The After Holidays Effect

So Christmas didn't go off as smoothly as I had hoped. But I do have to say that I tried, and I emphasize TRIED to keep a handle on it, but here's how it went, I started off Christmas Eve hungry because the wife and I had to go out and finish up a few last minute things, so we didn't eat a lot during the day, so by the time we went to the festivities that night I was starving, or so I thought. I can probably actually hibernate all winter without eating and not feel the effects. So I ate. A lot. Christmas morning, same thing and then I snacked through out the day. Christmas dinner at the in-laws I didn't eat a lot, because I had snacked through the day. Then the day after Christmas, I snacked all day again. Needless to say, by the time Sunday came around, I really was tired of snacks. So Monday I went to work with the full intention of eating healthy and working out, which I did until that night, when I dug into the popcorn bin that my mom had given to us. And so here it is Wednesday and I have worked out for two day, and I start off the day great, but then when I get home and sit with my wife and I choose to eat. I think next week is a time for purging the home of junk and getting a fresh start. My wife loves candy and I told her that if she wants to have candy she better find a dang good hiding place and just eat it when I am not home because I need to be strict for the next few months otherwise I will not get anywhere. Most of the battle is eating, and I need to be strict for several months in order to change my habits.