This is by far the hardest time of year to maintain a program of continued healthy eating.
But I continue to have my "pond scum" protein shake every morning regardless of what I eat the rest of the day. Pond scum is the stuff that was always floating on the top of my grandparent's water tank by the barn where the horses would get a drink before being used for herding cattle. And that is what it look like when i blend kale and celery and green powder and protein powder and flax basil or rosemary and sometimes a pear or an apple.
I drink this usually on the way to work and then fill the blender cup with water and drink that too. It cleans the cup and gets all then leftover goodies. And the amazing part is that it helps to alkalinize my body, I don't get a mid-morning slump (as with a fruit smoothie), I am training my palate to recognize the individual flavors, and I get all kinds of people to go, "Yuk, what are yoooooou drinking???"
The biggest benefit is that each day I start another day with a good food choice and that tends to cause me to make other good choices, such as my normal chopped veggie salad for lunch and often for dinner. And having had my green shake for breakfast, I don't feel as guilty or as physically bad if I have something for dinner that is a less healthy choice.
A good example would be last Thursday evening. When I got done working, I called my wife and asked her if she wanted her favorite pizza from Z-pizza, the Provence (which has artichokes, tomatoes and capers and which we order on a gluten-free crust with vegan cheese). As I sat waiting for her pizza, I looked through the menu and saw that there was another pizza with curried chicken and sweet yams. Unfortunately the curry was already on the chicken, but I asked if I could get a gluten-free vegan cheese pizza with sweet yams, red onions, bell pepper and basil - it was awesome!! I even ate the whole thing that night (gluten-free only comes in personal size, so it wasn't that aweful). My point is that with starting each day with a healthy choice, I made a really healthy choice for dinner, even though I usually don't eat a complete dinner of cooked food.
And last night we went to a friends home for a dinner with four couples of 30 year friends. Again, I was able to eat the salad, roasted vegetables and spinach and more salad for the entre and "raw" gingerbread/pear cake for desert (at least it had ginger and pear but of course wasn't raw).
Throughout all this I am holding my weight steady, enjoying the events of the holidays and making mostly healthy food choices knowing that January 2 start my best weight loss time of the year from then till my birthday in mid April.
May all have the healthiest, greenest, most peace-filled holidays ever.
Spend some of the time watching "Food Matters". You won't regret it. It will change your life!
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