New year's resolutions come too early
Premature Planning: I do it often. Can I help that my brain tends to have three streams of consciousness running simultaneously Well, maybe but tangents about meditation and the monkey brain need to stop, for now. I'm already thinking about my health goals for 2013 but it isn't December yet. Crap, I've done this before and it leads to unhealthy Christmas binges. Binges stemming from the need to shove Lindt truffles and shortbread down my throat before I can even taste them because I can't accept that I will cut back on sweets in January.
So while I want to describe in detail my health plan for next year, I must face the month ahead. I could start the plan now, but going home for two weeks and completely abstaining would be beyond my capacity. A more realistic goal should be to maintain physical activity levels. Diet wise I am going to make sure all my meals are healthy. I will also think about sweets before I bite and decide what I actual want to eat at parties. A Christmas cookies isn't the end of the world but that doesn't mean I need to eat half the batch.