This is what happens on Black Friday

I have a question for you now that the big turkey day is over, did you also over do it at the table?¬† I know I did.¬† Why do we do this to ourselves at this time of year?¬† What really upsets me is, I started out the morning with the very best of intentions not to over eat.¬† I wasn’t alone either, there were other family members who declared that this holiday was going to be different then years past.¬† They too were going to approach the table full of some of the very best prepared food on the face of the earth, with sensible and moderate portions and not over do it.¬† I am relieved to report that I was not alone in failing to uphold my end of the bargain; I was in good but miserable company by mid afternoon.

I think there is something within us that tells us that it is OK to over do it during the holidays.¬† Not only in eating but in spending money.¬† Now let’s be honest here, we don’t need to eat as much as we do and we certainly don’t need to spend as much as we do.¬† So what is it that says to us, it’s OK, go ahead have that third helping of turkey and that fourth desert.¬† It’s OK to burn that credit card just a little more, after all it is the holidays and we are expected to.

I think that word, expected, sums it up.¬† You see the ladies of our families, that work so hard to prepare a feast expect us to over do it.¬† In fact I believe that actually look for the bloated bellies and feelings of “oh my, what have I done?”

I am announcing right now that I am not going to over do it any more during the holidays simply because it is “expected” of me.¬† No sir, I am changing the way I do things starting right now.¬† How about it, do you want to follow me on the quest to change what is “expected” of us?¬† I would like to hear from those of you who want to follow me on this new crusade.¬† As for right now, I am going to bed and I don’t think I will need to eat anything for the next couple of days.¬† Good night.

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