1-Minute Tip Sheet for Surviving and Thriving at Holiday Feasts
Here’s a taste of a Metacardio post for the holiday season. And it’s always a holiday season, itsn’t it?
This is an excerpt from a Week#11 Day-by-Day posting coming to you once you subscribe. Without all the lead-ins, it may read a bit like short-hand. Don’t worry. The long arm of Healing Habits will be reaching out to you in future posts in 2024.
Mindset Reset
Partying is for Pleasure, not Pressure.
Before a party, take a breather—just quiet, easy breaths sitting alone. Or take a walk.
It’s a grounding (relaxing) thing to do before a special (stressful?!) occasion.
There are exactly as many special occasions
in life as we choose to celebrate.Robert Breault
Ready to Party?
Don’t Go Hungry; Go Happy – A feeding frenzy from feeling famished can make a frantic fool of you. So, right before you go, savor a small scoop-size snack.
Go Properly Dressed, Not Painfully Stressed – Comfy shoes to walk/work the room. Skin tights under your party attire as an undercover prompter for “I’m full”.
Head Start – Host(s) first, friends after, strangers next, food last. Drink less, eat least; talk more, listen most.
Anti-Tipsy Tips – Liquidate liquid landmines by watering down hi-calorie, hi-octane eggnog, ciders, and punches with ice and aqua. Sparkle it up with sparkling water.
Small Plates, Fig Leaves – Put on fluffy stuff first, dessert dead last. Bread makes a handy ‘’fig leaf” to cover up your private unwanted food items for disposal later.
BYOD – Bring desirable desserts to share. Take decadent desserts home to store. Any dessert you can’t desert, dissect or discard it.
They Spiel, You Chill – People will enjoy “your” conversation most if they talk. Listen, and intermittently rephrase what they just said (not with your mouth full). What you may learn can be amazing.
Laughed-over Over Leftover – You’ll soon forget what you wolfed down at the party. People will long remember how you boosted up their spirits. Often just by you sharing a good time with them.
Another Ex-excuse (You Won’t Make)
“I’ll go on a diet after this special occasion.”
Fair enough. With holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, celebrations, bad-hair days…is there an end to special occasions?
So, no end to being perpetually on-diet and calorically in-debt?
How special and occasional is that?
It is always that time of your life.
When is it not a special occasion?Anonymous
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