One down, one to go

I wish Christmas was in the summer. For real. It would make more sense, after all Jesus was born in July or something like that. I understand the want to celebrate and gather during the short days and the long standing traditions of winter solstice (I'm not gearing up for a theological discussion, in fact it's the LAST thing I want to discuss) 

But it would be awesome for me if Christmas was in July.

The gatherings of friends and family kick crap out of me, the SAD seems to suck 3 times as much energy just to be social, let alone entertaining. inquisitive and um.. nice.

It would be straight truth for me to say, I would rather stay home and putter than force myself to these gatherings. If friends or family read this, DO NOT TAKE THIS PERSONALLY. It's not about you. 

Regardless, I muster the momentum and follow the smell of turkey and remind myself of the 'rules' the whole way there.  

For you, fellow sufferer, et me recap.

Alcohol this time of year is BAD - have very little - (a glass with dinner should suffice)

Mash potatoes, buns, stuffing - BAD - have little to none, (I ALWAYS cave with the stuffing and gravy, but hey, it's stuffing and gravy)

Sweet treats - ya, those are BAD too - just starts the sugar/mood coaster.  

(In theory PGX should help all this 'wrong' intake, but I'm not ready to experiment with the machine this year, I don`t feel like using the hard way to finding out where the limits exist)

Bed Early - a few late nights can really, really wrench the system, so careful. Tying to pull yourself out of the funk in January is a true bitch of a job

Take your vitamins - simple rule, just follow it

Exercise - I know, I know, hard to do when away from home and with many gyms being closed, but get creative. (I find this to always be the hardest to accomplish and will admit, my batting average is very, very low)  I try to be sure and meditate instead - meditate on a visual of a tropical beach with the sun and the sand.  *shrugs* it works.

There, that`s the end of my lecture.

Luck to you and Merry Christmas.

Now pass the turkey.

**oh while cruising some other blogs - I came across this http://fightingthedarkness.blogspot.com/2011/12/fighting-stress.html

She does a great job of detailing the sugar affects.