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<blockquote data-quote="Pipp" data-source="post: 1546211" data-attributes="member: 100904"><p>Oh wow, that will be the next public holiday, so guess it is ok to be thinking about it. </p><p></p><p>The way I deal with it has changed. I find I really detest all the boozy carby foods that seem to be obligatory throughout December. This change in my palate has been since discovering low carb eating. If we are going out socially, I make sure I have eaten before we go. Then I have no need to indulge in food offered. Unless it is a sit down meal with friends, all of whom have been made aware of low carb eating, and oblige by providing for me. Many of them are enjoying low carb eating themselves. For health reasons I am no longer able to drink alcohol, which makes me ever more popular as the designated driver when we go out.</p><p></p><p>Our Christmas day, I still enjoy a traditional dinner with family. I decided ages ago that turkey is over-rated, so have a selection of meats such as rib of beef, pork with crackling, and gammon. I happen to love sprouts, so stir fry them with chesnuts, shallots and a dusting of nutmeg. I can live without potatoes, but just to be sociable will have a small piece of roast parsnip and carrot. There are small Christmas puddings for those that want them, but for me, it is 'pass the cheeseboard this way'. </p><p></p><p>The main thing is that we as a family have all made Christmas just one day, rather than several weeks anticipation, then gorging, then continuing through to new year and beyond until the excess supplies of food and drink have been consumed. Saves us from feeling sluggish well into new year, and saves a fortune as we are buying less food and drink.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pipp, post: 1546211, member: 100904"] Oh wow, that will be the next public holiday, so guess it is ok to be thinking about it. The way I deal with it has changed. I find I really detest all the boozy carby foods that seem to be obligatory throughout December. This change in my palate has been since discovering low carb eating. If we are going out socially, I make sure I have eaten before we go. Then I have no need to indulge in food offered. Unless it is a sit down meal with friends, all of whom have been made aware of low carb eating, and oblige by providing for me. Many of them are enjoying low carb eating themselves. For health reasons I am no longer able to drink alcohol, which makes me ever more popular as the designated driver when we go out. Our Christmas day, I still enjoy a traditional dinner with family. I decided ages ago that turkey is over-rated, so have a selection of meats such as rib of beef, pork with crackling, and gammon. I happen to love sprouts, so stir fry them with chesnuts, shallots and a dusting of nutmeg. I can live without potatoes, but just to be sociable will have a small piece of roast parsnip and carrot. There are small Christmas puddings for those that want them, but for me, it is 'pass the cheeseboard this way'. The main thing is that we as a family have all made Christmas just one day, rather than several weeks anticipation, then gorging, then continuing through to new year and beyond until the excess supplies of food and drink have been consumed. Saves us from feeling sluggish well into new year, and saves a fortune as we are buying less food and drink. [/QUOTE]
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