Adult Holiday Beverages

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Adult Holiday Beverages

Spiked cocoas, coffees, and holiday cocktails.

When it comes to cocktails, the Holidays are bursting with drinks that seem synonymous with the season. (Wassail, spiked eggnog, or champagne anyone?)  However, anymore it seems that if you put the word cranberry, peppermint or some kind of holiday-ish word such a mistletoe or Santa (Santa Clausmopolitan… really?) in front of the name, it immediately classifies as a holiday beverage… and I’m not even going to touch that. 

Now don’t worry, I’m not about to tell you that as a person living a healthy lifestyle over the holidays you have to forgo your favorite drinks.  What I DO want to go over is the cocktails and beverages that you are actually likely to encounter throughout the season, or may even be embedded in some of your holiday traditions.

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Top 10 Tricks to Survive Thanksgiving

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Top 10 Tricks to Survive Thanksgiving

You can avoid weight gain between Thanksgiving and Christmas and not be one of the people who gains between 7-10 pounds.

Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, New Year’s or any other "food centered" holiday these 10 tips will help you "survive" the Holiday and come out feeling healthy and guilt-free!

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Girl Scout Cookie Protein Shakes

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Girl Scout Cookie Protein Shakes

Boy oh boy, this time of the year is HARD! It the end of winter, the weather is playing with your emotions (warm, cold, rain, snow- who knows, really?), taxes are impending, and motivation seems to be at an all time low.  

And then it happens. You may have even forgot you ordered them until that sweet little girl (or her mom) reminds you that you owe her $21 (because who can buy one box, really?). Uh oh. your cookies are here... all 6 boxes of them. 

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Live a Little

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Live a Little

I write to you tonight with a (very) full tummy.

“Say what?!?  But I thought you were going to help me be lean, and thin, and healthy, and… “

…starving?  Missing out on life?  Not a chance.  First of all, I’m not a perfect eater.  If you’re looking for that person, you should go elsewhere.  I love all kinds of food and I love eating food.  I look forward to wine and cheese nights with the girls, and there is not much you could do to make me miss out on some Belgian dark chocolate.  That being said, it’s all about moderation; in life, and on the road. 

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Foodover

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Foodover

You know the feeling.  The knot in your stomach, the overwhelming nausea mixed with heat flashes, the realization that you aren't as young as you used to be, and the promise to never do it again.  Of course, you don't realize it while it's happening; it feels so good to indulge.  But you pay for it later. 

What is this horror I speak of?  None other than the dreaded "foodover".  

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