Hey sexy, I’m so excited to share this podcast with you today, since we’re headed into the Thanksgiving festivities and the amazing weekend before us. I received a lot of questions about the tips for how you can stay sexy through the holidays. You wonder how to resist bingeing, how to get in control of your cravings or how to find motivation. So for the next 6 weeks I’ll come up with one episode per week with exact steps for how to do that.
Today we’re focusing on tips and strategies for how to spend the best Thanksgiving ever. Many of us may find ourselves feeling sad and lonely these days. It may be because your family is not with you, or you are not in good relationships, you don’t have a family or perhaps you lost the loved ones.
I want to share with you 2 very important elements, so you can become the catalyst of change regardless of whom you spend the holiday with, and become your most joyful self this Thanksgiving.
- Emotional connection and emotional state
I want you to identify the emotion you have when I say “holidays” or when I say “Thanksgiving dinner.” Do you feel sad, lonely, happy, included, loved, seeking love, excited? Be aware of what this feeling is and feel it. If we don’t know what we feel, we fall into the trap of constantly soothing and nurturing ourselves with food.
The emotion leads your behavior. If it’s a “negative” emotion, we’ll look to drown it in food, especially in sweets, because it’s the easiest and fastest way for the brain to find the soothing it needs through stimulating endorphin that makes us feel instantly better.
So know and feel your feelings. Remember that food is our fuel, it nourishes our body, heals us and gives us energy for the day. Everything else is basically emotional eating. The more we focus on positive emotions and create emotional connections through love, kindness and compassion, it will be easier to effortlessly flow through the piles of desserts. Instead of restricting and controlling yourself, you’ll be in touch with your feelings, and soothe yourself in other ways than food.
How to do that exactly?
- Replace one soothing behavior with another soothing behavior that puts you in a positive pattern
If your family pushes you to eat, what they are really looking for is love. They look for validation that they are important in your life. You can validate that and give them the sense of love and inclusion without having to eat 700 calories of pie. Express love and gratitude to your grandma with words, hugs and presence. Eat one piece of pie and you'll be satisfied.
You don’t have to find that love in food. If you’re feeling depressed or anxious, just identify that feeling, connect it to a positive emotion and share love and gratitude.
I want you to act as a catalyst in your family or circle of friends. I want you to be responsible for your own fun and your own joy. Carry that love for everybody when you walk into the room. If it’s always boring, bring a game. If it’s awkward, break the ice by asking your family what they are grateful for. Because conviction and passion you bring to the table will be the biggest game changer.
To conclude, you need the change of your emotional state and you need action. That will open the door for you to have the most amazing Thanksgiving in life and stay sexy all the way through.
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See you in the community sisters!
With love,
Zlata
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