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Enjoy Your Holiday Eating!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom
With a big holiday weekend coming up ? spanning both Easter and Passover ? many of us are anticipating family time that includes all kinds of special holiday foods.
I think it?s time we all started to look forward to holiday eating with a sense of controlled indulgence, rather than the ?it?s a holiday so calories don?t count? point of view. It?s important, because holiday eating occurs much more often than we think ? and we have very short memories when it comes to food! When you tally up major holidays, family birthdays, sports events, weddings, and more, it?s not just an occasional splurge we?re talking about.
There?s just one recommendation I have (and use myself!) to be a smart, guilt-free indulger for all holidays. THINK before you eat. This doesn?t mean don?t eat ? it means make a better choice.
Ask yourself if a certain food is worth the splurge or simply eaten because ?it?s there.? For buffets, take a minute to scan the whole table, and focus on your favorites. Can?t decide? Indulge in everything by creating a downsized serving of each: Nix the huge serving spoon or ladle and use a tablespoon.
Skip that dreaded sense of deprivation by giving yourself permission to enjoy everything on the holiday table, if you choose. And eat what you like best. Avoid the ?food is love? mentality ? and never eat because you want to please the cook. You DO have control over what you choose to eat or not eat!
Holidays are wonderful family and food times. Learning to make holiday eating part of your long-term personal eating routine is worth the effort!
What strategies keep you on track?
- Tips For Diabetics To Stay Healthy During The Holiday Season
Most people are not affected by occasional overindulging at holiday parties, but diabetics can get in serious health trouble if they aren't careful. ?If you are someone who is not in good control of your diabetes throughout the year, the holiday...
- Enjoy The Holiday Weekend!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom By the time you?re reading this, it will be the start of a long holiday weekend for most of us. You may be celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa ? or if you?re a Seinfeld fan, perhaps ?Festivus? (for the rest-of-us!). While...
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By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, a predictable food phenomenon occurs in offices everywhere: the sudden appearance of holiday candy jars, filled to the brim with all kinds of treats! Even on desks of the most healthful...
- Let The Holiday Season Begin!
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom Today marks the unofficial start of the holiday season, and it begins with shopping! While you might not be scanning the store shelves at midnight, the start of the season puts a lot of added pressure on all of us, only one of...
- Creating Holiday Food Memories
By Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom With Thanksgiving just two days away, I?d like to talk about all of the positive associations of food and family that we don?t often hear about. Food has now become ?the enemy? ? it?s loaded with calories fat, sugar, and salt...