: Holiday Eating Tips

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: Holiday Eating Tips

Tips that you do NOT want to get into the hands of your Weight Watcher

Counselor!

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS:

1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table

knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave

immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.

2. Drink as much eggnog as you can - And quickly. It's rare.. You cannot

find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has

10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an

eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have

two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!

3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.

Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed

potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.

4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or

whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with

an automatic transmission.

5. Do not have a snack=2 0before going to a party in an effort to control

your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other

people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?

6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's.

You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time

for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying

a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.

7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like

frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position your self

near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of

attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind,

you're never going to see them again.

8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if

you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three.

When else do you get to have more than one dessert - Labor Day?

9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory

celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.

10. One final tip -- If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party

or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start

over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to

live by: " Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of

arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in

sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and

screaming " WOO HOO what a ride! "

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