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Home › Articles › Holiday: Winter › Winter Waistlines

Winter Waistlines

Three Experts Share Healthy Eating Strategies

By Kelly Burgess

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  • Plan ahead. Laboranti recommends not arriving hungry at an event where there will be a lot of food. "Even if you just eat a plain bagel and drink a glass or two of water, that will take the edge of your hunger," she says. "You'll be much less inclined to overeat."
  • Savor the food you do eat. It's easy to get distracted with conversation and just absentmindedly fork down everything within reach. A better approach, says Laboranti, is to pay attention to what you're eating and how quickly you're eating it. You'll also be less tempted to pop in "just one more" of those fattening hors d'oeuvres if you really enjoy the one you do eat. At a sit down meal, pay attention to portion sizes and your appetite. Try to eat just until you're no longer hungry, rather than finishing everything because it's there. Stand as far away as possible from the appetizer table so that it takes some work to walk over and get the food.
  • Avoid alcohol and non-diet pop. Soft drinks have long been recognized as a big-time diet buster. People tend not to think about it because, after all, they're liquid, but they can have up to 150 calories per can or bottle. Alcohol is even worse. A medium-sized mixed drink can have up to 500 calories! Practically a small meal's worth. Diet soda or water are much better choices.
    • Melanie Jordan and Healthy Substitutions

    It's probably not a stretch to call Melanie Jordan the queen of healthy food substitutions. She really began watching what she eats some years ago because of a long family history of eating-related health problems, not because of any weight issues. As a bonus, although she wasn't trying, she also lost about 20 pounds. These are her ideas for making the best choices at those winter events:


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