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Post-Thanksgiving Survival Guide
Aired November 29, 2002 - 06:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: If you're feeling like a stuffed turkey this morning, we have your post-Thanksgiving survival guide.
Our favorite dietitian, Lisa Drayer, is joining us now. We woke her up early this morning because we need some help for our staff because we went overboard yesterday.
Lisa, we want some quick tips on how to feel better.
LISA DRAYER, DIETWATCH.COM: Absolutely. If you feel you went overboard at the dinner table last night, there's no need to panic. However, there are a few rules that you'll want to live by for the food filled days ahead.
The first thing is don't skip meals. We tend to think oh, you know, I ate too much, I'm going to start skipping lunch and dinner. Not a good idea because skipping meals causes our blood sugar levels to drop, which can cause us to become irritable and very hungry. And so by the time we do eat, we'll probably consume more food than what we planned on.
However, do cut your portion sizes in order to cut back on calories.
CALLAWAY: And you said exercise and throw away your deserts. Exercise I understand, but it's hard to throw away your deserts.
DRAYER: Right. But the thing is if we're looking to maintain or possibly even lose some weight during the holiday season, it's not going to do us any good to roll out of bed only to see those slices of pecan pie staring at us in the face. So if you don't want to throw them away, don't eat them, give them to a friend. Bring them into the office. Anything to keep them out of sight.
CALLAWAY: And you say keep some healthy snacks with you while you're shopping?
DRAYER: Exactly. Keeping snacks handy during mall shopping helps us to avoid some of those not so good choices at the mall food courts. So take some snacks with you, anything that will fit into your pocket, fruit, nuts and raisins, or even some energy bars.
CALLAWAY: Snacks falling out of your bags. All right, and also you say that journal your food, write down everything you eat. That's a scary proposition, because I've done that before.
DRAYER: Right. CALLAWAY: And you go back and you leave out those little things like the two cookies you just had when you passed by the sweet table, you know?
DRAYER: Exactly. But, you know, Catherine, research shows that those who do keep a food journal during the holiday season end up losing additional weight during this high risk period.
CALLAWAY: Really?
DRAYER: Yes. Whereas those who don't keep careful records, they end up gaining back some of the weight that they previously lost. So it's a proven solution. It helps what I call unconscious eating, that is, eating more calories than we're aware of.
CALLAWAY: And last you say don't beat yourself up cause, you know...
DRAYER: Exactly. Don't be too hard on yourself, this negative type of thinking can cause us to eat even more and gain more weight in the food filled days ahead of us. So don't look back, get right back on track and you'll be fine.
CALLAWAY: All right, if you left up yesterday, there's always tomorrow.
All right, Lisa, thank you very much.
Lisa Drayer on the phone.
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Aired November 29, 2002 - 06:24 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: If you're feeling like a stuffed turkey this morning, we have your post-Thanksgiving survival guide.
Our favorite dietitian, Lisa Drayer, is joining us now. We woke her up early this morning because we need some help for our staff because we went overboard yesterday.
Lisa, we want some quick tips on how to feel better.
LISA DRAYER, DIETWATCH.COM: Absolutely. If you feel you went overboard at the dinner table last night, there's no need to panic. However, there are a few rules that you'll want to live by for the food filled days ahead.
The first thing is don't skip meals. We tend to think oh, you know, I ate too much, I'm going to start skipping lunch and dinner. Not a good idea because skipping meals causes our blood sugar levels to drop, which can cause us to become irritable and very hungry. And so by the time we do eat, we'll probably consume more food than what we planned on.
However, do cut your portion sizes in order to cut back on calories.
CALLAWAY: And you said exercise and throw away your deserts. Exercise I understand, but it's hard to throw away your deserts.
DRAYER: Right. But the thing is if we're looking to maintain or possibly even lose some weight during the holiday season, it's not going to do us any good to roll out of bed only to see those slices of pecan pie staring at us in the face. So if you don't want to throw them away, don't eat them, give them to a friend. Bring them into the office. Anything to keep them out of sight.
CALLAWAY: And you say keep some healthy snacks with you while you're shopping?
DRAYER: Exactly. Keeping snacks handy during mall shopping helps us to avoid some of those not so good choices at the mall food courts. So take some snacks with you, anything that will fit into your pocket, fruit, nuts and raisins, or even some energy bars.
CALLAWAY: Snacks falling out of your bags. All right, and also you say that journal your food, write down everything you eat. That's a scary proposition, because I've done that before.
DRAYER: Right. CALLAWAY: And you go back and you leave out those little things like the two cookies you just had when you passed by the sweet table, you know?
DRAYER: Exactly. But, you know, Catherine, research shows that those who do keep a food journal during the holiday season end up losing additional weight during this high risk period.
CALLAWAY: Really?
DRAYER: Yes. Whereas those who don't keep careful records, they end up gaining back some of the weight that they previously lost. So it's a proven solution. It helps what I call unconscious eating, that is, eating more calories than we're aware of.
CALLAWAY: And last you say don't beat yourself up cause, you know...
DRAYER: Exactly. Don't be too hard on yourself, this negative type of thinking can cause us to eat even more and gain more weight in the food filled days ahead of us. So don't look back, get right back on track and you'll be fine.
CALLAWAY: All right, if you left up yesterday, there's always tomorrow.
All right, Lisa, thank you very much.
Lisa Drayer on the phone.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
