Monday, November 15, 2010

Holiday Poundage

The time of year has come to...gain that extra weight. I'm already feeling it. My friend and I were discussing at lunch how it is almost pointless to begin watching your weight now when Thanksgiving is only a week away. On top of that there are 2 other Thanksgiving dinners to go to before the actual holiday. As soon as that is over, Christmas season is here. I cannot begin to explain how much I LOVE Christmas! Happy people, good music, shopping, and, of course, food! Really, really good food!!! My weaknesses are Christmas sugar cookies, sweet potatoes and anything that has pumpkin in it!!! YUM :)
I've actually begun gaining weight besides the holidays. My freshman year I lost a little weight so pretty much all the clothes (especially pants), which I got for Christmas, had to be taken back for a smaller size. Now I have the opposite problem. No, I don't think I'm fat, but I'm not very happy with my metabolism speed. I have a pretty fast metabolism, but I can definitely feel it slowing down on me this year. I tend to skip the salad bar in the Cafeteria and stick to Ramon Noodles for lunch when I'm in my apartment. Probably not the best idea. I don't snack a whole lot, but I do try to avoid walking to any of my classes. When I lived in the dorms, I would walk anywhere I went unless it was off campus. For some reason, it seems like the apartments are further away from the academic buildings than the dorms, but honestly, it's most likely not true. Now that it's getting colder outside, that just gives me more of an excuse to drive everywhere. What's wrong with me? I know that walking is good for you, I guess I'm just lazy. My friend said that we're actually supposed to exercise 7 days a week, 60 minutes a day on top of our everyday walking routine. Who made that one up??? I don't know anyone who exercises that much, seriously!
Anyway, maybe I should start walking to class when it's nice outside. Maybe I should cut back on the pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes this holiday season... Then again, maybe next year!!! :)

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