If you’re still able to fit into your pre-Thanksgiving pants, give me a nice loud “EGGNOG!” For the rest, it’s okay. We can find our buddy that we bailed on last year and get right back to the gym and back on the paleo/keto/whateverfaddietthenewyearbrings wagon and start fitting back into our skinny-ish jeans…or just take the easy route and grab a great deal on leggings. Let’s face it, on those days when our jeans say “put down the sandwich” our leggings say “grab another glass of champagne and enjoy the New Year!”
It’s this time of year that I always think of my good friend Ross and his quote that he would prefer not to answer how much he weighs because “I’m still carrying a little holiday weight” (okay he’s fictional, but how many of you have watched all 10 seasons of Friends so often you’re sure Monica is going to show up in your house and reorganize your ribbon drawer?). This is certainly not the time to schedule the yearly physical!
Alas, many of us have made it through the last year planning that this is the year we get it all together; this will be THE ONE where we use the planner, pack school lunches the night before, menu plan for the week on Sunday and hit the gym straight after dropping the kids off at school. We also just might solve world hunger and balance the US budget but let’s keep it real here. I feel like we can speak freely. Between the next school project, the work deadlines that never stop, and the flu bug that is going to hit one kid and make its way through the whole class, we are lucky that our kids have matching shoes some days.
So, don’t put too much pressure on yourselves Mamas. It’s a new year, so start off with a new perspective on you. Give yourself grace. When you make the resolutions, don’t try to change the world…remember the already amazing you that you are. I told my husband that my resolution is to lose 15 pounds by Valentine’s Day…he called me a cheater since I’m giving birth in January! Haha! A win is a win, right?!
