Ello,
Christmas is 3 days. Three.
24th, 25th, 26th.
That’s it.
It is not every day from December 1st until the moment Big Ben strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Yet somehow every year people behave like the entire month is one long all-inclusive holiday 😬
Christmas special coffee’s on the way to work
Scranning mince pies and twiglets as afternoon snacks
Office chocolate tin demolished by 10am
“Festive” pints every weekend
And then in January the classic:
“Dunno what’s happened… I’ve put on weight 🥺”
COME ON, mate.
You know exactly what’s happened.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
You CAN enjoy yourself and not put on weight.
Christmas calories aren’t the problem.
Your ‘December Doesn’t Count’ attitude is the problem.
The all-or-nothing approach.
I couldn’t care less what you eat on Christmas Day.
Load your plate up. Go back for seconds. Have dessert and cheese. Go wild.
That’s LITERALLY the point of Christmas.
But if you treat every day of the month as if Santa himself told you to “treat yourself,” you can’t act stunned when your jeans start feeling a bit snug come January...
You don’t need to track what you eat on Christmas day.
You don’t need to diet through all of December.
And I would actually say don’t restrict yourself so much that you end up binging as soon as your mum gets the Christmas snacks out the cupboard.
But you also don’t need to eat like you're prepping for hibernation.
Balance isn’t restrictive. It’s being an adult.
Have the foods you love on the days that actually mean something.
On the other days?
Eat like a normal human and train a couple times so you don’t feel like a potato with limbs.
Christmas isn’t memorable because of food.
You won’t remember how many roasties you inhaled.
You WILL remember:
Who you spent the day with
What you laughed about
The chaos and the games
That’s the stuff that makes Christmas Christmas.
Not the fifth mince pie that you don’t even like and you’re just eating because it’s in front of you.
So the plan is simple:
🎄 Enjoy Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day.
🍫 Have the treats, but not daily.
🏋️ Train at least once or twice a week. You'll feel better for it.
🚶 Walk. Move. Get sunlight. Sweat out the alcohol.
🧠 Don’t let 3 days turn into 31.
Do that, and you’ll roll into January without crying into a salad.
Cheers,
Sheep 🐏
P.S. If you're tired of doing the “gain weight in December, hate yourself in January, panic diet in February” routine every single year…
Let’s not repeat it again. Book a free consultation call to create a plan that works for you, not against you.