Woe is Me! Thanksgiving Ruined Everything!

springlering62

Hahaha! I'm going to beat everyone to the punch.

I'm up 5.4 pounds this morning after Thanksgiving.

The world has not ended. I can still fit my clothes. All is not lost. I have not sabotaged my diet fuhr-evah and evah. No gnashing of teeth or rending of hair.

I was 1974 calories above goal. I had a hella good time eating lots of yummy stuff yesterday, particularly the mac and cheese, the Nurnberger lebkuchen, and some nice chocolates.

I'm going out for a nice long walk, and then going to the gym, and then doing a Zoom class or two.

How about you? And be sure to follow up in a few days that you're right back down again.

Lietchi

I knew the title was messing with us Congratulations on 5.4lbs, that's quite an accomplishment, I've never had an uptick of more than 2,5lbs

SeanD2407

I losted. 3lbs. Time for leftovers.

Dogmom1978

I don’t weigh in daily, I only weigh on saturdays; however, I went on a long hike before eating thanksgiving dinner yesterday. With the calories I burned on the hike and weighing my portions, I finished the day with 60 calories left.

This is certainly the first thanksgiving I can remember where I wasn’t painfully full after dinner. 😜

__TMac__

LOL! Thanks for the preemptive post.

I predicted 3 lbs up. I was 2 lbs up this AM.

Chef_Barbell

I'm down 1 lb... I saved calories all week and had a workout yesterday. Time for leftovers!

slimtastesbetter

I was up 3.1 lbs from yesterday morning. Told DH the leftovers are all his. Going to set my sights on losing this temporary gain by Monday.

kshama2001

Before I opened the thread, I saw who the OP was and correctly predicted how it would go

I'm down two pounds, but that is due to where I am in my cycle and because I haven't been able to make pecan pie yet.

seltzermint555

I'm down three pounds and it's also due to where I am in my cycle and he fact that I dislike most foods served for Thanksgiving.

sarah12277

I'm down 2 lbs from last week. I was shocked; but yet I didn't go overboard yesterday so should be on par.

spiriteagle99

I'm not a masochist, so I didn't weigh myself this morning. Since I ate about 500 calories over goal yesterday, thanks to my usual 6 mile run, I'm not too worried about weight gain. Turkey isn't fattening and I can skip the potatoes and stuffing now that I've had it this week. My only problem is we still have 3/4 of the pie left. I need to make room for that in my diet. Pie for breakfast maybe?

lemurcat2

That's my only problem -- I got gifted a bakery apple pie and have 3/4s of it. Will have to fit it in my goal over the next few days.

JintheSouth

I didn’t gain or lose. But I exercised yesterday so that probably helped.

AnnPT77

I was stunned that I was only up 1.8 pounds this morning. I don't even think about calorie goal on Thanksgiving. This year was my first-ever solo holiday (usually go the SIL/BIL's house on the other side of the state), so I decided I was going to eat whatever foods I like, traditional or no, and whatever quantity I wanted. Certainly, this was more carbs and sodium than usual, so I was expecting more like up to 3-4 pounds just from water weight plus the transitory digestive contents.

I haven't logged it yet (may not - soooo many recipes!) though I have the notes so I can if I decide to. Having logged "all I can/want to eat" days in the past, they usually top out at around 2-2.5 times my TDEE, so perhaps enough calories to gain a pound of fat. I don't really expect quite that big a result, based on past experience.

I'm going to have to log some of the recipes, though: A side effect of solo Thanksgiving dinner, eating all I care to eat of whatever I care to cook, is So. Many. Leftovers. (I made a whole batch of buttermilk biscuits from scratch, half a dozen individual pumpkin custards, and more . . . didn't eat them all. 😆) Some are already portioned out in the freezer, others will be. I need the calorie numbers for those for routine calorie logging.

On the other side of the balance sheet, Thanksgiving day starts the annual Concept 2 Holiday Challenge (200k rowing machine meters between that day and Christmas Eve). Going to try it again this year, see how the aging (now 65 y/o) body holds up to that volume of the same exercise. Even funnier: We're still on-water rowing. I rowed 7k this morning on water, plan 8k machine later in the day. That'll wipe out a few hundred Thanksgiving calories . . . or allow more munching on leftovers. 😉

KickassAmazon76

Nothing a good poop won't cure. 💩

dragon_girl26

I lost 1 lb. I feel like I have failed at Thanksgiving. 😭

😺

yirara

I was up 300gr this morning, in solidarity with you guys. Not that we celebrate thanksgiving here.

sgt1372

No TG day meal (already ate over 15# of turkey b4 TG) here but I've gained 7# over the past 8 months wc I attribute to higher alcohol consumption while "socially isolating."

