Curious: do you track on Thanksgiving (or any holiday)?

pancakerunner
pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
edited November 2019 in Food and Nutrition
Personally I do. Obviously I'm less strict, not as exact (usually just general estimates), and I often eat over my goal, but I like tracking on holidays/keeping a record. Just wondering what you guys do?
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  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Log breakfast as usual. Log dinner as usual. Lunch is quick add=probably 1000 calories(quick rough estimate).
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    I’ll make a note of what I’m eating and log it as best I can.
  • PrismaticPhoenix
    PrismaticPhoenix Posts: 65 Member
    I've only recently started tracking and I'm really curious about how people handle this (and eating over at other people's houses / eating out) where they don't cook the food. My sister's birthday is coming up in addition to the topical Thanksgiving and I admit to being somewhat concerned about how I'm going to log them both,
  • sugarcakes38
    sugarcakes38 Posts: 80 Member
    Will log breakfast and anything else before we leave our house (thanksgiving at my moms). I won’t be toting my food scale. Like Nighthawk, a picture and/or discreet list to refer to later should suffice.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited November 2019
    When I was actively logging and keeping a deficit (I have been in maintenance for a while), I did not log on Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving, and usually took a few other days off too. I do a lot of the cooking on these holidays, but not all, and in that there's no way to be accurate with dishes others make it just seems kind of pointless. I also had no plan to keep a deficit on those days. Part of why I enjoyed using a food scale is that I don't really like estimating, so this worked better for me.

    About halfway into my deficit/logging I also decided that it was a pain to try and log restaurant meals, so I would normally just eat lightly the rest of the day and log 1000 for the restaurant meal (or whatever seemed a reasonable estimate).
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Nope! I actually quit tracking everything all together and haven't logged for 2 months :) I am doing intuitive eating. (I eat whole natural foods and avoid added sugar and processed foods.) I am loving the freedom from feeling worried, paranoid, and bad all the time :) I am finally free from the shackles or worrying about calories and weight¬ <3

    good for you :blush:
  • Luke_rabbit
    Luke_rabbit Posts: 1,031 Member
    I started tracking this year in July. I did not track at all during a one week vacation. I do not plan to track on Thanksgiving, our birthdays and anniversary (which is actually all on the same day), and Christmas. I've considered just doing a day estimate of what feels reasonable (1800, 2000, etc).
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    I log, and bank calories ahead of a holiday to a reasonable extent.
  • beachwalker99
    beachwalker99 Posts: 1,002 Member
    I don't plan to log over most of Thanksgiving weekend and will also take another break around Christmas. It just isn't practical for me to carry a food scale or measure out my food. That doesn't mean I won't be mindful of food choices and portion sizes or ignore my body's cues. I may see a bounce on the scale, but much of it will likely be gone within a week once I get back to my routine of daily weigh-ins and tracking my calories. I'm in this for the long haul, so taking a little longer to reach my goal is, for me, the less stressful route.
  • maureenkhilde
    maureenkhilde Posts: 849 Member
    Yes, I will. It is at my house, I am making the food. The more challenging for me is the Christmas Eve/Christmas day.
    But even for this Thursday I am saving about 100 calories each day for that pie!
  • Idontcareyoupick
    Idontcareyoupick Posts: 2,854 Member
    I just guesstimate and call it good. Get in a walk also
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,386 Member
    Every day, even if it's just a guess.

    I don't have special plans for Thanksgiving, so it will be just another day, except I won't have to go to work. Yay!

    When I go on river trips or dive trips, I have created a recipe I put in my diary that I expect comes ~close~ to what I eat, on average. It's just three ingredients -- carbs, fat, and protein. I enter them in the percentage that matches what I set in my goals. For rafting, I estimate 3500 calories (way more than my 1771 goal, but I'm working hard). For diving, it's almost 4500 calories. If I was going to have a feast on Thanksgiving, I would probably make some good guesses and I might even try to log all the delicious foods I ate, or I'd do the SCUBA rations at a minimum.

    burp.

    I even make estimates on a routine basis when I get food from the hot bar at our local coop. I don't trust that my guesses at similar items in the database would be more accurate.

    Every day!

    Log or not; enjoy the holiday if you can. I'll see you here after dessert :smile:
  • Whydahdad71
    Whydahdad71 Posts: 319 Member
    Nope, just enjoying myself on Turkey day!
  • spinnerdell
    spinnerdell Posts: 233 Member
    For me, accurate tracking and consistent logging are necessary to my weight maintenance, made easier by the fact that I almost always prepare my own food. This Thanksgiving is going to be a rare away-from-home full-on food bacchanalia which I'll log using one of those generic "Thanksgiving feast" entries.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    Christmas day and my birthday are not logged.. 😁
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    edited November 2019
    Try to log everything, but don’t worry too much about accuracy. Christmas Eve is the exception. We have hor’dourves as our meal, and anything goes. I look forward to this meal all year.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited November 2019
    Yes, I always track. I just estimate though because I am in maintenance so I don't really care how accurate I am as long as I maintain long term right now.

    I've never been one to stuff myself or go overboard on thanksgiving because I am not really a fan of most thanksgiving food. I just like the turkey, veggies, and a slice of homemade pie. (Christmas is a different story as I LOVE cookies, lol)
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,192 Member
    edited November 2019
    No, I don't log on Thanksgiving or any other holidays, specially if I am eating out or not cooking the meals myself. I am in maintenance and I have a pretty good idea on how to control my portions.

    I don't eat most of the holiday's food anyway because I don't care for most casseroles or pies, so that saves me calories. I don't binge either because that is not my thing and my stomach doesn't agree with it anyway. I just eat in moderation and I enjoy the food that I like, and the company of family or friends seating at the table.

    Estimations are too much work and in my book totally unreliable.
  • Safari_Gal_
    Safari_Gal_ Posts: 1,461 Member
    I track on holidays and vacations too 😁
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    I log it all...of course the dinner, etc., with others are estimates...I'm not going to weigh out everything I eat during dinner lol

    I'm just curious of the carnage that took place😆
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