Salad for Christmas dinner

incisron

Anyone keeping it healthy and having grilled chicken or a salad for Christmas dinner? Why or why not?

LAWoman72

No. I have salads every day.

CafeRacer808

No. I'm eating everything for Christmas dinner. One big dinner won't make a bit of difference in the progress I've made this month.

cerise_noir

LAWoman72 wrote: »

No. I have salads every day.

This.

I eat foods during Christmas that I don't usually have during the year. Worth it. No regrets.

everher

I don't have a problem with having salad, in fact I love salad, but I will just be eating normal portion sizes of whatever.

jemhh

No. We'll have a veggie tray and brussels sprouts because they are tasty but not out of a specific desire to be healthy.

AnvilHead

Salad for Christmas dinner? You mean only salad?

LOL. LOLOL. LOLOLOL.

No.

jkd2426

yes salad, green beans, grilled chicken, baked potatoe, and NO DESSERT!

dasher602014

Along with turkey, cranberry and veggies, yes, I will be having a salad. Diets have to be sustainable. Feast days are part of life.

Meghanebk

Nah. Why not eat fun things on holidays? As long as it's occasional, I eat what I want on special days.

But I am alone this year which means I eat what I choose, not "traditional" family favorites! Mjadrah, tatziki and fresh baked pita and some baklava, yum. Oh and some quinoa/cranberry/bean super salad, I guess that counts as salad.

tlflag1620

I am eating healthy for Christmas dinner - ham, acorn squash, green beans, Brussels sprouts with bacon... I will skip the mashed potatoes and dinner roll to make room for pie, which I suppose is "unhealthy".

Why do you imagine grilled chicken and salad to be the only "healthy" foods in existence? I'd wager most people will be having a number of healthy foods on Christmas Day, with a few treats mixed in for fun and festivity.

angel7472

Just NO! Life is too short not to enjoy yourself! I've been doing this for years and I've still lost the weight and maintained for over 2 years now. I cheat, cheat and cheat on holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. The other days of the year I work out and watch what I eat. I won't watch tomorrow and probably not the next day either (family coming from out of town) and I won't have an ounce of regret. I won't step on the scale either *gasp*

williams969

Hell no! I'm eating turkey, brisket, and a holiday roast. All. Of. It. Our family celebrates all the blessings we received over this last year during this last week of the year. And, yeah, we do it with festive and indulgent foods.

Erotyka

I'm not exactly a salad lover on any other day of year, but to (what I assume is) your point - I'm staying on my diet throughout. It's just another day. Oddly, Christmas Day marks day 100 of my diet... I haven't been interested in cheat days in any of those 100 days, and Christmas is no different for me.

There's only two of us in the house, and it halves the cooking responsibility and cost of holiday food. Everyone wins.

Tubbs216

What?! No. My family, if I tried to pull that:

Christine_72

Surely you jest

There might be one salad on the table this year, and it'll be a calorific ceaser salad.

malibu927

I can have those any other day of the year. I'll eat Christmas food (spiral ham, desserts, etc.) and enjoy myself.

jennifer_417

Heck no, techno! I love salad, but Christmas only comes once a year!

AuthorNinja

I will have a big ol' salad to kick things off. I'll eat other stuff, which I've planned for, but the salad will be a big part of my meal

kommodevaran

My Christmas dinner didn't go exactly as planned. Because of too much date and pecan pie for second lunch, dinner had to be one piece of pork rib, an apple and a few sugar snap peas. Hell, I'll make up for it tomorrow.