Warmer weather can pose new challenges

This week, with the weather getting warmer, I thought I'd write about what seems to be a common phenomenon here in Charlotte, and probably alot of other cities around the country. When it's nicer and sunny out after work, we don't feel the need or desire to rush home as much and that often means hanging around at an outdoor bar or restaurant whiling away the afternoon with a few drinks. Now, I'm not suggesting that ONE drink wouldn't fit into a healthy lifestyle, but often these scenarios involve more than one drink and often more than one night a week and that is where we can get into "trouble". Wine or beer may seem more "acceptable" on a healthy diet versus fried foods or sweets like cake but, after that one glass of wine, your body really isn't going to do anything with it but store it as fat (just like the fried foods or cake) so, just like you wouldn't attend a "happy hour of cake" EVERY day and expect to still be healthy, you'd want to view alcohol in the same way and recognize that adding this into your diet every day, in large quantities, is going to derail your healthy eating and lifestyle efforts just as much as those foods that you try so hard to avoid. Just some food (or drink) for thought this week :-) Jill