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Show Wednesday, December 5, 1990 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Eight Feature delights dlemomis to waEst 0lhiir5stmais food will be offered. Then visualize how you are going to handle that food when you're in problem of holiday eating is overindulgence," Rebecca Gould, assistant professor in the College of Health at the University of Utah, said. People tend to overindulge because food is such an integral part of holiday celebration. Family gatherings usually center around a large meal. Parties, complete with hors d'oeuvres, are held more often; items such as nuts, chocolates, cakes and cookies are biggest By Linnea Lundgren Chronicle Feature Writer Want to look like Santa with a round little belly that shakes like a bowlful of jelly? If so, don't move and keep nibbling on those cheese snacks, munch on all the bonbons, pig out on the pumpkin pie and wash it all down with a eggnog. good swig of homemade These treats are only a few of the holiday temptations that wait around the kitchen corner. The period from Thanksgiving to Jan. 1 is the time of year when many people seemingly strive to resemble the size of Santa the average weight gain over the holidays being 5 pounds. Why the weight gain? "The 10-1- frequently given as presents. The key to avoiding looking like Santa is controlling one's eating habits in conjunction with a routine exercise program. CONTROL TECHNIQUES Gould One technique recommends for controlling one's eating habits is visualization. Mentally preparing yourself to repress the urge to indulge ahead of time enables you to have greater control at the moment of temptation. Another control technique is to only take one or two bites of a holiday treat. The reason? With the first bite or two, one maximizes the pleasure of handball, squash and table tennis. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. more unwanted calories. "Just take a small amount of the food you really want and enjoy those first taste sensations," Gould suggested. d avoid weight gain. Eating nutritious meals regularly prevents hunger and thus the need for snacking. Also listen to your body when you are full stop eating. "When children are full they push the food away. Adults aren't good at that. They ignore that part of their body that says 'STOP' and keep eating," Gould tennis, racquetball, wallyball, (Court reservations are can relax after recommended and can be made a day in advance.) Last, but not least, one exercising in the sauna or jacuzzi located in the men's and women's locker rooms. Those who like to play tennis, racquetball, handball, squash or table tennis but don't have a partner are in luck. They can signup in the "Players Wanting Partners" book at the front desk. "Players leave their name and number, their skill level and what time they want to play. In turn they can contact people already listed in the book," Susan the fieldhouse McCloyn, coordinator said. "It's a good way for people to meet others and exercise at the same time." If one wants to learn tennis, the fieldhouse offers tennis lessons. A one-hou- r individual lesson is Joron M. Coleman works out on Fieldhouse equipment. e lesson $13.50 and a is $9.50 per person. Lessons can be held any hour the fieldhouse is semi-privat- open, but reservations are necessary. Those who claim they have no time to exercise will be pleased to know the fieldhouse has see "nutrition" on page ten said. If all the above techniques fail and you lose and "pig-out- " at a party don't feel guilty, Gould said. "Pick yourself up and eat it. If you are overloaded with food gifts, consider giving some away or putting them in the freezer and treating yourself to a taste once in a while. Treat yourself with things other than food. Read a book, self-contr-ol start all over again with being moderate and eating small take a bath or go to a movie. If food is on your mind, take a walk outside instead of a walk to the refrigerator. Remember, you are in charge of what you put in your mouth. You don't have to eat to please others regardless of their pushing. Make all meals low in fat so that higher-fa- t foods at social events can be (moderately) enjoyed without guilt. Out of sight, out of mind. Put all holiday goodies away after serving. At social events and between meals drink a lot of portions. Also compensate for the -'- -i Ip V""J'' V" He v., -- . overindulgence by exercising more." EXERCISE Exercise is the other factor needed in maintaining an ideal weight throughout the holidays. However, people will argue they don't have time to exercise or it is too cold outside to jog around the at-ho- block. But U. students, staff and faculty have no excuse because of the convenience of the Einar water. You a well-balance- diet is another tool one can use to Make holiday treats that are low in salt, sugar and fat. Before eating that chocolate cake ask yourself, "Am I really that hungry?" If not, leave the cake alone and do something else. Deal with food at office parties by: placing it in the context of the whole day's intake, If you eat snacks at work, make a trade-of- f and don't eat snacks when you get home. avoiding the presence of food unless you plan to Nielson -- Incremental additions of food elicit a decrease in taste sensation and only add TIPS FOR HOLIDAY EATING indoor track, lift er in the exercise weights, work-ou- t room, ride Lifecycles, climb the Sprint Step machines or play Maintaining 10 200-met- front of it. How are you going to react when someone at the event is wanting to fill your plate with food?" Gould said. consumption. "Visualize in your mind that you are going to some