2 DAC – Two Days After Christmas feasting do you actualize those liquor-laced and sugar coated calories. Tiny pimples start dotting places they haven’t explored since high school; new shadows of paunch keep you entertained in front of the bathroom mirror longer than usual. It’s about now, when the taste of immediate gratification fades and the results set in, when people look forward to the excuse of the New Year to make resolutions for healthier choices. But why wait?
I prefer to pass the First with a running start and a right frame of mind.
The Right Frame of Mind
Don’t feel like you need to punish yourself for the excess holiday calories. Although I usually recommend an approximate “calories-in-calories-out” mindset, I shift to a “dirty-fast-clean-slow” approach to those (hopefully) infrequent days of gluttonous indulgence. Think of those extra holiday calories as fuel to work on those muscle groups you’ve been wanting to bulk. For me, it’s my hamstrings and forever pancake flat butt.
A Running Start
That extra helping of Christmas pudding gets harder to work off the longer you put it off, so make a strong effort from the 26-29 to hit the gym every day. Better still, once the new year arrives, those resolutions feel less like goals and more like routine.