Christmas blues or blow up

The average American gains about 25 pounds between Thanks Giving and mid January but loses 2o pounds between mid January and October so basically we end up gaining an average of five pounds a year. Now remember those are averages and some people do much better and others do much worse.

Those of us who do not gain that much weight are:

• Quite aware of our weight and weigh ourselves at least once a week and take counter measures if our weight goes up more than three pounds over our ideal weight.
• Believe in easy come easy go intentionality with weight. This relates to the above. Fast weight gain can be reduced by extra intentionality to weight reduction. For example I exercise more during this season. Yesterday (Christmas day) it was raining here in Southern California and I climbed the stairs many times.
• Today it is cold and I'm writing many posts on various blogs and sites so I went for three separate fifteen minute walks. That helped break down the day and make me rest from working on the computer non-stop and I actually walked 45 minute. Also after each blog post I do, I lift my dumbbell a few times. Every little thing helps -- look at next point.
  
• Remember weight reduction is not an all or nothing task. Last night after a large Christmas dinner we waited and had a small amount of high calorie desert. Normally we might have said, "OK we had a large dinner so we might as well give up and have all the desert."
• Now the most important thing about over eating. Do not have guilt and enjoy yourself. That way you can control what you eat much better. When you have guilt it is as though you have paid your dues (or perhaps its because you feel depressed) and you end up eating even more.
• I notice that the gym is full again. I love these "new year's resolution members." They keep the membership fees reasonable for the rest of us who go often. Remember weight management is a long term continual effort. In order to make it easy have fun.

I have recently started some new blogs you may be interested in going to:

Here are my new blogs:

Life Focus Center Blog - psychology and self improvement

Cosmetic Surgery Blog - all about plastic surgery

Transpersonal Illumination Blog - about divination, I Ching and the Tarot

Javadis Blog - more edgy, psychology, spirituality, philosophy etc but out there.

Postscript: My weight is back to its normal and more importantly my body fat content is in its normal range. According to my body fat content (most important measurement of your weight issues and health) I'm very fit but not in the arrange of top athletes and that's perfect for me. As I mentioned, awareness is a most important aspect of weight management. And the best judge is not your weight but how well you fit in your "slim" clothes.

I just started a blog on the Jenny Craig program. In this I'm examining the Jenny Criag diet and program with out any specific biase but letting you be the judge.