event where and dry. It offers something for everyone. One can jog around the fieldhouse located directly north of Rice Stadium. The fieldhouse is a great place to exercise while staying warm source: The New American Diet CHRONICLE PHOTOEarl Cline Maple bars are but one of many evil (for the waistline) temptations at Christmastime. Learning to handle the onslaught of yummy treats can help to keep one from becoming entirely too Santa-like. stinking scumbag; Merry Christmas to ya' "Get out of the way, you jerk!" "Did you see that scum-bapull in front of me? I'd like to rip his lips right off, or at the. very least pull them up over his head." "Hey! Watch it, to you, Pond Scum." "That's Mrs. Butt-hea- d 'Tis the season to be jolly. Not, however, if you're one of the unlucky ones who has to go out Christmas g Butt-head- Auntie Arlene Calkins Chronicle Feature Columnist !" shopping. Last Saturday, I did a dumb-foo- l thing I went to Lionel Playworld to find "turtle" things for my son's Christmas presents. Only once in my lifetime have ever witnessed anything so brutal as shopping in a toy store at Christmas, and that was shopping in Filene's Bargain Basement in Boston at Christmas. (Come to think of it, Filene's is brutal any time of the year.) Here were adults, mind you, fighting over toys made for mutant teenagers. (Now, I have always considered teenagers to be mutant anyway, but this time they look like turtles!) The prize in question was a particular game called "Subterranean Sewer Hockey." There weren't any left in that particular store, but that didn't stop the anxious parents from fighting over the poor clerk who was phoning other stores (probably to save his life) to see if there were any left. "You were supposed to help me, next." "In your dreams, lady, was next." "When I can ice skate on the River Styx, maybe." God rest you merry gentle folk . . As it turned out, being patient, humble and polite (oh, please!) paid off for the first time in my life. The guy looked at me like I was an oasis in a desert and asked the memorable words which sent me on my way to yet another Lionel branch, "Would you like me to have them hold one for you?" I felt that a heavenly being, with a very strange sense of humor, had once again smiled upon me. I was on my way 1 . grandmother to granddaughter kind of thing, but everyone was turning up with Grandma's recipe and technique.) One day, she took me aside to whisper the secret of her t cookies. In her thickest brogue and with her feather-ligh- into toystore hell to buy my boy the game of his dreams one that would probably be broken by Dec. 27th or 28th. The next problem was how to hide it in the car so he couldn't see what Santa and his Auntie Cee and Uncle George were getting him for Christmas. (Rule 1, of course, is to not go shopping at all. Rule 2 is to not take kids with you.) We hid it in the back of the station wagon, under the old windshield shade. Hiding it in the car was easy compared with where we were going to put it in the house. The last words my sister said to me on the phone from the sanctity of her Manhattan penthouse was, "Make sure he doesn't know he's getting it. I want it to be a surprise." Right. The mutant game, complete with sewer slime and pizzas, is about the same size as a small pool table. As it ended up, my roommate hid it under my bed to keep the dog's toys, my old mystery books, a few apple cores and most of the dusf in the world company. Shopping isn't the only fun thing about Christmas, There's all that wonderful holiday food to prepare. Every family has their heirloom favorites that they make every year, and the Calkins family is no exception. Our specialties are Fudge, Christmas Cake, and Grandma Thomson's Scottish Shortbread. Grandma Thomson used to make about 150 dozen of When it came time to pass these buttery g the torch of the legacy to one heart-grabber- s. 200-year-ol- of her Grandma off-sprin- g, d, hand-breakin- for reasons known only to she passed it to me. (My sister tells me she to it her, also. We were kind of wondering who else gave she gave it to. I mean, this was supposed to be a hands, she guided me step by step through the torturous procedure, reminding me to only use the finest ingredients money could buy. When we finished and gazed down at my masterpieces we nearly cried. Then we bit into them, and Grandma nearly lost her upper plate they were beautiful but hard as hockey arthritis-ridde- n pucks! Decades after the cookie incident, I have managed to master the art of shortbread, but somehow, they're just not the same as when they were made by a tall, skinny, old Scotswoman with gnarly hands. While you're out doing Christmasy things, don't forget to get the tree. Most people buy their tree the day after Thanksgiving when all the lots are open. A few of us stalwarts wait until a week or two later, when all of the good trees have been purchased. We're the Charlie Brown die-hard- s. What other idiots would risk out in weather fit tor Alaskan huskies, the kind thatgoing freezes your nose hairs and peels your skin, just to find the perfect little tree that no one else wants? Yeah, I know. Me. What's worse, we pay a fortune for the match stick, knowing all the needles will be off to give Santa a naked salute when he slides down the chimney. When all the gifts have been openedall the shortbread has been eaten, and you and your loved ones are singing carols around the fire (in front of the naked tree), give another thought to those who are around the fire singing in the garbage can under the viaduct. Take down some of and exPcrience what Christmas is 8 really about61" God Bless you all, and Merry Christmas. |
