Food Coma Ahead?

With Thanksgiving just a day away, I know the challenge ahead. I mean, who doesn't kind of like "food coma"? But in the end, will you enjoy your food, or will you be eating because you have to?

The last few years, I have taken over more and more of the cooking for Thanksgiving. My family comes over to my house, my dad and I cook together, and now my little sister is starting to join. I am finding I am enjoying that time just as much, if not more, than the actual dinner. So, that is my plan...to avoid food coma, if I can, focus on the family, and less on the deviled eggs. Because let's face it, deviled eggs are the best food invention ever made, after perhaps ice cream. They are tiny little, pop in your mouth deliciousness, and you can tell yourself you are getting protein! They are my downfall every year.

So, here is my plan. I will eat my little deviled eggs, but rather than popping them in my mouth like a piece of gum, I will actually take bites and chew. I know it is a simple plan, but I am a simple girl. I will enjoy the food that crosses my lips, and consider each bite. I may have just as many, but I will enjoy each and every one!!!!

Also, since more of the cooking is done by me now, I have decided that Weight Watchers recipes will not hurt my family to eat. So, I downloaded several recipes, and hope that they are as flavorful as the fat filled version we normally make. This should help to at least reduce the calories, if not the intake.:-)

Will I be successful? I'm not sure on that, but by thinking about it ahead of time, I might find that I am more successful than if I just blindly pop those little white and yellow bites of pure joy in my mouth, then later sit on the couch looking at the Black Friday ads saying "wow, how did I eat that much?".