's motd Tuesday Dec 28, 2010

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HOW DO YOU

FEEL?

Tuesday, 28 December 2010

Okay, so I know that you "feel"

with your hands. But seriously, I want to know how

you feel today, inside your mind. Oh yes,

the excitement of the biggest holiday of the year is

over. And I hope that you truly had a splendid one

or...a Splenda one. LOL.

All of the gifts have been

unwrapped and many people have already begun taking

down their Christmas decorations. (I leave mine up

until January 6th so the Wise Men can find their way

home.)

Many people went shopping yesterday and loaded up on

cards, wrapping paper and holiday decorations for

next Christmas. My goodness, people are

already buying stuff for Christmas...2011!

(Are you one of them?) Hey, when you see a really

good bargain, you can't pass it up, right?

Did you have any eggnog this holiday season? Oh, I

see...you did! Well, you won't be able to

get any more eggnog until the next holiday season.

(But hey, maybe that's a good thing!)

Okay, so let me get back to my original question...how

do you feel? Are you feeling proud of yourself

because you were able to stay on program with your

eating and exercise routine during this holiday

season? I mean, did you make every effort to watch

your portions, drink your water and get your workouts

in? And are you proud that you actually lost

a few pounds with all of the festivities and

temptations around you? If you did, I'm so proud of

you and, guess what? I

did, too!

This food, the wonderful foods

I love so much? Hey, I can still enjoy many of them.

Only now, I eat them in the right-size portions.

And when I do, I'm still satisfied. Oh yes, this

holiday season, I was tempted by homemade fudge,

fettuccini alfredo, chocolate truffles and the most

breathtakingly beautiful cookies I've ever seen. So I

had just a little bite here and a little bite there but...I

didn't eat so much that I was "bitten back" with a

weight-gain!

Now if you haven't done so well during the holidays,

if you didn't pay attention to your portions and make

time to get your workouts in then, most probably,

you're not very happy with the numbers you see on your

scale today. But believe me, I know how you feel

because I've spent many Christmases feeling just

the way some of you may feel today.

Well, if you are feeling

this way, please don't be depressed. I don't want you

to fret...I want you eat right and sweat!

That's right, today's the day you...begin again. And

you can begin again by ridding your kitchen of all the

foods you know you shouldn't be eating. You can also

get in a good workout today. And I'm gonna tell you

something, if you take my advice, you'll begin feeling

better by the end of this day! But remember,

you've got to do the same thing tomorrow and the next

day.

Now listen up, those New Years'

celebrations are just around the corner. And for the

new year...and beyond, I want you to...

Feel fine...and divine!

Love,