Thanksgiving Day game plan!
Kandis29
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Anyone taking Thanksgiving Day off from logging? I think it will probably be difficult to log every single bite.
I saw on the news where a dietician was giving some advice. He said to eat eggs with hot sauce first thing Thanksgiving morning, to get your metabolism really going. Then just eat lunch and dinner, with no extras in between, and of course to stop when you are full. I think I am going to try to go this route.
Anyone else have some good ideas? We are going to two different family meals, and it is going to be crazy!!
I saw on the news where a dietician was giving some advice. He said to eat eggs with hot sauce first thing Thanksgiving morning, to get your metabolism really going. Then just eat lunch and dinner, with no extras in between, and of course to stop when you are full. I think I am going to try to go this route.
Anyone else have some good ideas? We are going to two different family meals, and it is going to be crazy!!
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I will be eating anything and everything put in front of me0
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I'm eating a normal breakfast then running my annual 5k. A late lunch with the family will consist of small servings of the things I really like (large serving of my grandmothers amazing stuffing) and a good slice of my mom's pumpkin roll. Healthy snacking later in the day if I am hungry. Friday morning = right back on track. No guilt. Looking forward to it!0
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I have a 90 min zumba class in the morning. Then plan on eating everything in moderation and not logging. No need to go crazy, it's just turkey.0
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Eat all the food! Drink all the drinks!
I will probably work out in the morning. I'll make it a heavy leg day so I can take advantage of all the extra food.0 -
I will try to log everything. I won't sweat it if I don't. Also running a 10K Turkey Trot in the morning so I can eat more turkey!0
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I will log everything... just not accurately or within any calorie goals/limits.
It's one day out of the year. Enjoy it.0 -
I'm just going to eye ball it. I know the cooking style at the household I'm eating at this year, so it won't be too difficult. It's just not worth freaking out over.0
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Anyone taking Thanksgiving Day off from logging? I think it will probably be difficult to log every single bite.
I saw on the news where a dietician was giving some advice. He said to eat eggs with hot sauce first thing Thanksgiving morning, to get your metabolism really going. Then just eat lunch and dinner, with no extras in between, and of course to stop when you are full. I think I am going to try to go this route.
Anyone else have some good ideas? We are going to two different family meals, and it is going to be crazy!!
I wouldn't listen to that dietician......your metabolism is always going....eggs and hot sauce won't boost it or get it "really going"
It's one day - eat, drink, enjoy the family/friends time, get back on track Friday.
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I can't remember, I think it was Good Morning America. But I haven't seen Dr Oz in ages, so not that.0
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Your metabolism never stops running.
I'll log breakfast, as I'll be at work and need something to eat. After that? Whatever happens. Luckily dinner is only for three people so there won't be all the food in the world, but I'll probably just enjoy and not count.0 -
I'll probably log most of it. Depends on how hard everything is to look up. I'm not worried about anything. It's one meal, and I don't tend to overeat by much. I'll be running in the morning, too, as it's a normal run day anyway.0
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Doing our annual 5k run in the morning. I'll eat everything, in moderation. Shooting to keep my total caloric intake under 2400-3000 calories.0
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I'm going to do a quick add to keep up my streak and just eat sensibly.
Because I wear Invisalign braces and they have to stay in 22 hours a day, I can't snack really. So I'll just behave at dinner and fill up on veggies.
However, I've been eating at a huge deficit all week so I can have some pecan pie
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I can't remember, I think it was Good Morning America. But I haven't seen Dr Oz in ages, so not that.
Whoever it was, he/she was obviously a quack... lol.
On topic, though... Thanksgiving is a free day for me. I will not log and I will not worry about calories, nor macros. Too much good food for me to worry about what I can and cannot eat on a holiday.
