Those holiday temptations
I’d like to be able to share with you a new and marvelous secret of holiday eating–how to eat as much as we want with no pain or gain.
Sigh…I have no magic wand to wave to keep you (or myself) from over-indulging this holiday season. Culinary delights and temptations are around every pathway and holiday celebration. From Thanksgiving through the New Year, we’ll have a plethora of opportunities to stuff ourselves with delicious, fattening, and sugar-loaded foods.
Some suggestions which can help…
- Before indulging in the calorie rich and sugar packed desserts, eat generous servings of fruits and vegetables first. This will help curb your appetite.
- Sample those tasty sweets and creamy chocolate temptations, but go for a taste, not a plateful.
- Try to keep your portion sizes small when it comes to meat, gravy, bread, and high calorie foods.
- When you’re tempted to have second helpings, go for fruit, veggies, and other low calories choices.
- Drink lots of water, while limiting sweetened beverages and alcohol.
- Maintain activity during the holiday season.
You don’t need to give up all your favorite foods during the holiday season, but consuming smaller portions of the high calorie options and maintaining physical activity will help ward off weight gain.
Thank you Katherine! I plan to follow your wise advice.
Wishing you a healthy, happy, and blessed Thanksgiving, Lisa. I took a long walk today between completing errands. I’m trying to follow my advice, too. Blessings, my friend.
If you saw the size of the top sirloin I had the other night, or tasted the creaminess of my homemade chicken and dumplings last night, you’d know why I wish this post had come out on Monday. LOL
Great advice, as always, for a healthy life Ms. Katherine. Solid reminders of ways we can enjoy without the pain of over-indulgence. Happy Thanksgiving sweet friend, and thank you for another year full of blessings.
I think I saw a picture of those chicken and dumplings on Facebook. They looked mighty good! We need to indulge occasionally. The key is not to do so too often. Wishing you good health, blessings, and a very Happy Thanksgiving, my friend. I am blessed by your friendship and encouragement.
Great advice for eating right on these special days, Katherine. We can remember this is only one day so if we do over indulge we can limit our choices for days afterwards and also keep exercising. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
You are right, Barbara. If we overindulge one day, we can use the next few days to exercise more and eat less. That helps keep the holiday pounds from piling on. I ate a LOT for Thanksgiving lunch, but I got in a three-mile walk this afternoon. I had a great day–hope you did as well.
I’m reading this after consuming our Thanksgiving feast. I think I did okay!
As always, you offer great tips for keeping healthy. Thanks, Katherine! Happy Thanksgiving!
That’s great, Terri! I think I did ok at Thanksgiving, but I’m consuming these leftovers like I haven’t eaten in a week! More walking for me. Thanks so much for your encouragement, Terri. Wishing you a healthy and happy holiday season.
I think I ate less this Thanksgiving than in years past. Although I sampled three desserts, they were tiny portions. The leftovers are another story! Fortunately, none of the desserts came home with us!
Desserts are my weakness, too. Like you, I did well on Thanksgiving Day, but I’ve enjoyed the leftovers for several days. Fortunately the weather has been wonderful and I’ve been able to get in extra walking. Blessings!
Great advice here, Katherine. We can indulge a bit over the holidays. Controlling our portions will reduce our eater’s remorse in the New Year. Thanks and God bless!
You are absolutely right, Nancy. As someone who used to put on a few pounds during the holidays every year, I finally learned to regulate my portions and my choices during the Christmas season. Thank you for your encouragement. Wishing you a blessed and joyous holiday and a Happy New Year.