Eat This, Not That: Holiday Style

Main Course:
Eat: Oven-roasted TurkeyEat: Baked/Roasted New Potatoes
Instead of: Mashed Potatoes
Instead of: Roasted Ham
**a 4-oz. serving of oven-roasted turkey has approximately 80 fewer calories than a similar serving of ham

Side Item:
Eat: Baked/Roasted New Potatoes
**a one-cup serving of mashed potatoes contains nearly twice the calories and more fat and sodium compared to new potatoes {lucky for me I don’t eat these at all!}

Dessert: {my weakness}
Eat: Pumpkin Pie

Instead of: Pecan Pie
**it takes nearly an hour of jogging to burn off the 503 calories in a slice of pecan pie; a piece of pumpkin pie contains a more modest 316 calories and half the fat

Beverage:
Drink: Spiced Aple Cider

Instead of: Eggnog
**you can drink three cups of apple cider before equaling the calories in a single cup of eggnog; AND the cider has zero fat, compared to eggnog with its 11 grams of saturated fat