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Comfort Food For Skinny People

Well, autumn is here, whether the weather feels that way or not. After spending all summer avoiding my stove and oven, it's time to break out the apron and indulge my cooking and baking cravings for the best time of year to snuggle up with a warm bowl of goodness. The average American puts on 8 pounds between October 31st and January 1st every year. If you're not working hard in the gym to get all that weight off, then in a mere 5 years, you've gained 40 pounds that you gets harder to lose the older you get. The answer to most people seems simple: 1. Binge eat during the holidays 2. Pledge to work it off with a new year's resolution 3. Lose some of the holiday weight/water weight and feel overly confident 4. Burn out on workouts by February 5. Step on the scale and see a number that is still higher than last year I do not subscribe to this line of thought. I think anyone should be able to eat whatever they want, when they want. You should also be smart about yo