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THANKSGIVING DAY TIPS
Posted by Laurie Stilwell in Thanksgiving Day Tips on November 22, 2011
Turkey day is around the corner and I bet you have already started preparing for the “best meal of the year”, but is your waistline prepared? Want to know a statistic that will blow your brain?
- the average person consumes over 2000 calories at a T-bird dinner! (that is about a days worth of calories….IN ONE MEAL!)
Listen, I want you to enjoy the day and festive food without feeling sick or guilt-ridden by the end of it.
You know that feeling?
Pant button undone, sprawled out on the couch(for my family it’s the floor), heartburn, and the feeling that you really might implode!!!???!!!!?? UGH!
Here are some tips to get you through Thanksgiving day without a pound gained or an ounce of shame! Continue reading “THANKSGIVING DAY TIPS” »
October Ooops!
Posted by Laurie Stilwell in Holiday Help, October Ooops! on October 10, 2011
I absolutely love October! The air becomes more crisp, the sun goes to bed a little earlier, and the thrills of the new season excite me. I am so caught up in the mood of it all that I don’t mind the cold on my cheeks, the sting of my chapped lips or the roughness of my red nose. But you know what I do mind? The big October Ooops:
The candy hangover!!!!
Candy Corn
We have all oinked out on Halloween- themed goodies before. The candy corn, caramel apples, kettle corn, and endless mini candy bar options.
It’s always SO good going down, but what a crappy feeling afterwards. A candy hangover is rough. What a way to take October YAY to October Ooops!
I know, I know…Stores make it hard for us to resist as they line their shelves with such well- packaged, attractive, oh -so- tempting Halloween candy. You are instantly reeled in by the color and nostalgia of it all. You catch yourself picking up the candy to smell and feel it.
The show down begins…who will win?
Self-control vs. Craving
I hope that your self control is victorious this year.
One way to avoid an October Ooops is to take on my proposed challenge:
NO candy in your home.
I guarantee you will be at so many October events and parties that will surely have all sorts of goodies and candy. Do you really need to be tempted in your home as well?
If you can keep your home a no candy zone then you have already slashed your chances of a candy hangover in half!
Keep candy what it should be – a treat ! An occasional thing. Save it for fun parties and events.
BUT …Keep it out of your house!