Happy Thanksgiving to my faithful readers! \u00a0I am personally thankful for each of you.<\/p>\n
Enjoy your friends and family today.\u00a0 And plan ahead for the temptations that lie ahead.\u00a0 Maybe you have given yourself permission to take the day off from your healthy eating plan.\u00a0 That\u2019s fine — just remember that it is a day off and not the start of a sabbatical.\u00a0 One day won\u2019t kill you, but indulging until the new year might!<\/p>\n
My suggestion is to enjoy the food.\u00a0 Eat it slowly.\u00a0 Chew.\u00a0 Savor the tastes and textures.\u00a0 And quit before you are stuffed to the gills.\u00a0 Plan to take a long walk today, or to get some other form of extra exercise.<\/p>\n
I also suggest that you give away the bad-for-you leftovers.\u00a0 Keep the turkey for future low glycemic meals, but make sure you don\u2019t wind up with the leftover pie, rolls, mashed potatoes, etc.\u00a0 Only keep the food that will help you on your journey.<\/p>\n
If you do this — and if you focus more on the people and less on the meal — you can enjoy the feast and still keep moving toward your goal.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy Thanksgiving to my faithful readers! \u00a0I am personally thankful for each of you. Enjoy your friends and family today.\u00a0 And plan ahead for the temptations that lie ahead.\u00a0 Maybe you have given yourself permission to take the day off from your healthy eating plan.\u00a0 That\u2019s fine — just remember that it is a day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[29,612,296],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","tag-eating-plan-2","tag-feast","tag-thanksgiving"],"yoast_head":"\n