Well Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Talk about a bad time to start changing your life style, but it doesn't have to be all that bad. Just schedule your vacation days around your get togethers. And when you are fixing your plate don't load it up with things you can have any time. Heck, don't load up your plate at all. At our Thanksgiving there will be turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pasta salads, jello salads, rolls, and desserts. Now I don't really like this kind of turkey but if I did I would have a good sized serving of turkey, a couple bites of stuffing and maybe a pasta salad or 2, and split a roll with my husband or daughter. After your plate is empty ask yourself if you are still hungry. If not then stop, if you are then go back for seconds but follow the same kind of pattern. Just because stuffing is the best thing up there don't get a whole plate full. Why didn't I want mashed potatoes? Because I can have mashed potatoes on any vacation day. Why eat "bad" foods you can have anytime when there are plenty that are special for this event.
For the desert table there will be cheesecake, pumpkin pie, a couple other pies, chips, and crackers. Last year I would have tried to force down a full slice of every kind. This year I will just cut a sliver of the desserts that I can't have everyday. I might also just ask my husband for a bite of his if he has something different than what I have.
If you follow these few ideas then while everyone else is sitting around with a gut bomb you will be very energized and not feel like crap.
Have a Happy, Health Thanksgiving and good luck with all your weight loss goals.
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