Wow, another cookie party has come and gone! If you have been reading my blog, you know all about cookie party but if you don't, read Confession of the Year, December 2009. I have now made it through all the Christmas parties we will be going to and my weight has been stable. I just have family gatherings and one really good restaurant visit to get through. How about you? Have you tried my suggestions on portion control, exercise and eating healthy foods most of the time? It has worked for me though cookie party and its remains have almost done me in. There are several tins of cookies left lounging on the kitchen counter, calling out to me whenever I'm near.
This year, the cookie line up included the traditional favorites: Oreo Truffles, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies and World's Best. New cookies were Oatmeal Creme Pies, Red Velvet Brownies and a Pecan Praline cookie. All new cookies received high ratings. Then I made a double batch of Mocha Punch. FOUR cartons of ice cream, 2 each of coffee and chocolate, 2 cups of coffee, and 1 quart of chocolate milk, all gone. One gallon of apple cider, almost gone. Twenty cups of coffee drained and who knows how many sodas? Oh the outrageous decadence of it all!
I covered myself by exercising almost every day, even the morning of the party. I've been mostly eating light, healthy meals like the grilled tuna and steamed vegetables I had for dinner after the cookie party. The point I always try to make is that you can have your treats some times; just not all the time, every day. You have to exercise, you have to learn what appropriate portions are and you can't eat junk day in and day out.
Don't think it's too late and give up. You can always do better today and the next day. Don't' wait for New Year's and those resolutions to jump start your healthier new self. Today's weather promises to be decent so slip in a 15 minute walk at lunch. Cut out extra helpings at meals. Drink a glass of water instead of that coke. You slip in a few good things every now and then, and before you know it, you're doing better overall!
So here's my wish for your Christmas Eve; may you have visions of vegetables dancing in your head and may those pesky sugar plums leave you alone!
Note: In the interest of helping my readers to avoid temptation, there will be no pictures of the unrestrained revelry this past weekend.
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