Holiday Buffet

Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends are the best time to face the ugly truth about eating right and exercising. We are in the mist of a thirty day period of over indulging. If there was ever a place for over indulging it is the all you can eat buffet. I think it should be called a stampede instead of a buffet.
Our brains know that sensible eating habits make for a longer life but our appetites keep getting in the way. We can't seem to get enough turkey and dressing or ham and green bean casserole. We eat then plop our ass down in front of the television. No wonder almost everyone is out of shape, morbidly obese and at risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and any number of cancers.
We didn't get to the top of the food chain just so we could eat grass, we pay a heavy toll for the good life. Next year will be no different! We will all be stampeding to fill our plate a second time and then grabbing the remote controls. If only we could convince ourselves it didn't have to be this way but we will not.
I just might be able to stay away from a second plate of turkey or ham but staying out of the desert line, well there is no chance of that. If I see a pie that has not been cut or a cobbler that has not been scooped, I'll have a piece and a scoop. What's a few more pounds? I have all next year to lose it! Where have I heard that before?