Thanksgiving
gewel321
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My family celebrates occasions with food. My grandmother was visiting for the past week so my mother made a full Thanksgiving spread. I was very concerned about going and being around all the food. I am on a much smaller calorie goal than most due to gastric sleeve.
I got up and ate a cheese stick for breakfast, so that I could have something on my stomach. When lunch time rolled around my family was very supportive. I was able to eat a few bites of each item that I felt like I couldn't do without and mostly ate turkey. I also stopped eating the moment I started to feel full, even though there was still food on my plate. I even ate 1 bite of pumpkin pie!
I was so proud of myself to stay within my calorie goal (only 10 over so I'll take that!!). The scale (which is the bane of all existence) also did not go up. Instead it went down .5 a lb.
Overall it was a good weekend and I wanted to let everyone know that Thanksgiving can be done. It's all about moderation. Don't deny yourself the one bite of pie if that's what you feel like you need to not overindulge in the rest!
I got up and ate a cheese stick for breakfast, so that I could have something on my stomach. When lunch time rolled around my family was very supportive. I was able to eat a few bites of each item that I felt like I couldn't do without and mostly ate turkey. I also stopped eating the moment I started to feel full, even though there was still food on my plate. I even ate 1 bite of pumpkin pie!
I was so proud of myself to stay within my calorie goal (only 10 over so I'll take that!!). The scale (which is the bane of all existence) also did not go up. Instead it went down .5 a lb.
Overall it was a good weekend and I wanted to let everyone know that Thanksgiving can be done. It's all about moderation. Don't deny yourself the one bite of pie if that's what you feel like you need to not overindulge in the rest!
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Awesome!!0
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Great job!0
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Way to go! Were you sleepy after the feast?0
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Very nice. As much as I love to feast at Thanksgiving, I'm going to try to behave this year and still stay in budget.2
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Staying within 10 calories of your goal is super impressive! You handled the weekend wonderfully. It’s great that your family was supportive, as well. So many people on these boards complain about family pushing food or making them feel guilty for not trying grandma’s special dessert.
I’ve been making my strategy for the holidays as well. I am ok with going over my calories for the day, or even being a little lax with the logging. But I agree that moderation is the key, and I will make it a point to not eat anything I don’t REALLY want and enjoy, and to stop when SATISFIED, not STUFFED.3 -
I got through Canadian Thanksgiving unscathed. I had a pretty light day in calories so I could enjoy a piece of apple pie, turkey and all the fixings that evening. Watched my portion sizes and was within 100 calories of my daily goal.4
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kosseychick wrote: »I got through Canadian Thanksgiving unscathed. I had a pretty light day in calories so I could enjoy a piece of apple pie, turkey and all the fixings that evening. Watched my portion sizes and was within 100 calories of my daily goal.
Alllllll riiiighhhtttt!
I'm slightly worried about Thanksgiving. I'll be at the family's house for a couple of days so it will be a little harder to control what is served but if I can avoid candy I'll call it a win.2 -
@papayahed it's tough around family for a few days for sure.. always pushing snacks desserts.. good luck🤞1
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So pleased we don't have Thanksgiving. Our family does a BBQ with salmon and fancy salads for Xmas and a huge pavlova and fruit salad for dessert. So I think that won't be too hard. But Thanksgiving after Halloween (is it after?) sounds like a hard ask for willpower. Well done!1
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@maiomaio71 Canada Thanksgiving is before Halloween and the States is after Halloween. I guess I'm lucky that I'm away working over Halloween so I'm not tempted by the little candies or chocolate bars. And I love barbeque salmon.. one of my personal faves1
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I'm going to pick out some new recipes to try out this year, with the goal of making things that are a) delicious, b) emphasizing fall flavors, and c) veggie-forward. I love planning out dishes for Thanksgiving.
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Way to go!0
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Very nice. As much as I love to feast at Thanksgiving, I'm going to try to behave this year and still stay in budget.
I stay in a budget but my budget is very generous. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.
