Having "Me" Time

With all the festivites going on, Christmas and New Years is undoubtedly one of my favorite time of the year.  I get to meet friends, catch up over lovely meals accompanied by weather that is nice and cool in winter. It doesn't snow in Thailand, but the temperature drops to the mid-twenties (celsius).  It's lovely and cool.  Perfect.  And as one of my friends put on her facebook status it is the "perfect weather to get fat."  I think this perfectly describes how we all feel. A lot of activities during Christmas and New Years undeniably revolve around eating.  We meet, we eat.  We celebrate, we eat.  We travel, we eat. Then we sleep in between those "meets" and "eats."  Oh how easy it is to pack on those pounds that won't just go away.  Nevertheless, do not fear them...there is a way to overcome them and one tip is to Plan Your Meals . I used to never plan my meals.  I'd just eat what I felt like eating each meal a...

Sometimes I get all worked out about trying to do something well, that it no longer becomes fun.  When something is no fun, you just don't really want to do it anymore and then you end up not doing it.  No good.  Like running or exercising.   I tell myself I want to be fit and healthy, but running can be hassle and the lazy bones inside of me keeps telling me to just forget about it and let the lazy chubby me reemerge. So I fight the sounds and voices in my head and tell them: "No, I will remain healthy and I will continue to run for as long as I live." So far, so good.  I've been running on a fairly flexible schedule with flexible eating regime.  I watch what I eat, and watch the portions, though at times I do find myself pigging out on chocolate or the freshly baked donut.  Today I had cheesy pizza and oily chicken. Oh, I also had a Krispy Kreme Donut.  Yummmy. During these pigging out events I feel "guilty" and th...