Holiday Eating Survival Guide
Holiday Eating Survival Guide
Choose:
- Lower calorie appetizers- Stick with vegetables or fruit
- Avoid lots of cheese, and fried foods
- Go with Smaller plates and tall skinny glasses
Know your limits:
- Eat before you go to a party or out holiday shopping.
- Make a healthy food for the party
- Have a plan for healthy eating… 5 small appetizers and 2 drinks
- 2 mixed drinks can have almost 500 calories and depending on the appetizers, it can run as high as can 230 per appetizer.
- Indulge in a holiday treat closer to bedtime, you will tend to eat less than if you had it during the day.
- Be mindful of eating- slow down pay attention
- Carry hard candy mints to change the flavor of your palate or brush your teeth to signal yourself to stop eating.
Start a new tradition:
- Instead of giving cookies try making soup mixes or salsa as gifts
- Make a non-food craft as a holiday activity
- Try walking, ice skating or sledding to enjoy the season
- Try reducing fat and sugar in your holiday baking by substituting with applesauce
Heather Pease UConn Extension EFNEP Nutrition Outreach Educator