Keeping Your Diet in Check During the Holidays!

[MINX]

OK, post your very favorite holidays meals, and I'll try to find some substitutions or modifications to keep the holiday weight from creeping on!
~MINX

[Stacey Jones]

Sweet potatoe casserole, peanut butter fudge..... Thanks Hannah!!!

[Trea]

Oh where do I begin, I gained 8 pounds on Thanksgiving day.

Pumpkin pie
pecan pie
apple pie
cherry cobbler
banana pudding
Mississippi mud cake
Carrot cake
Red velvet cake



I don't think there is any hope for any of this I just need to get locked in a closet before making it to the desert table!

[MINX]

stacey, sweet potatoes are AWESOME with brown-sugar Splenda and pecans; lots of fiber and quite a bit less sugar. go easy on the marshmellows and you have a great-tasting dish without the heavy butter, sugar and fat!
fudge:

Low Fat Fudge
3 C. sugar
2/3 C. cocoa - Hershey's low fat
1 1/2 C. evaporated skim milk
1/4 C. Butter Buds
1/2 t. vanilla extract
1/2 t. almond extract
3 TBS red fat Peanut Butter
Bring sugar, cocoa, and milk to full boil - constantly stirring. Once reached - stop stirring - use candy thermometer to reach soft ball stage - 234° F.

Remove from heat, sprinkle butter buds and extracts on top - Don't stir. Let temperature come down to 110° F. Beat thoroughly until it loses glossiness.

Work quickly to spread in a 8 or 9" pan. Cool and cut.

NOTES : Per Serving Calories - 45 Total Fat - 1g

~MINX

[MINX]

hahahah trea- here's some simple substitutions to slash fat and cals:
use:
applesauce instead of oil
splenda for sugar
egg beaters for eggs
red fat PB for regular
low- sugar or lite fruit filling

~MINX

[Stacey Jones]

Thanks Hannah you rock!!!! Its nice for someone to have my back with my sweet tooth!

[len]

So as it turns out, the real way to keep the holiday meals from catching up with you is to eat at Hooter's. LMAO I think we could find a way to market this diet Hannah, Hooter's may not like it though.

P.S. Good to see you this weekend and way to overcome the adversities for some huge PR's!

[MINX]

thanks len! yeh, making weight was certainly easier than i had expected, but man i wish it hadn't been like that... i would gladly sit in the sauna for days on end before throwing up blood and guts for a week lol!
~H