Happy Thanksgiving: Please, Eat the Dressing

Everyone must have that Two-Sizes-Skinnier-Than-You friend who wraps her bunless turkey burgers in lettuce leaves while complaining about her cellulite. Hopefully, you didn't invite yours to Thanksgiving. This year, please eat the dressing. Allow yourself more than one dollop of mashed potatoes, have at least two bites of every dessert available and indulge in a hot buttered roll. Or three. Do not bore your Great Aunt Edna with tales of your unfortunate thigh girth. Chances are Great Aunt Edna is old enough not to care. While your teenage niece is likely secretly worried about her thigh girth, be a good role model and give her a wink as you walk toward the buffet table for seconds. Tomorrow and the next day and the next day you may diet. But today, please, eat the dressing.