Friday, October 24, 2008

Building "wiggle room"

Another weekend upon us...Friday nite party??? Saturday college football gathering??? Sunday NFL football party or tailgating??? Lots of opportunities to reach for high-caloric food sources and derail all the efforts you put in this week. Remember: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years almost upon us!!! The holiday season is probably the most difficult time of the entire year to lose weight. You know the "usual" drill...you put on 8-10 pounds over the holidays, January rolls in, you get on the scale and say to yourself."New Year's resolution..I am going to lose weight". Start now!!! be EXTRA aggressive in your efforts over the next several weeks so when the holidays are upon us, we will be able to eat a bit extra and not worry too much that we destroyed months of good weight loss work. Do NOT get into that Halloween candy you may have already bought on sale. Also, remember for next week that childhood obesity is probably the most important national health issue at this time, so was it really a good choice to buy Three Musketeer bars to give out to any overweight kids ringing your doorbell???

On another note..PLEASE put on your calenders Friday, December 5th, 2008 from 5-7. We are celebrating our 20th anniversary of providing medical care to the area! This is a very special day for the staff and me. Please join us for some really great holiday fun...and yes, there will be some high-caloric stuff there but also healthier stuff. We are bringing karioke in again which was way too much fun last year. I certainly hope that you are able to stop by that evening!

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