Reserving calories

I do this right around the holidays – saving a few calories for the rainy days of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. It’s no fun watching what you eat on these days. In the name of guilt, I stay a little longer in the gym. I know what will be going into our mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and pies in particular. Nothing enters my mind when I am enjoying the food though. But, I can’t say anything motivates me to stay in the gym longer after Thanksgiving although that’s what would really matter for burning off those extra calories.