Losing Weight on Thanksgiving

I can not believe I accomplished the formidable act of losing weight during the Thanksgiving Holiday. It may be a measly 1.5 lbs but it surely counts for a lot more in motivation gain. How did I do it? Well now, it is really no secret. I did not stay inside watching someone else play football or sports while eating turkey and desserts. The boyfriend cracked the whip and we stayed outside during the daylight hours and some of the dark as well while putting up a Holiday Light display.

This involved a great many things, first of all emptying the storage areas containing the holiday supplies. Heavy lifting, stretching and walking to and fro were all part of the process. This isn’t your momma’s Holiday Display it is a Lights to Music Holiday Extravaganza. As the English boyfriend puts it, “We are the nutters down the street.” Unpacking the decorations, sorting the light string boxes by color, organizing the ¼ acre (yes it is that big) display area and building the manger from recycled fencing. Hauling the hay, holding the light strings, placing the big holiday blowups and shoveling more gravel into the mud puddles. We moved onto labeling and connecting the 145 plus extension cords, bending, twisting, and lifting to help tone that core muscle group.

I was working 8 – 10 hours, being physically active all day, four days in a row with only my hunger (or the boyfriend’s daughters) to notify us that it was time to eat. Lunch was typically grabbing a quick bite, usually while walking back to the front of the property with more lights or decorations in hand that surely helped the weight loss process. I would have lost more but I suspect I was building muscle the whole time as well.

There you have it, the magic of weight loss during the holiday season. Stay outside, work your ass off, eat only when driven to it by hunger pangs or demanding children, have a glass of wine, collapse into bed, get up and repeat 3 more times.