Know Your Power

You're getting ready for what seems like your 100th holiday party of the season. You think about the food choices you're about to be faced with - chips and dips, cakes, cookies, brownies and other sumptuous sweets that go on for miles - and you feel instantly powerless. Sound familiar? Do you oftentimes believe you have no choice but to succumb to the inevitable and put off thinking about a real solution until after the party's over?

There's something that can help you as you battle the confused voices in your head that tell you ooh, just a taste and NO! Don't go near it! That something is called awareness. Stop. Take a breath. Know where you are and what you're doing instead of piling up your plate and unwittingly eating everything you can fit onto it. You don't have to sacrifice your goal of being healthy just because you RSVP'd yes.

Go to your party. Have fun, but know that you are powerful. Much more powerful than a silly ole' table filled with junk food.