Hoping to cut calories before holidays

bchmom1
bchmom1 Posts: 1
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Any suggestions to help with menu for Thanksgiving

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  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    Same food items, but smaller portions. Also, I always think it's a good idea to have a fresh salad in addition to all the heavier food to balance it out.
  • meganjcallaghan
    meganjcallaghan Posts: 949 Member
    load up on veggies like celery and cucumber so you feel too full to go overboard on the calorie dense stuff
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    thanksgiving is a roast dinner isn't it? I have a roast dinner almost every weekend

    the protein - turkey - it's great, it's roasted - eat the breast skinless, weigh it out - you get a decent amount for under 200 calories

    vegetables - seriously - boil them, steam them, don't mess around them - eat loads

    shove some carrots in with the roast potatoes (if that's what you do on thanksgiving) - eat the carrots and a couple of roasties

    gravy - nice splash - mustard whatever

    you can eat huge amounts of this kind of food for decent number of calories - if there's anything highly calorific - watch your portion size / make a lower cal alternative / don't eat it

    also don't eat your exercise calories in the week leading up to it to save for the splurging

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