December 28, 2012 - New Year's Eve Parties

New Year's Eve Parties are right around the corner and that takes some grocery shopping for us. Let all the trend setters lock and load, pack and carry, laugh and enjoy! Remember as you pack for the party, cover your bases. If you're not certain what's being served, plan a meat, some "finger food" veggies you can nibble while socializing and your own sparkling water. No one needs to know you're packing. (wink) Even last night at a party, when some saw I wasn't eating the bread or the croutons, I saw people passing their food off and refusing to eat the bread. I think they felt I was on some weird, hard diet and they were helping me. I hate for people to be awkward - I simply said "I'm not eating that right now." At a party is not the easiest or best time to uncover how we got healthy. Right? We need to remember, eating healthy is not the popular choice or the easy choice. When I asked for a third bowl of salad (I KNOW - I was hungry), they were smiling and looking at me odd. I simply stated, "I just LOVE salad." (which is not REALLY the truth, but it was the best choice) Then I thought......"Why do I need to comment?" If I was asking for a third piece of bread, I wouldn't do that. Nope, but anyway, the word for today is plan ahead! I didn't eat dessert so when we got home, I cut a big apple and ate it with some natural peanut butter and sugar free hot fudge mixed together. YUM! Then added a cup of Sleepy Time Peach Tea and Truvia - double yum! At the end of the day, I wasn't mad at myself nor angry that I had eaten too much. I LIKE feeling that way! Let's make a plan........ on January 1st we will ALL open our eyes and smile that we had a successful evening and made great choices. No bitterness or anger will reside within us from a fallen journey - AGAIN. Right??? And we will renew our strength by celebrating success and not comforting our failures. You can do it - I believe in you. A little bit of planning carries us a LONG way. We'll talk again on Monday, but remember as you shop to think about color. I am doing a lot of reading on inflammation right now and the foods that contribute to that condition and it's long-term effects on disease. One of the articles I read yesterday said, "eating well is like taking medicine everyday. If people could eat well, they could eventually strengthen their bodies to block and fight the establishment of so many known diseases." I will share some of this later. The issue is that inflammation lays silent until it's often such a fight that it's near impossible to win. Thanks for hanging with me this year! PK PS - Healthy 4 You Life Group on the January 6th at 6PM. It's chili and soup night.....YUM!