Pretty good (and easy) advice for surviving the holidays without blowing your diet
I am heading home for the holidays, so I have been checking out the resources in my home town.
During the course of my research, I found this rather nice blog post from Whole Foods! Out of all the advice there, the one thing that I need to remember the most is to move away from the food. Like most families, or at least most families in my acquaintance, mine tends to hang out in the dining room – or even worse – the kitchen!
This year’s plan: try to stay focused on the people that I am ostensibly there to visit and the conversations.
How much more pleasant would all of our holiday interactions be if we focused on staying in the moment and really hearing what the other person had to say, instead of wondering – in the back of your mind – how many pieces of pecan pie are left?
And how much simpler would this be to accomplish in the living room (or outside, weather depending) than in the kitchen surrounded by the cloying smells of sugar, butter, and starch?
I am also going to do my best to not eat standing up or anything – anything at all – that’s not on a plate.
