Boxing Day fury

The extended family has eased back into the routine of gathering on Christmas Day, thanks to Cuzzin's Christmas baby boy. As I shuffled through his house yesterday evening to avoid my aunts from capturing me in a vice grip and shoving turkey in my face, I also had the chore of keeping myself sane among all the yelling and screaming and hollering of the throngs of kids. Plus the sight of kids tottering around with iPhones has become a mundane sight; my 5-year-old niece could happily say no to ice cream cake when she cradled her Mum's iPhone on her lap.

And I wonder if anyone ate the following for their Christmas dinner, judging from the spread the extended family had put together last night. And I made it REALISTIC by popping the calorie count in, just to complete the Boxing Day post-binge nightmare:

1 serving of roast turkey (251g) 429 calories
1 serving chicken pie (234g) 500 calories
1 slice chocolate cream cake (28.35g) 104 calories
1 serving mashed potato (210g) 237.3 calories
1 serving pork ribs (224g) 571 calories
1 pork sausage (100g) 339 calories
1 can Budweiser beer (357g) 146 calories
1 serving table red (147g) 122 calories
1 serving dessert wine (103g) 164.8 calories

2613.1 calories

And that's one ONE serving of some Christmas-y chomps. Imagine if you had washed down 3 grilled pork sausages with a can of Bud, dug into that hearty Christmas pudding like a first-grader and hijacked that turkey thigh? *shudders* Whatever it is, it's Boxing Day today, so start throwing yourself onto the threadmill already. Christmas, fyi, doesn't afford binging in my case. It's more of enjoyment in proportion, and having good-quality food with the people you love. NOT bursting your belts.

1 serving penne in creamy vegetarian alfredo (260g) 286.4 calories
Dinner at cuzzin's (benefit of the doubt) 500 calories
1 serving veggie salad with chickpeas (263g) 175 calories
1 glass Brown Brothers rosa Moscato (250ml) 205 calories

1166.4 calories

See? No binging required.