How will I ever get through Christmas without blowing the diet? |
Being the host of a Christmas feast is hard enough, but doing it while
staying faithful to your Low Carb way of life can be an especially challenging
task! There are three
most probable scenarios to fit your situation:1. You're hosting a family feast (or a small family dinner) and the entire meal can be low-carb. 2. You're the host, but you have to fix meal choices to fit both traditional eaters and those keeping their low-carb diets in check (even if it's only YOU!) 3. You are a guest at someone else's meal and fear there will be no choices for you to keep your carbs to a minimum. We'll try to cover all three scenarios here because we're already getting letters from low-carbers who are growing worried. We'll concentrate on the low-carb challenges of cooking the meal since that will be the hardest. A few quick words about staying on the diet - I know there are those who believe "diets" don't belong on holiday occasions and that surely taking a day off can't do much harm. For a few of you, that may be true - but keep these things in mind when you make your decision:
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This is not a "diet" in the
traditional sense. It's a way of life, and the
food choices you make every day for the rest of your life should be those that are
friendly to a low carbohydrate lifestyle and the new-found health you enjoy.