Two Ears One Mouth

Happy Thanksgiving Week friends! Is everyone getting as excited as I am??? Ok, we know I'm never actually excited about the holiday itself as evidenced by this post , but this year I'm super excited for a couple of days off. I've been working like crazy! But to the point of today, I wasn't tagged to do this but read it on Run Eat Repeat and decided to copy because sometimes I can't come up with ideas of my own. So, behold! 4 Fun Facts Four names that people call me other than my real name Nazie  Sunshine  Mrs. Marshall (it's still weird and not my "real" name yet) Champ Four jobs I've had Cashier Vet Assistant Admissions Rep Intern Four movies I've watched more than once Troy Good Will Hunting Mr. Holland's Opus Wedding Crashers Four books I'd recommend Bossypants The Lovely Bones Seriously...I'm Kidding Basic Black Four places I've lived New York Maryland Texas Kentucky Four places I...

I think just about every blogger writes some tips for staying healthy and not gaining weight during the holidays so I thought I'd join in on the trend this year. I don't know about you, but I'll take all the help I can get! RCM Personal Training (aka me) produces a monthly newsletter and guess what was found in November's edition? Check out my top 3 tips for making it through holiday dinners and parties. Then hop over to big time runner and blogger Run Eat Repeat for some of hers as well. 1. Fill Your Plate Yes, you read that correctly. A lot of times in our attempt to stay in control of our food we put an unrealistically small amount on our plate and praise ourselves for the empty space. Unfortunately, you're usually still hungry! Putting only a meager amount of your favorite foods on your plate will leave you unsatisfied and likely lead to overeating when you go back for seconds, pick at leftovers after dinner is over or give in to temptation and overcom...

It's probably no surprise that I don't like Thanksgiving. Like...at all.... BUT like a good little 'Murican I celebrate with the best of em and contrary to popular belief, I also eat. Not a lot. But I do eat. Last year we went meat free which was awesomely impressive, particularly for my carnivorous and not at all interested in changing her ways mother. This year I'm not so lucky but that's ok. The menu is planned, at least on my part and a big thanks to GreenBEAN Delivery for helping me with that part. Basically what happened is this. We usually get our bin on Tuesdays but the holiday changed the schedule so we got it Monday. With a Tuesday delivery I have until Monday afternoon to "customize" my bin, meaning replacing things I might not like for whatever I want. Well since everything shifted up a day I missed my chance to customize and ended up with what they gave me. Well done GreenBEAN because we hit a nice little Thanksgiving jackpot! Yams, Cran...