Thought it might be a good idea to start a thread for those of us that will be eating a little more than we normally would this holiday season.
Last week I went to a holiday party that had all kinds of food. My goal was to eat only P&F foods. Although I did have a few m&m’s from the candy dish (yum-yum), I did pretty well. Here’s what I had: Beef on a stick, mixed nuts, shrimp and crab meat. No insulin surge and minimal carbs. Now if I can only get through the next week I’ll be ok.
Does anyone else out there have a “plan”???
My plan is to maintain my diet as much as I can. When I am with the family on XMas eve it will be tough. I will eat whatever they have, but I will avoid the candy. The rest of the time I will stick to my diet.
My “plan” is to start getting ready early. I already doubled my cardio. I am trying to do is extend the balance between caloric intake & expenditure over the course of a month instead of a day.
PS: don’t be fooled by crustaceans, they are high in arginine, which can increase insulin.
What’s the deal on Arginine raising insulin levels? I’ve not heard that one before. I have to admit that I hadn’t heard shrimp and the like were high in Arginine, either. The only thing I was aware of was that Arginine raised nitric oxide levels. Anyone have more info on this?
My plan is to…not give a shit because its only a few days out of the year. it didnt take you a few days to look like you are so it wont take a few days to go back. eat your sausage balls or whatever it is you want to eat.
Christmas with my family is essentially a festival of carbs and fat. I’m Italian, so pasta and cheese is pretty standard issue at any function. Silly Italians. I can’t believe they don’t know about Massive Eating. How the hell did Rome manage to conquer half the world?
Anyway, I will probably have a small bowl of pasta, but aside from that I'm going to stick to fish and other assorted meats. For desert I'll be making myself some chocolate Grow pudding, maybe adding a little natural PB.
I know, I know--I live dangerously.
Additionally, though, I don't sweat it too much. It's the holidays; have a cookie, enjoy yourself and your company. My policy is that I don't binge, but I'm much less strict than other times during the year.
I have a tendency to lose weight during the holidays. Since I’m probably more active from all the added activity and stress. But that doesn’t mean that holiday treats go unnoticed! But since I don’t slack on my training, the added “stuff” doesn’t affect me.
I'm like Goldbergy, though. I don't give a shit during this time.
I agree with Goldberg…BRING ON THE FOOD!!! It’s the holidays, after all, you’re supposed to celebrate and be happy, not diet and be miserable.
Christmas Eve is the Italian fest: lots of fish, shrimp scamopi smothered in garlic and oil, lots of pasta. Then Christmas day, it’s basically just relaxing and eating all day!
I am Italian. You don’t say no to eating at the holidays if you want to make the next one. I subscribe to the extra cardio theory. FYI- my Italian Grandma is 93, never did cardio in her life and wouldn’t know a micro-nutrient if it bit her. However the glass of red wine with a little club soda in it each day certainly worked for her!