How to Handle Thanksgiving

If you're like most of us, there's one day a year when you eat more food than the average grizzly bear eats in a week...and that day is Thanksgiving!

It's a real conflict of interests...you want to eat all the food that everyone's worked so hard to prepare, but you still want to be able to fit in your car for the ride home. So what do you do?

Here are some tips I have for people who want to survive Thanksgiving without throwing their weight loss goals out the window:

1) Don't arrive starving. I'm not saying you should eat a huge breakfast, but eat something so you don't lose your cool when you see all that food in front of you.

2) Take a look at all the food, put all of your favorite things on one, perfect plate...eat it slow, and enjoy it!

3) When it comes to dessert, go with a small portion.

4) Have a "buddy"...someone else who has a weight loss goal, who you will "report back to" on Friday. It's best if that buddy is eating dinner with you, but even if their not, having a buddy will do wonders.

5) Don't snack on junk food. Next to every bowl of chips there's usually a fruit or vegetable platter.

At the end of the day, that's all it is...one day! Try to do your best, but even if you fall off the wagon, you can always jump back on that wagon Friday. Just make sure you don't turn a 1 day binge into a 2 day, or even a 2 month binge!