Every Possible Way to Screw Up Your Holidays (a.k.a. The Recipe for Disaster)

Welcome back to Iron Oath Weekly — today we’re giving you the ultimate recipe for disaster this holiday season. We’re talking self-sabotage, and how to destroy everything!!!

❌ #1: “Say yes to everything!”

✅ #1: You do NOT need to say yes to everything

❌ #2: “Then say yes to everything at the event!”

✅ #2: Don’t get sucked into the guilt trip or FOMO.

❌ #3: “Screw the gym — start fresh in January!”

✅ #3: Start the next day — not in January, not Monday.

❌ #4: “Drink as much alcohol as possible!”

✅ #4: Cap your drinking.

❌ #5: “Don’t move — stay cozy and sedentary!”

✅ #5: Keep moving, even if it’s light.

❌ #6: “Give yourself no grace — perfection or nothing.”

✅ #6: You will mess up. And that’s normal.

❌ #7: “The holidays only come once a year — go all in!”

✅ #7: Avoid the ‘last supper’ mentality.

❌ #8: “Eat all the desserts — it’s the holidays!”

✅ #8: Follow the 1–3 bite rule.

❌ #9: “Winter arc = eat everything and call it bulking!”

✅ #9: Remember, summer bodies are built in the winter.

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