Easter is a diet disaster waiting to happen.
All that chocolate and sugar. Turkey and all the trimmings.
Well there is a bright side to all of this Easter overindulgence.
First have your mind set on eating healthy. If only unhealthy options like deep fried cheese filled jalapeno appetisers, mashed potatoes made with cream and butter, fat dripping filled gravy, white rolls, etc. are available, choose the best you can.
There are always options. You can choose the pumpernickel bread and mayo based dip or you can munch from the veggie sticks platter. If you are asked to bring something. Make it a healthy option. So what if everyone else brought that fattening, calorie dense dip, you can always fall back and load up with your healthy veggie sticks, right!
Decide to choose wisely. Again, there are always options!
If you are hosting, choose a smaller dinner plate to set your table, if possible. Most companies like to make their dishes at a whopping 11" in diameter. That's 2" more than what they were years ago. And that's 2" more on your waistline. Ugh! You and your guests will thank you later. If a larger plate is the only option than fill your plate only 3/4 full. And that's not loading it up and piling it high to the height of that solid chocolate bunny's ears.
Eat until you are comfortably full. You don't want to overeat, that just causes unwanted bloating, gas and the "I don't feel good" feeling we've all felt one time or another. Besides no one wants to be rolling their guests out their door. If the weather is nice outside, go for a walk before the dessert course. Hey, every little bit helps. And walking helps digestion too.
Choose a fruit option for dessert rather than the high calorie cheesecake and pies. If these are all that's available, you can choose NOT to have a piece of cheesecake or you can have a SMALL piece. If you choose to indulge, fine, eat it but eat it alone. Don't start to load that small piece of cheesecake with processed fruit topping and whipped cream and chocolate shavings.... remember all those little extras are just that, extra calories on your waistline. There's a little saying about that for us ladies.. "Once on the lips forever on the hips". Oh, how true!
But don't fret. If you do overindulge a little or even a lot, make tomorrow a better day. Make the next week a better week. Drink lots of water and eat lighter meals. Your body will need the break anyway. Eat plenty of fresh fruit and veggies. Have a yogurt parfait for breakfast, a salad for lunch and lots of veggies and a smaller portion of lean meat (maybe leftover turkey) or fish for dinner. Have fresh fruit for a snack and a few nuts and dried fruit. And by the end of the day your body will thank you and you will feel much better about your choices and much better than the day before. Maybe even a small piece of that dark chocolate bunny will cure any leftover sweet Easter cravings you may still have. You did good today, you deserve it.
Happy Easter,
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