Salad for Christmas dinner

savithny

We didn't get fat, as a nation, because of Christmas Dinner.

We got fat, as a nation, because we started to eat like every day was Christmas and every dinner was a celebration. We started eating out all the time and thinking that because "it's a treat to eat out" it was okay to get appetizers and desserts and eat the entire obscene portion. We started thinking that enormous portions were normal, that sugared drinks with every meal were the birthright of all of us, that muffins were always the size of a softball, and that we all Deserved A Break Today.

Christmas dinner, like Thanksgiving, is sacrosanct to me. Humans throughout history have celebrated and bonded with friends and family and community over shared food, and I'm not going to pass on that aspect of a ritual meal just because of calories. I'm just not going to eat like that three times a week.

lisamarie327

I ate salad with my pasta and bread...and brownie with ice cream. does that count?

HonuNui

Our traditional pre-church snack of sausage, cheese, crackers, garlic toast, curried shrimp, and.....salad (with once a year home-made blue cheese dressing.)

kimny72

Nope. Roast beef, Mac & cheese, roasted carrots, homemade rolls, a glass of wine. Then cake. And some red & green M&Ms. I will not make a pig of myself, but I can have a salad on Tuesday

SCoil123

Lean steak, veggie rice, and salad is our menu tomorrow....oh and a huge brunch earlier in the day and stocking candy. I will go easy on the candy and brunch but I'm eating every bite of that steak.

AnvilHead

I had a salad tonight.

Along with ham, prime rib, scalloped potatoes and dessert. Tomorrow is turkey with all the fixin's.

Chadxx

Tubbs216 wrote: »

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

This, I would be perfectly happy with a healthy Christmas dinner but I would be the only one. I normally cook very healthy meals and my wife has been a good sport so I let her and the kids choose what they wanted for dinner and I just ate reasonably and avoided the deserts.

ladyreva78

Christine_72 wrote: »

I think the bigger question is who will have the guts to weigh themselves the day after Christmas? Not me, thats for sure

Hihi. Our traditional dinner is on Christmas eve (good food, cookies, wine, cookies, absolutely brilliant sauces, cookies...)

Weighed myself for *kitten* and giggles: I'm 2kg heavier this morning... but it was GLORIOUS!!!!

Therealobi1

I avoid salad at the best of times. So I can't imagine eating it on Xmas day.

But if you enjoy salads why not. just don't eat it out of some type of guilt

dutchandkiwi

Depends - usually there is some kind of salad on the christmas dinner table and I will have some then but it will notbe the only thing and it will be part of the vegetables
Plus I'll have my salad for lunch, because I love the stuff.

Machka9

Turkey and veg here.

No salad. I don't eat much in the way of salad. Salad is OK, but I generally prefer individual raw veggies, not all mixed together. And I don't like salad dressing ... never have. So salad wasn't part of my Christmas dinner.

Pavlova, on the other hand, was!!

amusedmonkey

I had salad as one of the dishes alright... a salad that cost me 618 calories...

crzycatlady1

Christine_72 wrote: »

I think the bigger question is who will have the guts to weigh themselves the day after Christmas? Not me, thats for sure

Yesterday was my big eating day vs today and yep, on the scale like usual this morning! I clocked in at 134.5lbs, which is within my maintenance window. Crisis averted for another year

ShammersPink

I'm having salad, but instead of lettuce leaves, I'm having slices of turkey, instead of raw carrots, I'm having pigs in blankets, and instead of tomatoes I'm having stuffing balls...

I will weigh myself in the New Year. If the scales will take it.

snickerscharlie

Christine_72 wrote: »

I think the bigger question is who will have the guts to weigh themselves the day after Christmas? Not me, thats for sure

I will. Because I know that however much I the scale tells me I've gained will be mostly temporary water weight from the salt, plus the weight of the food still in my system. So no biggie.

And even if, after all is said and done, I gained a lb? Sooooooo worth it.

singingflutelady

No, I don't want to end up in the er

Francl27

If I had Christmas alone, maybe, but I'm not.

RoxieDawn

The answer to this question is a BIG NO! My family would make me eat outside with the dogs...

btw salad to me can be just as caloric as anything else I make.

MalkinMagic71

I was stuffing my face with cookies at 6am this morning. Gonna have some huge pancakes for breakfast. More cookies. Then some lasagna, ham, and shredded beef sandwiches for dinner. Then more cookies. No way to a salad today or any day really.