The best of both worlds

Unless you have been in solitary confinement you will have noticed we're in full festive season swing.  Christmas parties, staff nights out & catching up with friends and family.  It could seriously put a few pounds on your waistline - this mornings yoga and weights session burned off 300 calories.  That's a generous glass of wine or 6 fingers of Kit Kat if you're into counting your calories.  I actually think in gyms when you finish a session on a machine it should convert your effort into how much wine you can drink or number of Kit Kats you can eat or broccoli!  
But I'm not all bah hum bug or weight watching as we deserve to party at this time of year.  But how do we schedule our training around such a hectic social schedule without giving us a steep uphill battle in January to shift the tummy?  It's a balance.  Train hard the morning of an "event" and trail light to day after, but still train.  If you can't run at least do some yoga or weights.  You'll definitely feel better from it.
The roads and pavements have been torturous in the last week and I made the mistake of going out thinking they had thawed in my normal training shoes.  It was also a session where I had to put in 3 x 15 minute efforts and I was very lucky to stay upright.  Had I not been set the target I would have turned back after 1 km.
So have the best of both worlds.  Train hard before your night out and light the next day.  Don't fall into the trap of taking 3-4 days off which piling in the food and drink.  The effort you have to put it to burn off the excess it very hard.  Enjoy your Christmas and take care out there.  2023 is just round the corner.