Surviving Holiday Dinner

I shared this with my friends list, but decided it was worth sharing with all!

Going to give you a few hints out of the dreamy rule-book to stay on target while surrounded by delish holiday food:

1. Take no more than two bites worth of those creamy or fat-laden dishes our families love to make. You get to taste the food and not feel deprived, your family is not offended about you being "too good" to eat it, and you won't kill your macros.

8. Don't deprive yourself, but make healthy choices. If there is a veggie tray next to the egg tray, take one egg and fill up on veggies.

Have a wonderful holiday everyone!!

I shared this with my friends list, but decided it was worth sharing with all!

Going to give you a few hints out of the dreamy rule-book to stay on target while surrounded by delish holiday food:

1. Take no more than two bites worth of those creamy or fat-laden dishes our families love to make. You get to taste the food and not feel deprived, your family is not offended about you being "too good" to eat it, and you won't kill your macros.

8. Don't deprive yourself, but make healthy choices. If there is a veggie tray next to the egg tray, take one egg and fill up on veggies.

Have a wonderful holiday everyone!!

Don't deprive yourself but only eat two bites worth of creamy or fat-ladden dishes? You do realize those two contradict each other right? By only eating two bites, you are depriving yourself of something you may really want.. so why not eat a normal portion and not eat something that you are not so crazy about? That makes more sense.

I'm going out to restaurant with my parents and plan on enjoying every bite. I'm sorry but Creme Brule from Flemming's Restaurant deserves more than two bites.. and I plan to give it those two bites and more.

(I realize I prob. will get flamed for my comments.. and I'm ok with that... so flame away )

The purpose of this is to help people survive and stay within their calorie goals without completely foregoing something they love.

The purpose of this is to help people survive and stay within their calorie goals without completely foregoing something they love.

Question is, "why?" Why care on one single day? It won't make a lick of difference in the long run. Why sacrifice a day where you are with family and great food? I understand you're being helpful but you're advocating for being unnecessarily conscious for no reason. It's a single day. I will never, ever forgo an excellent meal just to stay within my calories. People should learn to eat until they are satisfied. There is life after dieting. If you can't go to a holiday feast and eat until you are content (this means eat until you're 80% full but not to the point of puking like many do) then there will be issues down the road. Easter happens once a year. People should enjoy it without worrying about losing weight. Weight loss efforts won't be stifled. It shouldn't be called a cheat either because that has negative connotations.

Also, I dislike that you imply veggies are some how healthier than eggs. That's simply not true either.

Personally, I've always combated big dinners by fasting beforehand. It works miracles and allows for you to eat more without worrying.

the eating whatever the hell I want and you ain't gonna tell me no different attitude is why we're all fluffy in the first place.

I think the problem some people run into when thinking "It's only one day so it's okay to splurge" is that the same can be said for all of the holidays, birthdays, weddings, baby showers, etc. It's great that you found something that works for you, but some people are still figuring out what works for them and welcome the acvice.

Also, to say deviled eggs are as healthy as an egg (cooked over easy, for example) is simply not true.

the eating whatever the hell I want and you ain't gonna tell me no different attitude is why we're all fluffy in the first place.

It really isn't, though. The reason any of us got "fluffy" is because we overate constantly for extended periods of time. Many of the people here have no conception of eating until content. It's either go big or go home.

I think the problem some people run into when thinking "It's only one day so it's okay to splurge" is that the same can be said for all of the holidays, birthdays, weddings, baby showers, etc. It's great that you found something that works for you, but some people are still figuring out what works for them and welcome the acvice.

Those are, what, 20-25 occasions in a year? Do you really think anyone here got fat from that? Or from the fact that they ate the same way on those 20-25 occasions a year every single day for the entire year? And do you really think those occasions impede fat loss?

Also, to say deviled eggs are as healthy as an egg (cooked over easy, for example) is simply not true.

But it is true. Foods aren't inherently unhealthy or healthy. Just because I ate a chocolate bar instead of half a cucumber today doesn't mean the chocolate bar was not as healthy as the cucumber in the context that I wouldn't be any healthier if I ate said cucumber. People on here have no idea what constitutes healthy or unhealthy. Foods aren't healthy or unhealthy, only the diet. It's a difficult concept for many to grasp because it sounds so farfetched, contrary to what many have suggested. Furthermore, it also depends on how you make the deviled eggs, so to say it's unhealthier than a "healthy" egg (whatever that may mean but that is simply arbitrary and ambiguous) isn't true. Similarly, to say that a deviled egg is healthier or unhealthier isn't true either. What matters is context, the entire diet. One day of "unhealthy" eating doesn't make you unhealthy.