Eat a decent breakfast and lunch. Don’t starve yourself until the big meal arrives.
KEEP EXERCISING - this will suppress your appetite, boost your metabolism and make you feel less like bingeing.
Drink two or three glasses of water before any big meal begins.
Avoid conflict or emotion that can stress you out to the point where you take solace in food.
Eat 3/4 of the food on your plate and don’t overload it.
Reduce your intake by refusing seconds Remember that you can always enjoy leftovers the next day. Do not eat past the point where you feel full.
Forgive yourself if you do overeat. One large meal is not a problem - many large meals and continuous bingeing is.
Keep a food diary of what you eat. Remember that one pound is equal to 3,500 calories.
Remember alcohol is packed with calories. Chose spirits with low calorie mixers as an alternative.
TIPS:
A 3.5 oz serving of roasted turkey breast has 115 calories; a 3.5 oz. piece of roasted dark meat with skin has 221 calories; a 3.5 oz. piece of roasted dark meat without skin has 187 calories.
A piece of apple pie (an 1/8 of the pie) has 347 calories.
A 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes has 111 calories.
A 1/2 cup of bread stuffing has 198 calories.
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Adam B wrote...
Really good,sensible advice Caroline but,owing to being out of distance from the computor,I have read your blog on the 31st December when all(or most!!) of excesses are past.But as Scarlett said,tomorrow is another day.
Happy New Year.
Posted by: Adam B | December 31, 2007 12:15 PM