Handling Food on Thanksgiving

On Thursday we will be celebrating Thanksgiving in the United States. It is a time to get together with family and friends. The food is on everyone's mind. Some of us have thoughts of how can I not eat the fattening food, others are thinking I feel so fat and don't want everyone to see me like this. Holidays always brings up feelings that are sometimes buried.

Let's play a little game and make this year different. We have a choice either we can make ourselves sick about going to the Thanksgiving get together or have a good time. We can eat everything in site and then complain about feeling stuffed or we can create an action plan before we go to the party.

Following are some small steps you can take to end the cycle of compulsive overeating at parties. For the past nine years I have been taking the following steps:

1. Never go to a party hungry.
2. Take a bottle of water when you get to the party and drink it before eating.
3. Create a grateful list by asking others what they are grateful for.
4. Talk to at least three people before eating.
5. Don’t sit near the food.
6. Take only a small amount of the different types of food with plenty of salad.
7. Have fruit for desert.
8. Never go back for seconds.
9. After you finish eating take another bottle of water.
10.Walk around and talk to everyone.
11.Don’t stay late.
12. At home do something nice for yourself.

This Thansgving try some of these ideas and let me know what happens.

I would love for you to join me in writing “Getting Off the Diet Merry-Go-Round Blog, by sharing your special gifts with the world. All it takes is one little step, leave a comment expressing your ideas and experiences.

A special note to anyone who is struggling with food, please leave a comment and I will address you concerns in my blog. Together we will create a plan that will enable you to live a vibrant life.

I will be on vacation for a week and wish you all a Happy and Fun Thanksgiving.

What are you doing nice for yourself today?

Helen