Thanksgiving Day - How many Calories?

Turning_Hopes_to_Habits

Happy post Turkey day! I had a wonderful day and hope everyone else did, too.

For those who logged, how many calories did you eat?

I was at 4561. I overestimated when it doubt. I don't regret anything at all, though I will say that I think my dinner leftover meal was excessive-I could have had smaller portions of leftovers and the turkey didn't need to be turned into a big Kaiser roll sandwich. If I'd been more moderate that meal, I would have saved about 700 calories. Oh, and the apple pie at family dinner wasn't good enough to justify the calories, but the pumpkin pie...damn! The pumpkin pie was absolute heaven.

It was a good day, and a good reminder of why I need to count my calories and practice moderation. If I can eat 4561 on a feast day, then I need to eat well on non-feast days, lol.

So, how did your calories add up?

elbaldwin0525

To be honest...not one calorie was counted yesterday....I estimate at at least 8k though

Guitarist4L1fe

I ate Turkey and Mashed Cauliflower and some cocktails all within my 1450 a day goal. But from what I can tell i had nowhere near the Fun you guys had! LOL.

queenliz99

4100 calories for the day. Oh my. If I eat this way for the next 5 weeks I will weigh 146 pounds. What? That's 26 pounds. LOL

TuffChixRule

I managed to stay under my goal of 1850 but just barely. Still enjoyed the holiday but only ate half of what I ordered and took the rest home. Pumpkin pie was yummy though so I am not going to feel guilty

lloydrt

mine was about 3500 cals. I am not hung over surprisingly, I dont really drink that much, but I was offered some excellent Blackberry Wine, which was awesome.....I drank one and a half bottles of wine, starting at 2 in the afternoon and finished up about 10 pm.........I did carry over 1300 cals from the day before and planned for the overload........but again, one day isnt' going to wreck my overall plan..........now, I have to plan for the Christmas holidays........come up with some kind of strategy for sure........Happy Holidays

IIGuardian

3400

SarahStrominger

I had been DREADING the feast bc I always go off the deep end. I went to the gym in the am and added about 400 calories to my 1350 daily allowance so that helped. I did go over but not by much (maybe 1900 cals total?) I did indulge in pumpkin pie and sweet potatoe bake but I tried to go for the turkey and veggies too. Now that it is over. . I'm a little sad I didn't indulge a little more but I have been on a great kick lately and I didn't want to fall off the wagon.

DragonShoe_GCole

Only 1.6K (I did awesome)!

lsgibbs83

I ended the day consuming just over 1300 calories. Did some Pilates to make up the overage.

DeterminedFee201426

DragonShoe_GCole wrote: »

Only 1.6K (I did awesome)!

nice

GiveMeCoffee

Did fantastic! 6500 calories and enjoyed every single one of them!

Cornishpirates

WAY too many

queenliz99

GiveMeCoffee wrote: »

Did fantastic! 6500 calories and enjoyed every single one of them!

(*)

Phrick

just under 3500, not too shabby. I expected to be much closer to 5k

Sailatsorf

I didn't actually count anything, but just eyeballing and going off the top of my head what I know servings of each thing I ate amount to, I'd say around 2,000. I had little half portions of everything so I could sample everything. I think most of those calories probably came from pie, though.

I eat like a bird, so 2000 is a ton for me.

dc1745

I ate 2200 calories, which is within my calorie limit. So happy and felt much better last night than usual.

CarrieCans

I am hoping my estimates are really off. I came in at 891 calories for the whole day. So not the 1400 i was expecting just from dinner.

20Grit

2170 - 1 calorie to spare.

SianLouise185

506 calories.. but then im in the UK and dont celebrate, but for those who did i hope you had a great day!

DapperKay

GiveMeCoffee wrote: »

Did fantastic! 6500 calories and enjoyed every single one of them!

That's the stuff - champ!

malibu927

Without counting, I'm assuming about 2500

Snip8241

2711. That's a guesstimate. I savored Every. Single. One.

WinoGelato

I came in under 2k. I'm so disappointed in myself. I figured I would hit at least 4k. Thankfully we are celebrating again on Sat with the other side of the family.

seltzermint555

1,990 calories. I logged very closely with only a couple of educated guesstimates.

I got in 2 hours of walking at 3.0 mph and wound up just 106 calories over my daily goal. Honestly I did not particularly try to keep it THAT low. I was expecting to be over by 500 or more.

I even ate a bigger than usual breakfast and some chocolate and tea at 11 pm. But for the evening meal I had a tiny snack plate with like a tbsp of each item, so I'm sure that helped.

MKEgal

Not quite 3300, which is about 1900 over my goal.

Last night, the scale said I'd gained 6 lb from yesterday morning. Scales lie.
This morning, the scale said I'd gained 3 lb from yesterday morning. See above, about scales lying.
I didn't eat/drink enough calories to cause 1 lb of gain, and I certainly didn't drink that much water.

So today, get back on the horse, eat less, exercise more.

katherine_startrek_fan

Between running a 5K, spending several hours on my feet cooking, and only a light breakfast and a moderate potion of the main meal, I'd say that I did pretty well. I'm down a few tenths of a pound this morning compared to yesterday.

whalecb

2876, but I burned so many calories shoveling the foot of snow that we got that I only went over by 205. Not too shabby

NoelFigart1

2442. I gave myself permission to eat whatever I wanted. I log calories just for data and tracking purposes. It was delicious and I enjoyed every bite.

dbmata

Right around 3500, but I'm overestimating a lot. I doubt I ate an entire half cup of sweet potato.

ndj1979

i logged but it was not that accurate I came in at about 5500 but I think it was more ad I did not log any of the appetizers…salami, crackers, cheese,etc…so I am guessing I cam in closer to 6000….