Evil Bunnies!

Chocolate Bunnies, Peanut Butter Eggs, Jelly Beans....who knew these innocent items could be so evil!  Add in the challenge of family dinners and traveling and you have a recipe for disaster. 

Many times, we use the Holliday as an excuse to eat the foods that we normally don't eat.  This isn't entirely bad, except when the "cheat meal" lasts an entire weekend! We all have to learn modification. 

MEALS

Yesterday, we traveled to a family member’s house and the food was very good.  There were several different types of meat, veges, candied sweet potatoes, desserts.  One way to survive is to be AWARE of PORTIONS.  I picked the leanest meat and limited myself to about 2 tablespoons of the various vegetables.  This way, I was able to taste the items, but limit the caloric impact.  It is very easy to eat too much.  My theory is that if you cannot see the plate, you have far too much food. 

We also faced a dilemma while out with family members.  We decided to eat dinner and go to a movie.  Normally my husband and I will split a healthy meal or eat off the less than 500 calorie menu.  Everyone was getting appetizers so we decided to do the same.  1) Everything is fried.  2) Everything has a sauce.  3) Everything is high fat, high calorie.  We minimized the impact by not eating everything.  (And, truth be told, I was miserable all night for this food choice!)

DESSERTS

We all want them.  Or, we all think we do.  If you feel you need to eat dessert, minimize impact by selecting small portions or sharing dessert.  For me this weekend, I chose to eat a petite four which is a small cake and only about 70 calories.  However, this is a high sugar content. (I also succumbed to two peanut butter eggs late in the evening!)

THE DOWN SIDE

Last night, Brian and I couldn't figure out why we felt hungry.  We had eaten all day...or at least we felt like we had.  But, we had eaten the WRONG foods.  We ate empty calories with high sugar content.  If you make healthy choices, you will feel better.  If you decide to eat the foods you used to eat before making a decision to get healthy, your body will not be happy!