December 11, 2024 • 4 mins
The Christmas season brings big meals, family dinners and plenty of sweet treats - so how can we enjoy it without the guilt?
Health advocate and activist Dave Letele says cutting back isn't the best solution, but people can balance out the indulgences with brisk walks and exercise.
"Going for a walk will be so much better for you mentally, because you'll feel good again...you feel guilty, you feel bad - going for a walk will solve that."
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
I have a dream that I shared earlier around getting
through the Christmas break and the festive season and coming
out fitter and more healthy than I go in. I've
had that tream every year for another years, and every
year I've failed and I've over indulged. Is it possible?
Eight one hundred and eighty ten eighty nine nine two
is the text number. Here's one of those. For forty
(00:36):
nine years of my life. Mum has made a huge
pavlova for our Christmas Day meal. No choice but to
eat it and put on some weight from Mike. See, yeah,
I think on Christmas Day. Yeah, you have to enjoy
some treats on Christmas Day. It's part of celebrating the
special time with your family.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Definitely, when Mum puts on a massive pavlover and you
tune up because you're on the health binge and say
I only want a tiny slice, Mum, and see that
upside down smile on your face, You'll break your heart.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
It's the days around Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah. On the line is Dave Letelly, you.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Kid, a Dave eighteen miles agoing very good.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Now you know a lot about this sort of thing, Dave,
so you reckon it's is it easy to have a
healthy Christmas?
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Look? I just messaged and you know something one of
my mentors told me a long time ago. I've managed
to lose a hundred kilos and keep most of it.
I'll come in helping others as well. You know, everyone
always worries what they do between Christmas and New Year,
but you know the main thing is what we do
between New Years and Christmas. That's like, do you ever't
(01:37):
been worrying about what you're doing all through the year? Like,
you know, there's no points starting between Christmas and New Year?
You know. But the other thing is that, you know,
it's all about it's not about having a six pack rounds,
but being healthy and happy, and part of that is
enjoying those times in moments with your family. You know,
that's part of living a healthy, maintainable lifestyle.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, because I guess the reason why I'm thinking about
doing it over the break is because i haven't been
doing it all year, So I'm always looking. I'm always
looking for a moment to start.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Yeah, Well, day look, that's thing. The first rule start
don't don't don't ever think it's start right now. So
the thing is as well as like Christmas and ne
Year is only two days, Christmas one day and New
Years than other day. So you know it's only you
know you're gonna have treat meals. That's fine, have those
two treat meals every other day. Just do your normal stuff.
You know, we don't have to all meet up and
have big feeds and drinkers. We can meet up as
friends and family and go for a walk or you know,
(02:27):
a high or or do a workout and all those
types of healthier things.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, well, I think definitely if you can get out
for a post Christmas lunch walk, that does a lot
for for for everyone everyone involved, you know, in terms
of that food comba that you sometimes go into.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah, and it's not just like what's good for you physically,
going for a walk will be so much better for
you mentally because you feel good again, like you know,
the feeling you had the last bit, Oh no, I
shouldn't have done that. You feel guilty, you feel bad,
But going for a walk will solve that. You know,
you feel you'll feel good again.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, just in terms of the people that you see
after New Year's Dave I mentioned your you know, your
numbers go up in the new year. Is there strategies
You've got to keep them on the p after, you know,
because it's that whole New Year's resolution thing, right, this
is the year that I'm going to kick us and
get a six pack. There must be some strong strategies
to keep those guys en route.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Yeah, So we were connection and we all connected all
through our Facebook group and when you all meet up
outside the gym and when we come back, it's just
remembering our why and why we have to be healthy
and happy, you know, and for a lot of us,
it's to live. You know, a lot of the people
were helping they can't even they couldn't even fit behind
the steering wheel before. They could have walked before, you know.
So it's about remembering where they started and why they started.
(03:40):
And that's enough to you know, not forgetting the pain
we've gone through. You know, losing one hundred kilos is
not easy. So you if when you fall off the wagon,
think about all that work you know that it took,
and falling off the wagon, fine, you know, just don't
stay off. That's the thing, just got to get back on. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
I've always been able to fit behind the steering wheel.
But there's that's the thing. When you find yourself back
in the in the in the shape you were before
you started, and you were so happy when you got there,
and you have that period there, it's yeah, I mean
that's kind of the gutting part when you look back
and go, I let it slip again.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Yeah. Yeah, But don't you know, don't be your own
biggest critic. You know, if if you've done that, don't
don't pull yourself down, you know, build yourself up. So
come on, we can do this. We've done it before,
we can do again. Let's go Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yeah, yeah, make it your project. That's what I'm doing.
