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Embracing indulgence over the holidays by Steph Wilberting of Mark Fisher Fitness.com.

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Have your holiday and eat it too.

Embracing indulgence over the holidays by Steph Wilberting of markfisher Fitness.com.

While it may indeed be the most wonderful time of the year,

I'm sure many of us have had the experience of looking back on December and saying, I completely lost my with food. Then we immediately look at January as the time to restrict,

deprive, and get back on the wagon. What if we never fell off the wagon? The phrase, get back on the

wagon implies many things. It implies that we have

no power over our own actions. It implies that there is an exact course we should be traveling

along. It implies that we are not in charge of said wagon. My question for all of us is,

what if we never fall off the wagon because we finally take the

reins and get in the driver's seat? If you were driving this wagon for someone you love,

would you drive it so recklessly that they would actually fall off? No. So how can we drive in

such a way that we keep our own self-safe and moving forward? Well, let's put it all out on the table right now.

There are a ton of seasonal savories and sweets that are calling our name. And this is okay. Food is neither good nor bad. It's our relationship to it that holds the power. So let's take an example,

shall we? Your holiday parties will likely have these attendees. Sugar cookies, cheese dip,

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