December Eating

Ah December.. My second least favourite month for several reasons (the first and only reason being the holiday binge fest)

• Because of course every social get together, every 'thank you' basket/gift, every party involves food, refreshments and sweets. Right? Right. 

So what do we do about this? How do we get through it?

Some Tips:

• Just like thanksgiving have a small breakfast or lunch (or keep a handful of nuts and eat a few whenever hunger starts getting a bite to it) this should keep hunger at bay before you eat out/the big feast.

• Instead of getting big plates get smaller ones, all the same size then simply make a list of everything you think will be at the feast, this way you will realize HOW MUCH food there will be so you can get only a little bit of each thing instead of huge amounts. 

• Drink lots of water and cayenne or lemon water, this will keep you full and work your metabolism.

IF YOU ARE EATING OUT

• Do NOT order anything with thick/creamy sauces, no pastas or desserts, look for something like fish, preferably salmon (that is clean and has very little calories) or salads, if you have to order a side with your meal or know you will then bring an empty purse and order a non-messy side (something like fries) and put a little bit in your purse through out the evening.

• Cut/divide your entree in half, either share with someone else or you can eat 1/4 of your entree, drink lots of diet coke (or whatever diet drink you got) and say you are full, if they say you hardly ate just nonchalantly point out that it must be how much soda you drank.  Get a to-go box and put the rest in there, pretend to forget it and if someone points it out pretend you are just being forgetful that day and just throw it out when you get home.

• EAT SLOWLY!!!!! CHEW THOROUGHLY!!! What I do is take a bit, chew real slow and put it in the side of my mouth, take a sip of my drink, swallow and then continue shewing the same food that was already in my mouth so it looks like I took two bites, or put a lot in. 

• Eat a handful of nuts or some fresh veggies (like carrots) before you go to eat. Pre-plan if you know where you are going look at the menu online, pick out 5 things that look good and find out how many calories are in it online.

FEASTING AT HOME

• Again, have a small meal/snack right before the feast, try to do some Cardio or metabolism yoga before the feast, this will shock your system enough that you won't be all that hungry (in fact it may make you not want to eat at all because of doing a workout)
• Plan out for the day exactly what you are and aren't aloud to eat (this helps if the feast is at someone else's house or in case you don't know exactly what will be at the feast) some examples: no dairy, no red meat, no meat at all, no sweets, nothing with a sauce, no etc.etc.

Basically all you can do is plan ahead, keep self-control in mind and remember your goals! Weigh yourself before you eat, wear something you wish looked better on you, look at clothes you want really bad online, look at a hairstyle you want (for me it is dreads) remember throughout the feast: those clothes won't look good if I put more weight on, I want to be skinny so I can reward myself with a new wardrobe, that hairstyle doesn't look good on fat people) 

:) Good luck my loves!!! Oh....

NO Salt!!!

NO creamy cheesy foods

and ALWAYS spice everything on your plate (if you can) with crushed red pepper/cayenne