More tip: avoid see a doctor. They are more pricy during the holiday, and only half good as iusial. Avoid open your 401k statement, it may need 100 proof bottle to help your heart beats back to normal.
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Sent: Wed Dec 24 10:26:59 2008
Subject: [TN] Holiday Eating Guide
As work winds down and the holiday's ramp up I'd like to wish all of you a
very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Now for a little levity:
Holiday Eating Tips
I hate this time of year. Not for its crass commercialism and forced
frivolity, but because it's the season when the food police come out with
their wagging fingers and annual tips on how to get through the holidays
without gaining ten pounds. You can't pick up a magazine without finding a
list of holiday do's and don'ts.
Eliminate second helpings, high calorie sauces and cookies made with butter,
they say. Fill up on vegetable sticks, they say.
Good grief. Is your favorite childhood memory of Christmas a carrot stick?
I didn't think so. Isn't mine, either. A carrot was something you left for
Rudolph.
I have my own list of tips for holiday eating. I assure you, if you follow
them, you'll be fat and happy. So what if you don't make if to New Year's?
Your pants don't fit anymore, anyway.
1. About those carrot sticks. Avoid them. Anyone who puts carrots on a
holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you
see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum
balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly.
You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares
that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to
turn into an eggnogaholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for
me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.
Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed
potatoes. Fill it with Gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or
whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports ca r
with an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your
eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other
people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? Remember college?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between Christmas and New
Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is
the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table
carrying a ten- pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted
Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near
them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of
attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. You can't leave them
behind. You're not going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or, if
you don't like mincemeat at all, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always
have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory
celebratory calories, but avoid it all cost. I mean, have some standards,
mate.
10. And one final tip If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or
get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Reread the tips.
Start over. But hurry! Cookie- less January is just around the corner.
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