Since I can move more freely now plan for this holiday and every food-centric holiday moving forward is to move more than average. My plan is not to pay for some of the extra calories right now it is just to establish a more instinctive habit that more food should equal more movement. From what I understand it will take a very long time for this habit to take hold but that is okay I can plan to do it for as long as I need.2 -
We usually have thanksgiving leftovers for days....this year I am making smaller amounts of everything to reduce day after over indulgence...after the last few days I have had, I plan on staying on target for turkey day....1
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@conniewilkins56 that's what I did this year. I made enough of the fixings for 1 day of leftovers. The left over turkey and bones went into the freezer for future soup or stew meals.2
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Turkey day is three weeks away!....what is everyone in USA doing to celebrate and what’s for dinner?....Share some stuff!!!1
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My family always goes all out. We do everything from Turkey and stuffing to sweet potato casserole. For me it is about moderation and not depriving myself. That will lead to failure and guilt. I will plan for my calories earlier in the week so I don't blow the whole week.
Two bites of pie will not make me gain the 13 lbs I've lost. But the guilt from depriving myself and slipping up will cause me to binge on everything! One day will not make or break me and that's the attitude to have!2 -
I haven't done any meal planning yet! maybe this weekend...1
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Oh my!...amkita my life revolves around my infamous lists!....2
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »Turkey day is three weeks away!....what is everyone in USA doing to celebrate and what’s for dinner?....Share some stuff!!!
@conniewilkins56 Shout out to you for asking the questions because I need some new ideas for different ways to celebrate.
One thing I've instituted for our blended family - by this I mean that our children each have two sets of "parents" and that some of their spouses also have two sets - do not feel that you "must" eat another Thanksgiving meal that day; come over later in the evening, have coffee and visit with us because that is what we would love the most, seeing you and the grandchildren. Do not make our house your 5th dinner of the day. Know that we'll play a board game, watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and read the Night Before Christmas to any small children that want to crawl up on the couch with Granny Pam.1 -
I'm eating what I want but no dessert. Can't handle it.1
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I had “ the best laid plans”, but you know how that goes!...I was going to prepare the entire dinner and be in control of the amount of fats and sugar in the food....Saturday my daughter asked if it was ok if she cooked dinner on thanksgiving...she did it another time about five years ago when I had one of my knees replaced...I will have 5 x the mess I usually have!...1
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I had “ the best laid plans”, but you know how that goes!...I was going to prepare the entire dinner and be in control of the amount of fats and sugar in the food....Saturday my daughter asked if it was ok if she cooked dinner on thanksgiving...she did it another time about five years ago when I had one of my knees replaced...I will have 5 x the mess I usually have!...
Let's reframe this (I'm a therapist so it comes with the territory). Think of all the calories you will burn cleaning up this colossal mess!2 -
You should never have told me you are a therapist!...I need one desperately lol0
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Thanksgiving dinner has been an excuse to overeat since as far as I can remember. @gewel321 nice NSV. I will try to enjoy all the foods I like without overeating this year. I am actually excited about the opportunity to make a habitual experience of harming myself with food a pleasurable experience of just enjoying my family and friends. @conniewilkins56 I am actually looking forward to the clean kitchen after dinner! When I read GTD about a year ago, I purchased an app called OmniFocus, and started adding 1 thing weekly to my list that would only take a couple minutes per day. At first it was “Clean 1 thing in the kitchen” and then over time it evolved into several small tasks that add up to a clean kitchen. I get so much enjoyment and pride out of a clean kitchen these days, it’s hard to describe. My daughter(an aspiring chef) is much the same way. She cooks amazing food, but the mess can be daunting. I have started to clean up as she cooks lately, 5 minutes here and there seems to make a huge difference in how I feel about the meal.2
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I love to cook but I hate a nasty kitchen....I clean as I go!....on the other hand, my daughter cooks like she is caught up in a tornado!0
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »You should never have told me you are a therapist!...I need one desperately lol
I get that all the time! lol I run a psych hospital in my day to day life so there isn't much I haven't seen!1 -
Find a really yummy turkey T V dinner just in case!0
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Much like amkita0
