T-day, three days and counting

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

Okay we all know turkey is relatively healthy, usually there are veggies floating around the table too. It's the potatoes, yams, biscuits, butter and gravy that will kill your "diet".

So tell me does anyone have a strategy for dealing with the "Oh you've hardly had a bite, here have seconds, thirds, dessert and some ice cream on top of that pie!" ?

I'm already dreading the bloated feeling and the food coma that follows.

Comments

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

My family gatherings are always buffet-served, so nobody forces food on me. Without knowing your family members, I hope they can respect you saying, "No, thanks, I'm stuffed." OR, you can at least say during dinner, "Oh, I'm saving room for pie", and then for dessert, something like "Oh, I can get x pie anytime, pumpkin is my favorite" or some such, to narrow down your choices.

This is probably simplistic. I just don't get people who won't take "really, I'm uncomfortably full" as the signal to stop pushing. That's not family bonding, that borders on rude for not respecting one's wishes. But I know some families do that as a way of showing love...

Hard to describe.

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

Food is a substitute for love as in "I love you let me feed you".