t-giving training.

thanksgiving is 2 weeks away...2 weeks away!  thanksgiving is gunning hard for my favorite of the "non-jesus" holidays, although it has some work to do before it blows valentine's day out of the water.  i dare you to jockey for the pole position, thanksgiving 2011.  make your move.

thanksgiving is like christmas except without having to buy stuff.  i like that i can just hang out with my friends and family without having to buy their affection with material things.  i can just buy their love with tasty side dishes instead. 

however, t-giving can both literally and figuratively be a total turkey.  if you're trying to stay in shape and eat well, better sleep from november 23rd-november 26th.  t-giving has four, sassy "s" words that can really throw a wrench in the old "getting my pants up" routine.  sugar, stress, saturated fats, and being sedentary. 

holidays be full of tasty foods full of saturated fat and sugar and they are in abundant supply.  let's be real, who can exercise that much restraint?  i see a crock pot full of mashed potatoes and i'm all over it.  plus, there's lots of adult libations around the holidays and booze be full of empty calories due to the high sugar content of most alcohols and mixers.  holidays also be stressful, yo.  stress (for some people) only causes one to drink and eat more.  and it all adds up to a holiday where all you want to do is sit on your fat, bloaty behind and watch home alone for the 100th time in between football games (which sounds awesome, right?)

ok, there's nothing wrong with getting a little lax around the holidays.  it is going to happen.  get after it.  enjoy yourself.  i plan on probably getting a little wild with the dark meat (that's what she said) myself.  admittedly, i got a little crazy after my half-marathon.  i've had more sugar and bad carbs in the past two weeks than i have had in the past 3 months.

this is why i am spending the next two weeks training for t-giving.  that's right.  training.  increase the exercise, decrease the saturated fat and sugar (true story: i have a garbage can full of candy corn,) and just chill out. 

feel free to join in on the fun and watch for some helpful tips to work around those sassy "s" words as we countdown to t-giving 2011.