The Holidays

Pies, Christmas cookies, cake, Mashed potatoes, Ham, green bean casserole, candy canes.... Why is food such a huge part of any holiday celebration? We get together and eat enormous portions of food and this is considered a Holiday tradition. It is hard to even imagine a Christmas celebration with out our traditional foods. So what is the the Thin Girl to do? Do you just have Christmas and pass on all the goodies. Well, my solution this year is two-fold. First, I need to eat healthy portion sizes and small servings of foods that are not so healthy, I also need to make sure that I make as many healthy options available to myself as possible. I you look hard enough you can find low calorie healthy versions of your favorite Holiday recipes that taste just as good. The second prong of my Thin Girl Holiday approach is to realize that Christmas is not about the food, Even if we had nothing to eat at all it would still be Christmas. Christmas is about love, and family and celebrating the birth of Jesus. Food is really not necessary. Just as the Whos down is Whoville found out when the Grinch stole their Roast beast.... "Christmas day is in our grasp as long as we have hands to clasp" Merry Christmas.