Gaining Weight by Osmosis...and other myths...

Gaining Weight By Osmosis...and other myths....=)

I know the fear. I've felt it before. It is the fear that no matter what we do, we will gain weight simply by being IN a room that has so many YUMMY things in it. That, somehow, just by being there and LOOKING at it, we will gain weight.

I have learned by experience that this is a MYTH. I have learned that the only calories that matter to YOUR BODY and to MY BODY are those that we ingest. That is, eat.

So, we can all go into Thanksgiving with confidence, that if we do not let anything pass through our lips that is off-plan, we will sail through the Holiday unscathed. Just because there is more food in your dining room than could feed 50 hungry Army Rangers, does NOT mean that your body will somehow absorb these calories simply by you being in close proximity to them.

So enjoy Thanksgiving with the quiet confidence that the only calories that matter to YOU are the ones you choose to EAT. And relax, because YOU are in control of that, no matter what Aunt Hilda may say to the contrary.

Happy Thanksgiving, all!