I'm making my project. So maybe I'll you know, I
won't be so hard on myself over the Christmas break
and then you know, and.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Then yeah, get up that mountain.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Matt.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Yea, Dave, Really nice to check to your mate.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Hey, good to talk team. Have a great Christmas, you too,
you too.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
For more from News Talks B listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcast on iHeartRadio,
You're listening to a podcast from News Talks'd be follow
this and our wide range of podcast now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I have a dream that I shared earlier around getting
through the Christmas break and the festive season and coming
out fitter and more healthy than I go in. I've
had that tream every year for another years, and every
year I've failed and I've over indulged. Is it possible?
Eight one hundred and eighty ten eighty nine nine two
is the text number. Here's one of those. For forty
(00:36):
nine years of my life. Mum has made a huge
pavlova for our Christmas Day meal. No choice but to
eat it and put on some weight from Mike. See, yeah,
I think on Christmas Day. Yeah, you have to enjoy
some treats on Christmas Day. It's part of celebrating the
special time with your family.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Definitely, when Mum puts on a massive pavlover and you
tune up because you're on the health binge and say
I only want a tiny slice, Mum, and see that
upside down smile on your face, You'll break your heart.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
It's the days around Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah. On the line is Dave Letelly, you.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Kid, a Dave eighteen miles agoing very good.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Now you know a lot about this sort of thing, Dave,
so you reckon it's is it easy to have a
healthy Christmas?
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Look? I just messaged and you know something one of
my mentors told me a long time ago. I've managed
to lose a hundred kilos and keep most of it.
I'll come in helping others as well. You know, everyone
always worries what they do between Christmas and New Year,
but you know the main thing is what we do
between New Years and Christmas. That's like, do you ever't
(01:37):
been worrying about what you're doing all through the year? Like,
you know, there's no points starting between Christmas and New Year?
You know. But the other thing is that, you know,
it's all about it's not about having a six pack rounds,
but being healthy and happy, and part of that is
enjoying those times in moments with your family. You know,
that's part of living a healthy, maintainable lifestyle.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Yeah, because I guess the reason why I'm thinking about
doing it over the break is because i haven't been
doing it all year, So I'm always looking. I'm always
looking for a moment to start.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Yeah, Well, day look, that's thing. The first rule start
don't don't don't ever think it's start right now. So
the thing is as well as like Christmas and ne
Year is only two days, Christmas one day and New
Years than other day. So you know it's only you
know you're gonna have treat meals. That's fine, have those
two treat meals every other day. Just do your normal stuff.
You know, we don't have to all meet up and
have big feeds and drinkers. We can meet up as
friends and family and go for a walk or you know,
(02:27):
a high or or do a workout and all those
types of healthier things.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, well, I think definitely if you can get out
for a post Christmas lunch walk, that does a lot
for for for everyone everyone involved, you know, in terms
of that food comba that you sometimes go into.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah, and it's not just like what's good for you physically,
going for a walk will be so much better for
you mentally because you feel good again, like you know,
the feeling you had the last bit, Oh no, I
shouldn't have done that. You feel guilty, you feel bad,
But going for a walk will solve that. You know,
you feel you'll feel good again.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, just in terms of the people that you see
after New Year's Dave I mentioned your you know, your
numbers go up in the new year. Is there strategies
You've got to keep them on the p after, you know,
because it's that whole New Year's resolution thing, right, this
is the year that I'm going to kick us and
get a six pack. There must be some strong strategies
to keep those guys en route.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Yeah, So we were connection and we all connected all
through our Facebook group and when you all meet up
outside the gym and when we come back, it's just
remembering our why and why we have to be healthy
and happy, you know, and for a lot of us,
it's to live. You know, a lot of the people
were helping they can't even they couldn't even fit behind
the steering wheel before. They could have walked before, you know.
So it's about remembering where they started and why they started.
(03:40):
And that's enough to you know, not forgetting the pain
we've gone through. You know, losing one hundred kilos is
not easy. So you if when you fall off the wagon,
think about all that work you know that it took,
and falling off the wagon, fine, you know, just don't
stay off. That's the thing, just got to get back on. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
I've always been able to fit behind the steering wheel.
But there's that's the thing. When you find yourself back
in the in the in the shape you were before
you started, and you were so happy when you got there,
and you have that period there, it's yeah, I mean
that's kind of the gutting part when you look back
and go, I let it slip again.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Yeah. Yeah, But don't you know, don't be your own
biggest critic. You know, if if you've done that, don't
don't pull yourself down, you know, build yourself up. So
come on, we can do this. We've done it before,
we can do again. Let's go Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yeah, yeah, make it your project. That's what I'm doing.
I'm making my project. So maybe I'll you know, I
won't be so hard on myself over the Christmas break
and then you know, and.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Then yeah, get up that mountain.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Matt.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Yea, Dave, Really nice to check to your mate.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Hey, good to talk team. Have a great Christmas, you too,
you too.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
For more from News Talks B listen live on air
or online, and keep our shows with you wherever you
go with our podcast on iHeartRadio,
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