It’s the holiday season so bring out the pecans and chestnuts! Pecans are one of the few nuts that I do eat, and I love them. But I’ve noticed something. Usually I get my pecans from relatives in Georgia. They ship us big boxes from the pecan trees and such and they are pretty good, but it can be quite frustrating to get those bad babies open. While I was at Kroger (a grocery store) I saw a 12oz bag that was half off…so me being the sucker for sales I decided to buy them. Low and behold over half the bag is already gone!

I said that to say this…I think nuts that are in the shell are better than buying a bag of shelled nuts because cracking the nuts can keep you from eating so many at once. This is the holidays people and if we all want to fit into the nice things that our loved ones are going to give us we must cut down on the things we eat.

OK, so I know a bag of nuts isn’t going to cause an addition of 10lbs because nuts are pretty healthy. This is just a metaphor for something else…

You eat less when you prepare your own foods. It’s easy to go to McDonald’s and order 2 number 5s, a milkshake, 2 apple pies and a soda on the side but when you take the time out of the day to prepare your own food you will certainly eat less because you know you can store your food and eat some of it throughout the week. By the time you’ve finished cooking you’re usually not as hungry as you were to begin with. You also know exactly what’s being put in your food.

This should be a New Years Resolution for everyone. Put down those burgers. Ditch those fries. Eat healthy. There is a difference between eating healthy and being on a diet. You don’t have to starve yourself or stop eating the things you love. Just cut back on the grease and salt. That’s all.