Thanksgiving
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Oops! I hit post accidentally.....but, much like amkita I am finding new and healthy recipes to try this year.2
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Ok, family will be here sunday through saturday. I'm worried about slipping into old patterns and completely going off the rails. I had three rules I used the last time I was home. No soda, no candy, and walk everyday. And I decided to try to keep everything else in check but not worry about it. I think I can manage those for this visit but I'm wondering if I shouldn't push myself a little further and still try to keep a calorie deficit. I don't want to ruin this visit worrying about calories but I need to learn how to navigate these situations.
Did I mention they are bringing my favorite dessert from back home?2 -
I finally have a good plan for Turkey Day! I am banking 150 calories on Mon., Tues., and Wed., to cover a piece of pie,cool whip and coffee....then I am going to eat my maintenance calories Thurs. and Fri....banking 150 again on Sat......on Thursday I have my menu planned and I am preparing some of the foods with less sugar and fats...I finally convinced my daughter that she needs me to help with the cooking and what the rest of the family doesn’t know will be healthier lol.....2
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My wife and I will be sharing the kitchen duties for Thanksgiving as usual. I have already prepared one of my side dishes. I almost always cook something new too.
My goal for this week is really to try to come out of it at maintenance for the week and a tiny loss if possible. I will be going pretty aggressive today and tomorrow. Somewhat normal on Wed. Thursday my calorie limit will be my maintenance plus 1 half. Then maintenance on Friday and Sunday. Most likely on Saturday I will want a break from the food and I will want to eat lighter so I think I will be in a deficit that day.
I am not too worried about it. I finally saw a number on the scale that tells me I have lost a little weight since the surgery so I am relaxed about the numbers I have been "blindly" assuming are right.5 -
For the first time in many many years I'm going to be with others for Thanksgiving. I found a group on a website called meetup that is having a group dinner. It's a buffet which I'm not crazy about for a few reasons. When I eat out I like to be served (I can get my own food at home!). Also I am a great cook and my general rule is to not eat out anything I can do myself. The exception is Vegas. But Vegas doesn't count! But I don't want to be alone again so it's my decision to go.
I have my size 18 jeans on right now. They are 'on'. They button and zip. It counts as 'on'. I'm not overly comfortable so I'm going to wear them with a loose sweater (to hide the fat oozing out the top). That way if I am going overboard I'll be VERY uncomfortable adn will stop. Kind of the opposite of people unbuttoning their pants!3 -
Fitbyfifty have a great day and enjoy your Thanksgiving...let us know how the buffet turns out....if you lived here, I would invite you for dinner!...congratulations on your jeans....I can’t wait to be in an 18!1
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Thanks, so kind. You'll get there, we all will. Enjoy the holiday!1
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I made it through Thanksgiving dinner and I'm still under 1000 calories for the day. Victory! 😎6
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I didnt turn anything down and I havent been that full in a long time but this morning FBG is 96 so I'm considering it a win.2
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I ate way too much but it was delicious and I did manage to stay under maintenance goal calories for the day!3
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My Thanksgiving day and long weekend went well for me as far as CICO and choices. I am proud of myself for thinking about it ahead of time, remaining flexible, and being moderate.1
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Good job!...I planned but didn’t follow thru with my plan!0
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I did fairly well, or so I thought until my Gout Flareup! Holy *kitten*!0
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Oh no! Hope it goes away quickly.1
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Question for all you Thanksgiving celebrators. Do you put the same emphasis on Christmas food as Thanksgiving? So you would have two major celebrations in two months? Or is Christmas dinner/lunch less of a "thing" because you've already celebrated Thanksgiving with all your extended family? Just wondering how it all works. Must be expensive too! Do you generally do one celebration with the whole whanau and then the other with just close whanau?2
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Christmas dinner is about the same level as Thanksgiving for our family, though it's not usually based around a big turkey
We usually just celebrate with my inlaws, so my wife's folks, her brother and his family, and our family. We each bring some dishes so it winds up not being too expensive of an endeavor. I think how people celebrate each holiday is pretty unique, so you're not likely to find one answer that would fit for most!
First time I've ever seen the term 'whanau', TIL a new word for extended family.1 -
You can go all out and spend a fortune or else downsize...every family has their own traditions....thanksgiving is our daughters birthday and our granddaughters is the day after Christmas so it’s always expensive lol0
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Ooops yes whanau means family. Sorry. Common word here. (Pronounced far-no). I guess my questions stem from the fact you don't have a long Xmas holiday like we do (school is out Dec 20-Jan 20) so Xmas is a major celebration here because everyone is on holiday and it's summer. Plus we don't have Thanksgiving. I wondered if Thanksgiving was extended family-oriented and Xmas closer family and smaller, given that it followed after Thanksgiving. Not that it was less important but just different? I'm kinda jealous you have these cool traditions that we don't! Not jealous that I don't have to battle more food celebrations though. I get lots of cultural envy. Don't mind me.
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Christmas break for school is about two weeks...the only real difference in the two holidays is gift giving...celebrations are large and small for both..attending church or Mass is usually at Christmas and not Thanksgiving...0
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For my family food was and is a central theme for each holiday. On my mom's side it stemmed from very humble (poor) roots where there was often times throughout the year when the family went to bed hungry. To celebrate the prosperity of better economic times a large meal was served and shared.
Thanksgiving always featured a roasted turkey and if there were many guests my grandmother would also serve ham. Christmas dinner was beef, the best cut the family could afford given the number of people at the table. The list goes on: New Year's Eve is fish, Easter is lamb, 4th of July steaks on the grill.
My dad, being from India was amazed and blown away by the abundance of food and the expertise of my mom's French family in preparing the meals. He was swept into the holiday "tradition" of an extravagant holiday meal, the joy of sharing it with family and friends, and the expectation of culinary mastery of every dish.
Interesting to me is that my family treated Christmas as a secular holiday (Jesus was not the reason for the season, so to speak) and it was much later in my childhood that I learned there are other reasons to celebrate holidays, not just the feasting and time off.1
