Re: Holiday management strategies

[Guest guest]

Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely not CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at a local high end burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big draw is all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons of wine.

How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the point of a coma?

[Guest guest]

Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely not CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at a local high end burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big draw is all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons of wine.

How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the point of a coma?

[Guest guest]

4 oz of red wine per day (but no more) is supposed to be good for

you. I'd recommend standing around nursing that glass for most of the

evening. If you start off with a glass of water, switch to wine

later, and then back to water, you keep your hands full, get your

resveratrol, *and* you don't get dehydrated.

I get a lot of flack for my diet anyway, so my avoiding burgers would

be expected from my colleagues. I've learned that making fun of my

own diet works pretty well. Hopefully there is something with

vegetables on the menu? Or you can do like my daughter did at In n

Out Burger the other day - she ordered one without the meat. I had to

bite my tongue to avoid pointing out that the bun was pretty bad, too.

In n Out will also serve burgers wrapped in a lettuce leaf for the

Atkins crowd.

Diane

>

> Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely not

> CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at a

local high end

> burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big

draw is

> all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons

of wine.

>

> How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the

point of a

> coma?

>

[Guest guest]

4 oz of red wine per day (but no more) is supposed to be good for

you. I'd recommend standing around nursing that glass for most of the

evening. If you start off with a glass of water, switch to wine

later, and then back to water, you keep your hands full, get your

resveratrol, *and* you don't get dehydrated.

I get a lot of flack for my diet anyway, so my avoiding burgers would

be expected from my colleagues. I've learned that making fun of my

own diet works pretty well. Hopefully there is something with

vegetables on the menu? Or you can do like my daughter did at In n

Out Burger the other day - she ordered one without the meat. I had to

bite my tongue to avoid pointing out that the bun was pretty bad, too.

In n Out will also serve burgers wrapped in a lettuce leaf for the

Atkins crowd.

Diane

>

> Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely not

> CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at a

local high end

> burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big

draw is

> all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons

of wine.

>

> How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the

point of a

> coma?

>

[Guest guest]

How about pretending that you are recuperating from a stomach flu and

couldn't possibly eat more than a few bites of something that won't

offend your stomach? Then, eat before you go. And enjoy the

socializing.

>

> Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely

not

> CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at a

local high end

> burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big

draw is

> all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons

of wine.

>

> How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the

point of a

> coma?

>

[Guest guest]

How about pretending that you are recuperating from a stomach flu and

couldn't possibly eat more than a few bites of something that won't

offend your stomach? Then, eat before you go. And enjoy the

socializing.

>

> Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely

not

> CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at a

local high end

> burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big

draw is

> all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons

of wine.

>

> How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the

point of a

> coma?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bernadette:

Various ways: A) eat less on previous days and on day of orgy.

when attending orgy eat as much as I want of only the healthiest

foods I can find. C) eat less on subsequent days. D) don't go to

too many of them.

If after going to one of these functions you end up eating 1700 more

calories that day than you would otherwise have done, you will only

add half a pound of real weight - 1700 is about half of 3500. (Your

scale may say more because you have more in your intestines and you

probably consumed a bunch of anti-diuretics - wine, salt, for

example - at the festivities. But this will normalize in the next

few days).

Rodney.

>

> Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely

not

> CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at

a local high end

> burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big

draw is

> all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons

of wine.

>

> How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the

point of a

> coma?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bernadette:

Various ways: A) eat less on previous days and on day of orgy.

when attending orgy eat as much as I want of only the healthiest

foods I can find. C) eat less on subsequent days. D) don't go to

too many of them.

If after going to one of these functions you end up eating 1700 more

calories that day than you would otherwise have done, you will only

add half a pound of real weight - 1700 is about half of 3500. (Your

scale may say more because you have more in your intestines and you

probably consumed a bunch of anti-diuretics - wine, salt, for

example - at the festivities. But this will normalize in the next

few days).

Rodney.

>

> Like many of us, I'm attending events with folks who are definitely

not

> CRONERS. For example, this evening I'm attending an event held at

a local high end

> burger joint (yes, there are high end burger joints), where the big

draw is

> all you can eat burgers the size of your head washed down with tons

of wine.

>

> How do you manage holiday events and the pressure to eat to the

point of a

> coma?

>