Just resolved to lose at least 5# in next 3 months. Did it b4 and can do it again.

patrickaa5

1,974 calories over? That's terrible! You must not have tried hard enough. I didn't weigh this morning, but I was a good 2,500 calories over goal. It had something to do with having firsts (and seconds) of all three pies.

starrjulia8

So normally I have apple pie on Wednesday, and of plenty on Thanksgiving. I am up 2 and half lbs... I did not pig out either. So many carbs

corinasue1143

Down one pound from yesterday, but still up one from the day before. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

DancingMoosie

I weighed exactly the same today as yesterday, which is up from last week, but only 1.5lb. I also got in a good workout this morning and more steps overall today. Maybe the scale will be down tomorrow 🤷‍♀️

LiftandSkate

That is an impressive 1 day gain! I was up 3#. In years past, this would have kicked off a vicious cycle of over restricting, bingeing, and over exercising. I am so grateful to be in a much healthier place now, and am not even worried about it. One day does not make or break anything.

LiftandSkate

patrickaa5 wrote: »

1,974 calories over? That's terrible! You must not have tried hard enough. I didn't weigh this morning, but I was a good 2,500 calories over goal. It had something to do with having firsts (and seconds) of all three pies.

Lol..I was telling my husband this morning that perhaps the 3rd piece of pie yesterday was excessive.

tuckerrj

Yup, I'm up 5+lbs. also. But I won't take the scale seriously until Monday morning. That way, it won't be intestinal bloat.

springlering62

As an aside, I guess that 1,974 extra calories did some good. I blew my squat PR out of the water by 25 lbs today, and it felt great.

I call that a Thanksgiving Win Win. :-)

psychod787

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I was stunned that I was only up 1.8 pounds this morning. I don't even think about calorie goal on Thanksgiving. This year was my first-ever solo holiday (usually go the SIL/BIL's house on the other side of the state), so I decided I was going to eat whatever foods I like, traditional or no, and whatever quantity I wanted. Certainly, this was more carbs and sodium than usual, so I was expecting more like up to 3-4 pounds just from water weight plus the transitory digestive contents.

I haven't logged it yet (may not - soooo many recipes!) though I have the notes so I can if I decide to. Having logged "all I can/want to eat" days in the past, they usually top out at around 2-2.5 times my TDEE, so perhaps enough calories to gain a pound of fat. I don't really expect quite that big a result, based on past experience.

I'm going to have to log some of the recipes, though: A side effect of solo Thanksgiving dinner, eating all I care to eat of whatever I care to cook, is So. Many. Leftovers. (I made a whole batch of buttermilk biscuits from scratch, half a dozen individual pumpkin custards, and more . . . didn't eat them all. 😆) Some are already portioned out in the freezer, others will be. I need the calorie numbers for those for routine calorie logging.

On the other side of the balance sheet, Thanksgiving day starts the annual Concept 2 Holiday Challenge (200k rowing machine meters between that day and Christmas Eve). Going to try it again this year, see how the aging (now 65 y/o) body holds up to that volume of the same exercise. Even funnier: We're still on-water rowing. I rowed 7k this morning on water, plan 8k machine later in the day. That'll wipe out a few hundred Thanksgiving calories . . . or allow more munching on leftovers. 😉

Same weight today vs last week. Aunt granny, I've been doing some rowing. You ma'am are tough. My lats were sore for.. well still are!

LoveyChar

I have a couple more days of Thanksgiving eats ahead of me. Maybe if I keep at it eating this way, I'll get big enough to donate blood some time next week. 110 pounds almost makes me cringe, though, but it'll come back off pretty easy.

lgfrie

I was +12 pounds on Friday morning, down to +3 today LOL Really enjoyed that 9 pound loss overnight. Hoping to get back to even around Monday-Tuesday. Takes a while to drain off that water ...

Beautyofdreams

Walked twice on Thanksgiving and only up 0.5 lbs Friday. Had a leftovers and people over Friday night and was up a pound on Saturday. Walked four miles Saturday then had people over for more Thanksgiving leftovers and overate. Am concerned this might be a trend. Definitely need to work on social skills to avoid overeating(mouth full/can't talk). Looking forward to getting back to gym tomorrow. Now, need to wear masks and only limited amount of people allowed inside at a time, so hope I can get in.

corinasue1143

Overate a little Thursday, so wasn’t as hungry Friday. I didn’t eat enough protein Friday, so I was hungry all day today. Hope I won’t be up too much tomorrow!