“Don’t dig your grave with your knife and fork.”
– English Proverb
Nope.
Remember that Doritos tagline, “Crunch all you want, we’ll make more?” Every holiday, I take that tagline to mind, and modify it so it works for me, “You don’t have to eat everything, there’ll be more food tomorrow.” In the Doritos commercial, they want you to keep stuffing your face with the corn chips—“Keep eating those fatty, cheesy, addictive chips, you foolish consumer, and we’ll keep making more to fill your ever-expanding belly!!” Obviously, this is why I take the tagline, tweak it a little, and use it positively.
I’m not trying to be a killjoy. Have a burger. Have a hot dog. Have that slice o’apple pie. But three burgers, four hotdogs, two huge pieces of pie, lemonade, cake, potato salad, chips, DORITOS, ice cream, coleslaw, fried chicken, watermelon, fruit punch, and just one more hotdog for the road, all because it’s there and it’s a holiday? Get real! Today is no different.
Yes, oh yes, there will be some feasting today. I’m just not partaking in it. Of course I will have a delicious dinner to celebrate, duh, but I’m still keeping it around my usual 500 calories. I can still have a good time without gorging myself because it’s XYZ Holiday. Actually, I have a better time because, I will have enjoyed my food, stayed within my target calories, didn’t have the “Ugghh, my stomach is so full I might burst and feel miserable,” and I don’t have to kill myself in the gym tomorrow burning it off. One meal is not worth all that to me!! Holiday or not, there will still be food tomorrow. I don’t need to shove it all down my throat today because the calendar/marketing geniuses at Hallmark/society says so.
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