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"Lately I&amp;#039;ve been going to a lot of holiday parties, where home-baked sweets are shown off, finger foods tempt, booze flows... and diets go out the window. Or almost. I&amp;#039;ve been trying to adopt what I did for Thanksgiving -- relax about it all and zoom in on the stuff I really want. Rather than stressing about every little morsel, I just focus my cravings. When I arrive at a party, I first scope out the situation by taking a slow, unobtrusive walk around the party to survey what munchies are being offered. And I look for THE thing. THE thing that I want to eat so badly I know I can&amp;#039;t resist. (Last night, it was warm brie and crackers.) Then I make the decision to zoom in on that particular thing. And I go for it. By being more calculated about it, I feel like I&amp;#039;m not wasting calories on eating things that I don&amp;#039;t really want. Otherwise, I know I&amp;#039;d work my way around a room, and sample 4 or 5 different things before finding THE thing, the party food I can&amp;#039;t resist. Then I&amp;#039;ll regret all the sampling I did and wish I hadn&amp;#039;t so that I could eat more of what I wanted (yum, brie). Although I find I eventually tire of nibbling on what was my favorite thing, by the time I move on to the next party food, I&amp;#039;m already pretty full from what I ate before, so I&amp;#039;ll eat less of whatever it is. All in all, by zooming in, I get to eat the stuff I love, and less of what I don&amp;#039;t. And I get to relax at the same time, and worry less about how many calories I&amp;#039;m consuming since I know I at least thought about what I was doing. I&amp;#039;m conscience of my eating decisions, and able to indulge in a smart(er) way. Now, lemme at that brie. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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