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What are healthy holiday foods that won't ruin my diet?
What can I eat at a holiday party that is healthy? How can I stick to my diet over the holidays?
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You can certainly eat well at a holiday party. Many party planners consider the more health conscious individuals that may attend their party and so they will ensure that there are vegetable and fruit trays as well as some lighter blush wines and vegetable crackers. Avoid the dips, they'll be full of fat unless your host/hostess provides fat free Ranch dressing.
You can keep your choices light by bringing something of your own to the party. If you bring whole wheat crackers and some fat-free cream cheese you can create your own low fat snacks that others can also enjoy. Fat free cream cheese comes in a lot of different flavors, both fruits and some herbs, or you can get the inexpensive bricks and make your own mixes and flavors.
Lean meats are also very good for your diet. Potatoes, if this is a dinner party, are extremely healthy. It is the stuff they put in them that makes them unhealthy. You can opt out of the mashed potatoes, maybe suggest some steamed red potatoes and some steamed broccoli. The choices at a holiday dinner are not really that bad.
Consider pumpkin pie. A single 2" slice of pumpkin pie is very healthy. After all, pumpkin is a squash, and squash is high in several nutrients that you should eat anyway if you are on a diet. The calories on that single piece of pie is only 180. If you drop a tablespoon of light whipped cream, you've probable added 20 calories to it, and that still makes for a reasonable piece of dessert.
Below you can find a link to a list of different calories for holiday foods. This should help you out and you can make your decisions before you attend the party. You won't look picky that way, and you should not be displaying any indecision which can be misconstrued as dislike of the food they've prepared.
You can keep your choices light by bringing something of your own to the party. If you bring whole wheat crackers and some fat-free cream cheese you can create your own low fat snacks that others can also enjoy. Fat free cream cheese comes in a lot of different flavors, both fruits and some herbs, or you can get the inexpensive bricks and make your own mixes and flavors.
Lean meats are also very good for your diet. Potatoes, if this is a dinner party, are extremely healthy. It is the stuff they put in them that makes them unhealthy. You can opt out of the mashed potatoes, maybe suggest some steamed red potatoes and some steamed broccoli. The choices at a holiday dinner are not really that bad.
Consider pumpkin pie. A single 2" slice of pumpkin pie is very healthy. After all, pumpkin is a squash, and squash is high in several nutrients that you should eat anyway if you are on a diet. The calories on that single piece of pie is only 180. If you drop a tablespoon of light whipped cream, you've probable added 20 calories to it, and that still makes for a reasonable piece of dessert.
Below you can find a link to a list of different calories for holiday foods. This should help you out and you can make your decisions before you attend the party. You won't look picky that way, and you should not be displaying any indecision which can be misconstrued as dislike of the food they've prepared.
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Holiday Food Calorie list: http://walking.about.com/library/cal/blthanksgivingcalories.htm
Holiday Food Calorie list: http://walking.about.com/library/cal/blthanksgivingcalories.htm
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