So here comes the first of the holiday season traps - the thanksgiving meal! Everyone seems to throw all restraint out of the window. Where a healthy human only needs 1500 or so healthy calories a day, most folks will eat 5-6,000 calories during their thanksgiving meal. How is that loving yourself?
So here are some tips to eating what you love, while loving yourself.
* Portions! If you have to have that dessert or fattening mashed potatoes and gravy, let a spoonful do. Even a full plate with lots of sample spoonfuls will have way more fat and calories than expected! And even too much of a good thing is bad - 4oz of meat is a portion size (a deck of cards)
* Fill up on healthier choices - white meat turkey, veggies, fresh veggie appetizers
* Make recipes as healthy as possible - low or no fat instead of full fat ingredients.
*Avoid pie crust! That's where a lot of the fat is!
*Don't drink your calories! Sip water with lemon or unsweet tea with the meal.
*No seconds!
Yeah some of you are thinking I'm I kill joy, but eating mindfully is a daily choice. Every day.
You're worth it!
e b e r
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