weight loss and Thanksgiving

Happy Holiday Morning...

No food/eating nagging from me on anything today.....enjoy your families, feel the warmth and if things are not going exactly how you want them to go now, remember this will only be for now....whether it be a weight struggle, a financial issue or a personal problem(s) things WILL get better and if you focus on your health to keep that optimal, everything else will fall into place....Have a great Holiday and mark your calenders for Friday December 4 5pm for our Patient Appreciation Nite....see Donna sing....see Posner croon Sinatra.....free VIP admission for all of our patients!

weight loss and Thanlksgiving

Good Tuesday Morning....First, I want to thank the people who comment on the entries....very insightful and helpful to me and everyone who reads them...

For those of you who are preparing the Thanksgiving celebration, there is no question that you can still have many choices available to you annd your guests that will NOT derail weight loss efforts. The protein choices of turkey, roasts, hams etc are very compatible with your efforts. Side dishes can also include vegetables...not just mashed potatoes , sweet potatoes etc.

Also, consider portion controlling the desserts...perhaps rather than just putting out the cakes and putting out a cake cutting knife in a tradtiional manner allowing a large piece to be cut off, prepare a very small "sampler" where you place a very small amount as a "tasting" plate with a touch of each of your dessert offerings. And ice cream??? Does anyone at the table actually need ice cream on top of their cake/pie?

Try to separate the enjoyment and love of the people you are with from the need to ingest lots of calories. You are choosing to live longer and healthier so you can be there for many more Thanksgiving celebrations.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to wish all of you a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your family, friends and loved ones.

I am off to the tennis courts (hey...burn some calories so I can eat a bit more and not damage the scale!).

Few hints: stay away from the alcohol, do only "sampling" tastes of the traditional high-caloric stuffings, breads, potatoes, etc, load up on those proteins, and really only taste that pumpkin /apple pie IF you feel hunger....

And please dont forget...next Friday..December 20 from 5-??? 20th anniversary patient appreciation nite......please stop by!!!!!!

Shopping for Thanksgiving

This weekend many of you will be shopping for the food that you will prepare for Thanksgiving. The traditional foods such as turkey, ham, etc provide lots of protein, but the "peripherals"...i.e. the stuffing, potatoes, breads, desserts etc will be the challenge. As I tell anyone that enters our program, we do not expect anyone to NOT partake of some of the tradtional food sources a holiday brings. However, try very hard to not "over-indulge" on these sources. Perhaps make a list of the 10 food or drink items that would be detrimental to your weight loss efforts and only buy/have around the house 5 of them. When you shop, try to make sure you have choices that will be tempting, yet less caloric. Perhaps one of the dessert choices can be a sugar free jello with a low caloric whip on top. This is surfe to bring in 600 less calories than apple pie and ice cream.

Following this holiday in the next weeks will bring even more opportunities to sabotage your weight loss efforts, so please consider starting now by reconciling your desire to have a great loving holiday with your family, friends, and loved ones and stil maintain your quest to live longer and be healtheir and happier.