Holidays are in full swing and that means lots of parties and delicious food! We want you to enjoy the holidays and all they have to offer….
Here’s how we are keeping our diet in balance this holiday season.
1) Skip the dips. There is so much meal to come, why spoil it by eating dips before hand? My answer is “Because they are so good!” But in doing this research, just one oz of sour cream is 60 calories. I can eat that much with one or 2 chips, So instead of potato chips and corn chips, I’m going with veggies and I’m going to skip the dips all together. Yogurt is a substitute that many health journals suggest but you know from past newsletters how much sugar there is in them so “just say no (thank you)” to the dips all together.
2) Cut down on the alcohol calories. For a great alternative do a wine spritzer. To be clear, a wine sprinter is 1-2 oz of wine with 4-6 oz of club soda. You will enjoy your adult beverage, but avoid a great deal of the calories (that you can put toward a second slice of pie)
3) Instead of candied yams, prepare roasted sweet potatoes. Brush them with some olive oil and bake to bring out the natural sweetness. The bonus is all the great vitamins and nutrients that sweet potatoes have.
4) Skip the Dark meat in favor of the White meat. The same size portion will save you about 40% of the calories and you can avoid the temptation of the skin that is on a lot of the dark meat but is full of saturated fats.
5) Skip the store bought stuffing. Make your own and use gluten free cubes and butter. Sauté celery, onions, carrots, water chestnuts and any other veggies you want in olive oil. Combine the veggies with the gluten free stuffing moisten with chicken broth and add your favorite herbs.
6) Skip the gravy. Don’t substitute, just skip it.
7) Cranberry sauce. If you absolutely can’t live without it, make your own and cut a good portion of the sugar the recipe calls for. Don’t use a sugar substitute. That stuff is poison.
8) Skip the green bean casserole. Eat fresh green beans. Cut and steam fresh green beans and sprinkle them with slivered almonds. Use a little butter for taste. Eat these first to help fill you up with a low calorie part of the meal.
9) Skip the rolls all together. Enough said on this one.
10) Skip the egg nogg and drink apple cider instead. That will still be very concentrated with sugar, so do this in moderation and only if you absolutely need to.
11) If you absolutely have to have desert, choose the pumpkin pie rather than the pecan pie.
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