Posts Tagged ‘new years resolutions’

It’s beginning to look a lot like … the post-holiday slump. Ugh. You’ll probably do some partying to ring in the new year, maybe watch a few football bowl games. And then it will be time to clean up the mess, throw out the leftover fruitcake, and beat the bathroom scales to dust with your kid’s new baseball bat.

For six weeks, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s keep Americans on one extended high of sugar and hustle-bustle. Then it’s back to reality … a little poorer, a little fatter, and a lot less motivated than we were before. No more whistling “Frosty, the Snowman.” No more candles in the window as we pull into the drive. No more pretending candy canes are calorie-free.

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