Happy New Year

For many of you reading, you probably see this post and think that I'm a few months early. On the contrary, this past weekend I celebrated, in addition to a great Gator win, the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah - or the Jewish New Year of 5770.

For those of you not familiar with Rosh Hashanah it is a two-day long holiday that is celebrated worldwide, and a good portion of it, like many other holidays, revolves around food. Though I'm by no means complaining, it revolves around high-calorie, high-sugar, yet completely delicious food, to be exact.

The main symbol of the holiday is eating apples dipped in honey with every meal. These two items together symbolize a sweet new year for everyone. Thanks to modern times, this now also includes dipping all types of things in honey - bread, chocolate, other fruits, etc.


This tasty snack, in addition to a full meal of turkey, brisket, stuffing, souffle, and every other component to any great holiday dinner, made for quite the food coma.

This got me to thinking about the token article in many November magazines having some theme of "How to Survive the Holidays without getting Fat." Well, for most college students, the holidays really begin in August, with weekly football tailgates, Halloween around the corner, and then the slew of seasonal holidays starting with Thanksgiving. Get rea