How to Eat During the Holidays

Christmas Buffet

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By CWilliams
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With all the eating that goes on during the holidays it is a good idea to keep in mind the calories you are taking into your body. We can't be too cautious when it comes to the food we are consuming. Carry this guide with you so that you can be reminded of how to eat properly during the holidays.

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Step 1

Just say NO!

Avoid carrot sticks at all costs. NO one should put carrots on a holiday buffet table. Anyone committing this crime has no Christmas spirit and should be charged with treason. In fact, if you see carrots, it's a sure sign of bad taste, leave immediately. Go next door, where they are serving eggnog by the gallons.
Step 2

Consume LOTS of this!

Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. A gallon a day keeps the doctor away.(maybe I have had too much eggnog already) You can't have egg nog any other time of year, yet it has its own food group. Drink all you can it has 10,000 calories in every sip. You won't form an addiction the Surgeon General says so. Have one for me, or three. It's Christmas!
Step 3

Remember to REPEAT.

When something comes with gravy, use it. Seriously, folks what else could be the point of gravy? Gravy is not made to be alone, pour it on everything. Gravy can actually make other things taste much better. Who doesn't love a gravy filled volcano?
Step 4

It's Approved!

As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with real butter and real milk. If it's made with fat free ingredients why bother? Potatoes are especially good if they have cream cheese in them, in this case eat three helpings.
Step 5

No snacks before a party!

Do not eat snacks during the day. People expect you to eat their food at parties. Why else would there be so much yummy goodness. If you eat snacks you might gain weight, avoid snacks at all costs.
Step 6

DON'T DO IT!

Do not exercise between now and New Year's That's what resolutions are for. I don't recommend exercising at all, save your strength for walking around a buffet table.
Step 7

Have all you like!

If you see something really great on a table such as cake sized brownies or rum balls have all you like. The hostess at this house has good taste and you will hurt her feelings if you don't devour everything you see.
Step 8

Have a whole one if you can get away with it!

Pies have their own special rule. Pie is only great if you can double or quadruple the portions. Apple, Pumpkin, Peach, Pecan the combination's of pie are limitless. Have a slice of all of them. Just remember two pieces is better than one piece and four pieces is best.
Step 9

Have some standards!

Fruit cake should be avoided at all costs. Fruit cake just doesn't make sense. Fruit is good, cake is good, combined you have nuclear waste. If you have an urge to eat fruitcake raise your standards and just have more pie.
Step 10

TA DA!

One final tip: If you haven't taken off your belt, undone the button on your pants and unzipped your zipper; or you don't generally feel like you will explode, then you did not follow directions. Put yourself on punishment where you must sit quietly in the corner and eat more pie.