In the book French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano it says, "Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret."
Yesterday I did not do that at all. I was famished all day. After the kids got out of school, I found a leftover container of cheese tortellini. I wolfed down a cup full (yes I measured). THIS WAS NOT A MEANINGFUL CHOICE! I WAS NOT CHANNELING MY INNER FRENCH WOMAN! I don't even like tortellini!
So fast forward to last night... A church Christmas dinner event...Homemade tamales, homemade refried beans, homemade Mexican rice. I DID NOT HAVE ONE BITE! I was regretting my foolish afterschool binge because tasting this authentic Mexican fare would have been so much more a meaningful choice !
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I have been hosting a Holiday cookie exchange every year for the past six years. I love to bake at Christmastime! This year I decided to choose a cookie that would not tempt me. I chose Biscotti. My mom and I spent the entire day baking loaves and cutting them. I will dip them in chocolate and be done. Guess what? There are a lot of unuseable end pieces! And guess what else? They are good! My preplanning failed a bit...
How are you getting through holiday celebrations without guilt?
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I haven't started on any "life change" since the baby, but there is still guilt. Every night as I get into bed and see the leftover babies still clinging all over me, it makes me a little sad and a little irritated. Sad that I look this way and irritated that I can't just do what I want. I'm not looking forward to beginning and maybe that is why haven't started yet. I know it is looming just around the corner and I know it needs to be done. I just don't know how to get started and how to motivate myself to keep going once its begun. After the holidays. Definitely after the holidays.
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