Happy Thanksgiving people!!!
As the stores (and many neighbors) are forcing us to think about Christmas already (and not because its Jesus' birthday!), please remember to count your blessings!!
Be thankful for the little things -
having 2 legs that work properly (even if they are a little bigger than you'd like them to be),
having children that love you (even if they drive you crazy at times),
having a roof over your head (even if it's not updated and that stinkin paint still needs to be touched up),
that you have a warm meal to eat with family and/or friends in a nice, warm, cozy home (even if it is disfunctional).
Life could be so much worse. We live such spoiled lives here in the U.S. We need to make sure to count our blessings because one day we may not have it all.
As for health tips:
1. Get some kind of exercise Thanksgiving morning and plan a post meal walk. The exercise will wake you up and give you more incentive to make healthy choices.
2. Drink LOTS OF WATER!! Thanksgiving food is filled with salt and sugar. One reason we keep on eating is because were thirsty! But instead of recognizing our thirst we stuff out faces with more dehydrating food.
3. Don't plan on seconds...unless it's vegetables. And I don't mean the cheese covered kind. I mean the healthy steamed kind... and preferably green.
4. Sweet potato casserole is a dessert!!! Put it there (on the dessert table).
5. Choose one (or 2) of your most favorite desserts and eat a little. Enjoy it, savor it, let it melt in your mouth, think about the flavors. Then drink your coffee, then drink your water and save the other serving your dying to get for tomorrow. Spread the yumminess out.
6. Get back on your food & fitness routine ASAP!! This day will come again... in 30 days in fact.
7. Come back here for some healthy (or at least delicious) leftovers recipes.
Enjoy your holiday and your time off.
Have a Happy Day of Thanks and Blessings
As the stores (and many neighbors) are forcing us to think about Christmas already (and not because its Jesus' birthday!), please remember to count your blessings!!
Be thankful for the little things -
having 2 legs that work properly (even if they are a little bigger than you'd like them to be),
having children that love you (even if they drive you crazy at times),
having a roof over your head (even if it's not updated and that stinkin paint still needs to be touched up),
that you have a warm meal to eat with family and/or friends in a nice, warm, cozy home (even if it is disfunctional).
Life could be so much worse. We live such spoiled lives here in the U.S. We need to make sure to count our blessings because one day we may not have it all.
As for health tips:
1. Get some kind of exercise Thanksgiving morning and plan a post meal walk. The exercise will wake you up and give you more incentive to make healthy choices.
2. Drink LOTS OF WATER!! Thanksgiving food is filled with salt and sugar. One reason we keep on eating is because were thirsty! But instead of recognizing our thirst we stuff out faces with more dehydrating food.
3. Don't plan on seconds...unless it's vegetables. And I don't mean the cheese covered kind. I mean the healthy steamed kind... and preferably green.
4. Sweet potato casserole is a dessert!!! Put it there (on the dessert table).
5. Choose one (or 2) of your most favorite desserts and eat a little. Enjoy it, savor it, let it melt in your mouth, think about the flavors. Then drink your coffee, then drink your water and save the other serving your dying to get for tomorrow. Spread the yumminess out.
6. Get back on your food & fitness routine ASAP!! This day will come again... in 30 days in fact.
7. Come back here for some healthy (or at least delicious) leftovers recipes.
Enjoy your holiday and your time off.
Have a Happy Day of Thanks and Blessings
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