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The INDEPENDENT, December 19, 2002 Page 9 Yes, healthy holidays are possible with planning and imagination By Diane Lindsey to exercise, let alone time for adequate rest to recharge our energy. But be of good cheer! There are ways to stay on a healthy eating plan and squeeze in ex ercise even during these busy- times. Add in getting enough sleep, and much of the stress goes away, allowing us to enjoy the holidays. basting and buttering, to cream sauces and cheese spreads, to The holiday season is upon cakes, cookies, and pies - that us, with lots of celebration, turns healthy foods into fat- and shopping, parties, and...food! sugar-laden dishes with more Friends and families get togeth calories and less nutrition. er to share happenings of the A first step would be past year and dreams for the to cut out some of New Year and...eat! And, oh, the fat used i n ..j what we eat! With all the cook p r e p a r i n g / ies, pies, gravies, sauces, but foods. U sing'\ tery mashed potatoes, turkey low fat chicken or and dressing, the days be First, the food turkey stock can signifi tween Thanksgiving and New cantly reduce calories and fat Year’s can be the most fatten The foods we choose during grams in dressings and ing days of the year. And in the the holiday season are not nec gravies. Instead of whole eggs, hustle and bustle of activities, it essarily “bad.” More often, it’s use egg substitute, and cook can be challenging to find time what we do to those foods - ing sprays rather than butter and oil. Sweet potatoes are powerhouses of vitamins and fiber, and don’t need to be can died to be delicious. And green beans taste good without a heavy cream sauce and little fried onion rings on top! Holiday parties and buffets don’t have to be caloric extrav aganzas. Instead of cheese puffs and smoked wienies, fo cus on raw veggies and fruit, or shrimp with cocktail sauce. And before you start loading Bridge Street, Vernonia • 503-429-6364 up your plate at that buffet, look Arnie, Mary, Craig, Bill, Kathee at all your options first. Choose We tkonle ty-OM pflSL tfCOt/b fW/lCnOC^e in 2002 u W i tyw/b Peace and {jouf, l/fea/b ERN AUTO ASSOC. STORE Even John Deere toys are the best quality! Durable, die-cast metal scale model are replicas of big John Deere machines. Let your little one play with the best... John Deere toys. Buy John Deere toys online at Fisherimplement.com v mostly foods that provide nutri tional value, and fill in with small quantities of the more for bidden items. Don’t load your plate to the point you can bare ly lift it; once you’ve dished the food up, you’re more likely to feel obligated to eat it. Remember, you can always go /back for more of those tasty shrimp ~ and veggies. If you must have sweets (and most of us must!) enjoy them in moderation. Save your self from hundreds of calories and many grams of fat with a gingerbread or sugar cookie in stead of cheesecake or pecan pie. Or share a dessert with others; a couple of bites of a rich dessert can satisfy the urge to indulge and you’ll feel so much better afterwards! Yes, time to exercise This is probably not the time of year you’ll be spending hours at the spa working out, or out jogging for miles each day. You can, however, sneak exer cise into your busy schedule without too much effort. Try these suggestions: When shopping, park farther from the store entrance and walk briskly to the door. Forget escalators and elevators, and take the stairs. Spend 20-30 minutes vigorously cleaning house. While working on that holiday dinner, do a few biceps curls with that can of green beans before you toss them in the pan. For exercise fun, turn up the music and dance! A firefighter in every room? It’s possible with newest equipment In a perfect world, we would sprinklers can tell which room have a firefighter in every room the fire’s in, spray enough wa of our house, 24 hours a day, ter to put the fire out, and, most seven days a week, poised and amazingly, know when the job’s ready to extinguish the smallest done and turn themselves off. fire. They wouldn’t make a They’re efficient, effective and sound, raid the refrigerator, tie use just enough water to stop a up the phone or hog the remote, fire while it’s small. Residential and they’d stay well hidden. fire sprinklers save lives and Well, the world isn’t perfect but property, they’re reliable and you can have all this, and for can be installed during con less cost than you might think, struction, or even into an exist with residential fire sprinklers. ing home. Don’t let Hollywood fool you. 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