get thrown off their plan. Co-workers bringing in yummy treats, family time and holiday parties.
I live the bodybuilder/ physique athlete lifestyle 24/7/365 but believe balance is very important. We all need to live and enjoy life while not falling off the edge into a spiral off eating from Thanksgiving til New Years.
Unless you are prepping for a show and don't have cheat meals or refeeds it is possible to enjoy the foods of the holidays without gaining fat. It's comes down to decisions and commitment.
During the holidays I still eat my plan 6 days and allow the 7th for a treate meal/fun food. Thanksgiving and Christmas are larger cheats. I don't believe there are any bad foods or that one has to be "hardcore" when living the lifestyle and never enjoy the food "regular" people eat.
When Chase receives food gifts at work we just save them for the cheats meal days. If food it out at work he just ignores it. Whenever we have treat/cheat meals we remember we are living this lifestyle by choice and want to look a certain way so when we eat we make the choice to eat without going crazy and eating like it is our last meal.
We have a club that meets monthly "The House of Fitness Fit Club" and we are having a Holiday party with clean food and cheat food. Some people will still be on a plan where they can't just have whatever they want. also the clean is there to show there are ways to make clean food flavorful. Also if you eat some clean food you will not go overboard on the fun food.
This year Chase and I are alone. Christine will be staying at her school since it is so expensive to bring her home for just one week. Originally we decided to just do Thanksgiving on Saturday since we were considering eating out and that way everything would be open but we got a surprise email from our trainer Dusty:
"Enjoy your Thanksgiving as you always would be sure to be back on program Friday. Saturday have your treat meal as always. do not take pictures or weigh this week. Enjoy"
We were shocked we thought for sure Thanksgiving would replace the Sat cheat meal. We will be having variety of things but eating reasonable amounts of each to enjoy the many flavors without feeling like we are going to burst.
So our plan for Thanksgiving is:
Banana Oat pancakes with caramelized bananas on top (Banana Oat mix is from World Market)
Take the dogs somewhere fun for a walk maybe some trails
Put up Christmas Lights
Pizza from Oreganos
Happy Feet 2 with all red Mike n Ike's
Pasta from Carrabas
Banana Cream Pie
I live the bodybuilder/ physique athlete lifestyle 24/7/365 but believe balance is very important. We all need to live and enjoy life while not falling off the edge into a spiral off eating from Thanksgiving til New Years.
Unless you are prepping for a show and don't have cheat meals or refeeds it is possible to enjoy the foods of the holidays without gaining fat. It's comes down to decisions and commitment.
During the holidays I still eat my plan 6 days and allow the 7th for a treate meal/fun food. Thanksgiving and Christmas are larger cheats. I don't believe there are any bad foods or that one has to be "hardcore" when living the lifestyle and never enjoy the food "regular" people eat.
When Chase receives food gifts at work we just save them for the cheats meal days. If food it out at work he just ignores it. Whenever we have treat/cheat meals we remember we are living this lifestyle by choice and want to look a certain way so when we eat we make the choice to eat without going crazy and eating like it is our last meal.
We have a club that meets monthly "The House of Fitness Fit Club" and we are having a Holiday party with clean food and cheat food. Some people will still be on a plan where they can't just have whatever they want. also the clean is there to show there are ways to make clean food flavorful. Also if you eat some clean food you will not go overboard on the fun food.
This year Chase and I are alone. Christine will be staying at her school since it is so expensive to bring her home for just one week. Originally we decided to just do Thanksgiving on Saturday since we were considering eating out and that way everything would be open but we got a surprise email from our trainer Dusty:
"Enjoy your Thanksgiving as you always would be sure to be back on program Friday. Saturday have your treat meal as always. do not take pictures or weigh this week. Enjoy"
We were shocked we thought for sure Thanksgiving would replace the Sat cheat meal. We will be having variety of things but eating reasonable amounts of each to enjoy the many flavors without feeling like we are going to burst.
So our plan for Thanksgiving is:
Banana Oat pancakes with caramelized bananas on top (Banana Oat mix is from World Market)
Take the dogs somewhere fun for a walk maybe some trails
Put up Christmas Lights
Pizza from Oreganos
Happy Feet 2 with all red Mike n Ike's
Pasta from Carrabas
Banana Cream Pie
There will be temptations all around but just remember why you are living this lifestyle and you have the power to make smart, balanced choices.
Happy Holidays!!
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