Thanksgiving Won’t Kill Your Diet
Thanksgiving is for celebrating food, not fearing it.
I love Thanksgiving. I love the celebration of tradition and of traditional foods. I love how this is the one day each year where all the glory belongs to the chef. I love the celebration of abundance for those that have it, and the spirit of sharing with those that don’t. But what I really get annoyed with at this time of year is all those lifestyle segments that talk about how you can survive Thanksgiving without killing your diet. Those segments are so contrary to the spirit of this holiday. Do we really need to run around scared of food on this big day that celebrates it?
It’s not the food that we eat on Thanksgiving that will kill our diets. It’s the food we eat the other 364 days of the year. And if we simply eat consciously all 365 days of the year, if we eat what’s good for us, and eat what we enjoy, but stop eating when we’ve had enough, we won’t need to worry about Thanksgiving killing our diets because we won’t need to be on a diet. I know, easier said than done. But let’s talk about this survival strategy 364 days a year and leave Thanksgiving alone.
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I would bet there are more people that enjoy a good Thanksgiving feast than those who diet through it. I think those diet advisers are just another vocal minority that skews reality.
You’re right, but the diet advisers serve up a heaping portion of guilt for those willing to accept it.
Kill joys is what they are. Food feeds more than the body and adding guilt to the Thanksgiving feast does nothing good for the body or soul.
Agreed. Don’t guilt the holidays – if you need to raise our healthy eating awareness, save it for the other 10 months of the year.