Day After Thanksgiving Hangover?

Are you experiencing that familiar holiday “hangover”?  Not necessarily because you imbibed too many holiday spirits (aka beer, wine, cocktails and eggnog and the like), but because first of all your family drove you a little nuts, and second of all, you are still digesting that massive plate of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and a dollop of healthy vegetables you had? Oh, and the seconds, and the desserts like pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll, cherry and apple pie, dirt casserole and a little bit of that delicious cake that someone brought?  And yes, I’m taking that sample from my own personal experience yesterday.

Well, relax, because we’ve all been there.  The holidays are fun, yes. But they are also overwhelming and can lead to a lot of stress eating and drinking that almost never leaves off with the actual holiday, but rather it tends to drag on through the whole month of November and the entire month of December.  I call it my own personal holiday hangover, because after Thanksgiving, it feels like your body just wants to eat whatever it wants, and wants to consume way more alcohol than what is healthy for you.

Not that it hurts here and there, but let’s face it alcohol overconsumption and eating foods that are fatty and high in salt and sugar isn’t what’s going to give you that golden ticket that guarantees a spot in the octegenarian or centenarian line that so many of us aspire to be in these days, longevity wise.  Not only that, but we all know what feeling fat and lazy does to our libido (let’s keep it sexual, after all that is the topic of this blog, and sex makes the world go ’round, that and love I guess).

It’s no surprise that our libidos tend to go down the tubes around the holidays. Not only are we stressed about what the perfect gifts are for Aunt Betty and cousin Sue, but we also have to deal with holiday parties, people constantly bringing naughty foods into work for us to nosh on which make us feel even more lethargic, and then we also have to deal with the financial and family pressures that come with the holiday season.

In short, it’s pretty tough out there during the holidays, and if we don’t watch it, before we know it we’re looking at the scale and noticing we put on fifteen pounds and now we gotta take it off. So, have fun, but not TOO MUCH fun this holiday season. Remember what’s important, and remember that happiness isn’t always loads of butter and carbs (well, sometimes it is), but it’s really about having control and feeling good about yourself.