Holiday weight is here. All the Thanksgiving food a week ago, and with Christmas food on the way, dieting is in the air.

People hear the word “diet” and start acting funny. Dieting does not necessarily mean someone is not eating anything. It may just mean they want to cut out processed and refined sugars from their lifestyle or want to be healthier overall.

So what if a person is considered thin by others, that does not mean they shouldn’t want to be healthy too. Nobody feels that great when they are a couple pounds heavier than normal.

Why not start dieting during the holidays? This might be the time of year that gets the idea to click how eating anything at any time will catch up. Last holiday season that realization clicked for me and it made it one of the worst holidays.

Last year, I gained about 15 pounds in six months before the holidays and I was in the worst shape I had ever been in. The click of being unhealthy made me feel horrible. I didn’t eat any of the foods I loved. I just sat and watched my family eat without me.

This realization motivated me to go to the gym and become healthier physically and mentally. My life took a turn for the best, all because of a holiday diet.

Holiday diets are totally normal, so why are younger people criticized for following them? There is nothing wrong with wanting to build good eating habits at a younger age.

People would not tell a five-year-old that they don’t need to brush their teeth because they look clean enough. People start teaching their children good habits at a young age so they do not have potential medical problems later in life. The same thing goes for eating. People should not wait until the age of 30 to start eating healthier and working out.

However, one could say there is an issue of being “too fit.” As long as a person is staying in a medically healthy condition while eating a certain way and working out, then there is no problem. Usually when people are dedicated to a certain style of life, they are well educated on the subject. 

It is okay for people to want to be healthy, no matter how they already look; whether it’s changing their diet or working out more. Let people live their own lives and remember that piece of pie won’t be the end of the world.