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I will be eating all the things, and not logging any of the things. It's one day that I'm just going to enjoy with my family.0
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I ate at a larger deficit than normal the last 3 days, will run a 10 mile trail run Thursday morning, have a light breakfast of egg white/veggie omelet and them enjoy every bit of Thanksgiving food I consume. Friday will be a new day...will do the same thing with Christmas dinner with the family.0
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Only if it's magic eggs and hot sauce. Was is Dr. Seuss? New story instead of green eggs and ham? Lol!! I'll be busy cooking. Then maybe I'll be too tired to eat. :laugh: I'll log everything tho.0
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I'm not sure I'll get to log; It's my wife's birthday so we have a very caloric day planned. Also a very busy day planned! So, I don't know if I will be home enough to log what I consume. Not to mention so much of it is homemade that I am not sure I'd get it all in the system anyway. (- I'd prefer to log it to see what I do consume.)
But, again I am not worried over it and would not worry about the numbers I see in any log. It's just one of a few days a year that I am not strict on my diet and I am going to enjoy it - whether that means I only consume 3000 or consume 9000.0 -
Like many others, I'm running a local 5k. I'm also running to the start and back home so that should add a couple miles.
I'm not logging but have learned to only eat the things I really like. I have no need to eat everything just because it's on the table. I'm passing on the rolls and marshmallowed sweet potatoes but enjoying the stuffing and green beans.0 -
We're not going to have a traditional Thanksgiving this year. I would have liked to, but it's not my call. Still, I'm going to eat a seemingly endless amount of mashed potatoes. I am fully aware that it will be a ton of calories, and for the first time since I started my goals back in June I may actually gain weight over the course of a week, but life isn't worth living if you can't even enjoy special occasions.
I don't have an eating disorder. Having one big meal isn't going to cause me to "slip up" and consume other big meals. And my family has never had a Christmas meal so it's not like I have to worry about doing this again next month.0 -
Let's assume for a minute that there was something that you could do that could really get your metabolism revved up. Since you would be burning more calories than normal, you would be hungrier than usual. How the F is that going to help you eat in moderation?!
My game plan is partly physical. You puts it on the plate, you sits down and eats it. This cuts back on the grazing, since the family we will be visiting covers their enormous kitchen counter with "appetizers" prior to the sit down meal.0 -
Nope it wasn't, I believe it was on GMA but it was not Dr. Oz.... he had many suggestions including working out but his point was some chemical in the hot sauce that triggers you not to be as hungry, (which happens to be a proven fact btw) and revs up your metabolism.
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cheripugh1 wrote: »
Nope it wasn't, I believe it was on GMA but it was not Dr. Oz.... he had many suggestions including working out but his point was some chemical in the hot sauce that triggers you not to be as hungry, (which happens to be a proven fact btw) and revs up your metabolism.
it does does it?
I doubt you can find any science proving this-1 -
Eat a moderate sized plate, repeat 6 times0
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HA!! That doctor has no idea what he's talking about. If that was the case, I wouldn't be fat, or hungry. Hot wings, hot sauce on tacos, burritos, the pupusas I make, Chinese food, and pretty much on anything.cheripugh1 wrote: »
Nope it wasn't, I believe it was on GMA but it was not Dr. Oz.... he had many suggestions including working out but his point was some chemical in the hot sauce that triggers you not to be as hungry, (which happens to be a proven fact btw) and revs up your metabolism.
Hot sauce does not suppress the appetite.
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I'm basically going to eat and drink whatever is put in front of me, then go search out more things to eat and drink. It's only one day, so I'm not going to deny myself good food when I'm going to be surrounded by it all day.
I'm going to log it as accurately as i can (have to eyeball dinner portions as I won't be at my own house). Don't care if it's accurate down to the calorie, I just want a ballpark figure. I'm almost certainly going to go over (maybe way over), but I've been keeping a higher than normal deficit going all week. I'll just get back on track Friday.0 -
Doing a Flying Turkey 5K in the morning then eating everything. We are vegetarians so there will be lots of roasted veggies and a tofurkey, not a real bird, don't actually know if that matters calorie-wise!! I have done way worse at school last week and Monday/Tuesday with all the treats that parents bring us, so this one day is the least of my concerns!!!!!
Gobble gobble!0
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