Healthy Tips for Holiday Eating

Enjoy holiday food in small quantities!

Holiday eating can take its toll on even the healthiest among us. You don’t have to skip holiday parties.  Here are a number of ways to help you make more moderate choices that will keep those extra pounds from piling up:

• Eat smaller meals rather than “saving” yourself for that special holiday meal, where you are likely to overeat.
• Plan a workout before a holiday party or big meal.
• Take advantage of “nutritionally dense” holiday foods like pumpkin, cranberries, turkey, sweet potatoes and chestnuts.
• Eat slowly.
• Offer to bring a healthy dish to holiday parties.
• When you cook, try recipe modification like replacing applesauce for oil.
• Get a plate instead of  “hanging out” at the appetizer table at a party.