Holidays!!

I want to apologize for the format of this post.  It was in my first book and I have not been able to copy & paste it without it looking like this. 

HOLIDAYS


Diet blogger tbarbrick3643 has a good suggestion for planning a party or gathering

without food, but that is not always going to be easy around the holidays. So what do

you do??

Stay away from all the sweets!! Stay away from stuff that is bad for you.

You know what you can and cannot eat. If you have time to plan, then take something

healthy to the party for yourself. Make sure to take enough to share and you might be

surprised at how many people like it! I took a fat-free sugar free pie to the 4th of July

party this year and it was a huge hit!

How do you typically celebrate birthdays, graduations, and other occasions with your

family and friends? Let me guess — by going out to eat or throwing a party, right?

Turns out, people usually eat a lot more when they're in a group and surrounded by

delicious food! Think about the last big gathering you had — with all the laughter

and chatter and good-natured teasing, did anyone pay any attention to how fast the

nachos or garlic bread disappeared? The longer you sit around the table, the more

you eat, and the more the people around you are eating, the more you eat, too! So the

truth is, the more often you socialize at restaurants and parties, the harder it may be

to maintain a healthy weight.

Starting right now, plan social events that are fun, active, and do not involve food.

You might find you really enjoy these outings — maybe even more than going for

dinner or drinks! So how about inviting the gang out to play miniature golf or take a

weekend hike in a pretty area nearby? Doesn't that sound like fun? You can all sign

up for a dance class or a sports team together to make it a regular event, like your

weekend dinners. If you don't want to do something super active, that's okay, but you

should still try to think of ideas that don't involve food — like playing cards together,

for example! It's relaxing and fun, and because your hands are occupied, you can't

keep throwing chips in your mouth!