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This is an edit of a comment I made to another post about how to think about the holiday eating that is coming up. "Let's go eat carbs until our hearts stop. It's a special occasion," suggested the OP, but balance it by limiting how many events we treat like that. Indeed, that is one approach. It's valid.
I suggest, instead, that we can be somewhat true to both -- the tradition of a celebratory feast and our commitment to eat right. The choices aren't between events of no control and events of tight control -- we can choose a middle path.
For me, I'm counting calories, but I don't want to put myself thousands of calories behind. With that in mind...
Honoring the Feast and Honoring My Effort
- I'm going heavier on the vegetables and lean turkey (honor my effort)
- I'm going to have some of the homemade stuffing (honor the feast)
- I'm going to pass on the cheap store-bought stuff I can always have (honor my effort)
- I'm going to have a piece of pie (honor the feast)
- I'm going to eat slowly and mindfully, making a mental memory of the special tastes and feeling and smells (honor my effort and the feast)
- I'm going to keep my first portions smaller ... (honor my effort)
- ... because I plan to have seconds of something when the rest of the table starts to have seconds ... (honor the feast)
- I'm going to take quick pictures of my plates so I can log them later (honor my effort)
- I'm not going to try to find and enter each item on my plate at the dinner table (honor the feast)
- I'm going to take a walk after dinner (honor my effort)
- I'm going to remember that this feast is about our traditions and appreciation of the people and circumstances of our lives (honor the feast)
I'm also not going to impose my efforts on others, so as I do this, I'll be doing it quietly and not distract anyone from their own way of enjoying the day. This is about sharing the feast while I honor my effort.
Originally posted as a comment two years ago, this became a /r/loseit favorite and so I've cleaned it up to make it its own post.
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