Do you love chocolate but worry about fitting into your favorite jeans? What if you could snack on something that has fewer calories and is natural, plus it tastes like chocolate?
Seem too good to be true?
Let me introduce you to carob! Carob is a great-tasting substitute for chocolate with a history of its own.
Today is my birthday and it’s time to celebrate! This means only one thing: birthday cake (or some kind of chocolate dessert for me:) I’m the birthday girl so I can eat all that I want, right? After all, my birthday only comes once a year. But let’s think about this. I have a rather large family: my parents, five siblings, four sister-in-laws, two nephews, and three nieces. So that adds up to 16 different birthdays (17 including mine). When I use the excuse “well, this birthday only comes once a year” I’m really multiplying that “once a year” to seventeen times a year. When I put it that way… it kinda makes me think I don’t always have to splurge on every occasion.
Well, that’s my two cents worth.
‘Tis the season to be jolly! Jolly fat, that is. Most of us just give up trying and indulge with wild abandon, aiming to turn over a new, ascetic leaf in January.
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Have you ever found yourself thinking?
Tomorrow I’ll eat healthier
Tomorrow I’ll eat my veggies
Tomorrow I’ll join the gym
Tomorrow I’ll do this and that is an excuse I find myself thinking on a regular basis. The problem with saying tomorrow I’ll exercise is that tomorrow never comes; tomorrow turns into today, so we just say the same old thing and the cycle repeats itself. But we can change those unhealthy habits. (They weren’t always a habit were they?) It takes 21 days to break or form a habit.
Not all habits are bad. For example, going to the gym on a regular basis has now become a habit for me (a good one). Forming a good habit takes 21 days too, so why not break a habit by replacing it with a healthy one? You could take a walk instead of sitting on the couch eating your daily dose of ice cream. An extra benefit: you get your exercise in for the day.
During the holiday season when everyone is writing their New Year’s resolutions, I challenge all of you to forget saying “I’ll do better tomorrow” and start saying “I’m doing better today.”
Today I’m eating healthy
Today I’m eating my veggies
Today I’m working out at my new gym
Stop saying tomorrow and start saying today.
I hope you all have a Christmas full of laughter and joy. Enjoy this wonderful season surrounded by family and friends!
Merry Christmas and, of course, a Happy New Year! (make it a healthy one:)
~Layna
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