I hope
your Thanksgiving with your family, and your friends was, and still
is going well.
Mine
was really good this year. Some extended family came in to Denver
that I have not seen in years, and that made it extra special. My
cousins wife and their son came, but my cousin could not come because
he is in a nursing home. Yes, he is only 61 years old and he
developed early onset Alzheimer's.
Audi
is really happy in the nursing home. He is a happy Alzheimer's
patient. It breaks my heart that he is not with us, and then I have
thoughts, of what will be my fate? Could my brain decide to do that?
It's scary, because we do not know what could be our fate as we get
older.
I was
doing an experiment this year for Thanksgiving. My trainer had told
me that the best thing to do on Thanksgiving was to take two bites of
everything. So I thought about that and decided that I was going to
experiment with it and do it. Here is what happened.
I had
to go to two family Thanksgivings as usual. So the first one I put
exactly what looked like two bites of food on my plate, but not of
everything offered. I just put two bites of what I was interested in
eating. Now I have to tell you, I felt like I was some kind of
anorexic. I had bird portion sizes on my plate. You know other people
check out your plate just as much as they check out your body. And of
course certain people in your family will make comments on what you
put on your plate.
Surprisingly
no one commented on my plate this year. Now that is a first! I can
not believe no one said, “Is that all you are eating?” “have
some more of this” Nope, it was a good year. This year no one
commented on what I put or didn’t put on my plate.
Surly
though, I was expecting comments, because I had hardly any food on my
plate. It was literally two bites of, mashed potato's, two bites of
turkey, two bites of green beans, two bites of cranberry sauce, two
bites, of stuffing, two bites of pumkin pie. That's it! Guess what, I
didn't over eat and I didn't feel deprived of anything. I felt
perfectly fine with just eating that.
It was
a great experiment. Two bites of everything, or two bites of
everything you want.
I'm
really happy I did this experiment, I hope others will try it in the
coming holiday parties. It's actually quite amazing. I think I had
the best Thanksgiving ever, because I do not feel overstuffed, I do
not feel tired, I do not feel deprived. I feel awesome. I feel
blessed.
I'd love to hear how your Thanksgiving went.
~ Jana
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