Wednesday, November 18, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Fit For Sisters Andrew Loscutoff Columnist Those holiday drinks add up The year 2020 is one we9re more than ready to put in the past. It9s time to ring in new beginnings, or commemorate 4 and drown out 4 the past. This time of year, especially between Thanksgiving and New Years, Americans increase their alcohol intake by two fold, according to a 2018 study. We9re not going to lec- ture the drinkers or decry the effects of alcohol 4 but we are going to cast light to a common side effect many people find themselves regretting: holiday weight gain. Holiday weight gain is a divisive topic. Some read- ing this may put on up to six pounds of weight, while oth- ers little at all. Most of these pounds come from people at this time of year excusing themselves from sensible eating. There9s nothing to fear from a cookie or two; however a cookie, cake, and pie washed down with hot chocolate becomes an issue. And holiday drinks serve up a lot of empty calories. Let9s discuss calories in beverages and forget about the rest. Holiday drinks in general boast a very large amount of calories. Add booze to them and it9s no wonder. Homemade eggnog up to 340 calories; hot but- tered rum, 400. Hot choco- late 320. This is before the alcohol is added at around 100 calories per shot. Even champagne has 180 calories. Dark, heavy, or robust beers can have over 200. Some math demonstrates how this gets out of hand. A person may have two eggs, toast, jam and butter for breakfast. This equates to around 650 calories. A salad, cup of minestrone soup, and a basic turkey sandwich for lunch, around 650 calories. Dinner is a bowl of chili, with ground turkey and avo- cado; another 650 calories. By all accounts this person is likely eating fewer calo- ries than they burn in a day. However; after dinner a holiday party invites them to let go and have a few drinks. Even two servings of spiced hot apple cider and rum, at a moderate 250 calories each, puts them in the realm of weight gain. After drinking, a couple holiday cookies and brown- ies can add another 500 calories. A thousand additional calories add up fast. A pound of weight gain takes around 3,500 calories to accumu- late. You can easily see how the weight piles on. How to avoid this? Don9t avoid holiday treats; avoid overconsumption. Have lighter drinks, eat lighter meals, and know that a cookie or two is good enough. Instead of eating a normal dinner, have a salad with lean protein. Use sen- sible alternatives like diet sodas and low-calorie mix- ers. Have a smaller piece of pie, brownie, and a couple of the best cookies, not all of them. Happy holidays to all! 15 The final game... PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK The Sisters Outlaws finished off their modified season of seven- on-seven football last week. 2017 HONDA NDA ACCORD HYBRID EX EX-L L One owner, black heated leather, 27K miles, 49 mpg city Best Price! No Hassles! CARFAX Certifi ed! Bring us your trade-ins and low-mileage consignments! $ 22,380 Sisters Car Connection 541-815-7397 192 W. Barclay Dr., Sisters Homeless amputee dies in Bend from exposure BEND (AP) 4 A home- less man and double-leg amputee died in Bend this week, as temperatures hov- ered around freezing and strong, gusting winds hit the region. A sanitation worker found David Melvin Savory, 57, dead next to his wheel- chair outside a Rite Aid early Tuesday morning, The Bulletin reported. Savory was on the waitlist for several area homeless shelters and some residents who had seen him outside the Rite Aid gave him blankets, started a GoFundMe page for him and tried to find him services before his death. Bend, which often sees heavy snow in the winter, doesn9t have a permanent warming shelter and lacks a year-round low-barrier home- less shelter, according to the newspaper. Advocates say those are