What are you eating for Thanksgiving?
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We are making the following:
Turkey
Collard Greens
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potato pie made with a nut crust with home made whipped cream from raw cream.
Macaroni and Cheese for my husband
I will also make my husband some home made yeast rolls0 -
Everything I can. I love family meals. I love food. I love holidays. Did I mention I love food?0
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Whatever I want. It's one day.
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Definitely pumpkin pie!0
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I will be logging nothing and eating everything.
Yep! Esp the desserts0 -
I have already started filling out my food diary. I'm going to have a houseful of relatives and I love gravy! I'm going to allow myself 2000 calories that day only and go for a long walk. What are you planning to do to get through the holiday?
I plan on NOT logging, eating everything I love and passing out into a food coma afterwards. On Friday I'll be doing a huge sweaty kickass workout and I will return to my portion controlled healthy eating habits!0 -
forget the food.
drink the booze
call it a day.
I love Game of Thrones!
OP, I will be eating everything my grandmother makes for us, because who knows how much longer she'll be able to cook for us?
Our usual spread is:
Homemade sourdough rolls
Green Bean Casserole
Hominy Casserole
Broccoli and Rice Casserole (Yes, at least THREE casseroles!)
Deviled Eggs
Chicken and Dumplings
Turkey
Ham
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Macaroni and Cheese
Brussels Sprouts or Asparagus
Possibly squash dressing
Regular Turkey Dressing
and:
Assorted pies, HUGE homemade Teacakes, and an awesome Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake that my aunt makes.
Yeah, I'm going to eat like calories don't matter...without guilt...and love it.0 -
We are making the following:
Turkey
Collard Greens
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potato pie made with a nut crust with home made whipped cream from raw cream.
Macaroni and Cheese for my husband
I will also make my husband some home made yeast rolls
And wine!!0 -
GOT for the win!forget the food.
drink the booze
call it a day.
LOL, I"m pretty sure this is my exact facial expression when the drama starts. Fortunately, Thanksgivings have been very tame lately - and this year there will definitely be no drama.0 -
I'm gonna eat whatever I want, as much as I want, as long as I have comfortable room for it in my stomach -- meaning no stuffing myself silly, but also no rules or restrictions. I'm also going to drink the hell out of some wine.0
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I am very thankful that in my family, there is pretty much no holiday drama. Or really any drama.
GOT for the win!forget the food.
drink the booze
call it a day.
LOL, I"m pretty sure this is my exact facial expression when the drama starts. Fortunately, Thanksgivings have been very tame lately - and this year there will definitely be no drama.
There's some in the man's family, but nothing that affects me directly and only when we go to his aunt's house, which we rarely do because it's too far to travel. He usually has to work Thursday and Friday. When we go to his mom's or my best friend's house, there's no drama.
I guess I'm one of the few who actually likes the people I'm related to. lol My gandfather's funeral last week -- except the eally sad parts -- was like a big party.0 -
I'm a little stressed about this Thanksgiving as I just recently started tracking consistently and don't want to be derailed so soon. I think that it will be too hard to track everything I eat at the table so I'm going to try to limit myself to whatever I can fit on one plate and to eat really slowly and savor every bite so that it will seem like I'm eating more than I am. 0
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Wine, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, green bean casserole, rum carrots, sweet potatoes, jelled cranberry, black & green olives, pickles, dinner rolls, and pecan pie with ice cream
All logged and not regretted! Cheers to portion control.0 -
It's one day...I'm not going to worry about it...just like I didn't worry about it last year and still hit my goal BF% earlier than anticipated. Your health, nutrition, fitness, etc is not predicated on what you do for one day or a handful of special occasions throughout the year...it is predicated on what you're doing most of the time.
IMHO you should enjoy the day...give thanks for all of the blessings in your life and enjoy the time with your family and friends. Life is full of hustle and bustle, sometimes it's nice to just sit down with everyone and celebrate all that is good in our lives.
Also, there is such a thing as middle ground...all of these holiday posts (and they are abundant every year) assume one of two things...either you're going to restrict yourself and worry about counting every last calorie or you're just going to go flat out crazy and explode out of your stretchy pants...I just don't see why people can't enjoy their feast with some moderation. I've never been a fan of stuffing myself...never like the feeling. Yes, I will be consuming more calories that day than my maintenance but I won't be stuffed to the gills...and it's one day, it's not going to ruin anything or derail anything.
Couldn't agree more. You need to allow yourself some enjoyment. Nobody should be miserable on Thanksgiving because they are worried about what they can and can't eat. I plan to log it all, just because that's what I do by habit, but I don't expect it to be real accurate since I won't be weighing or measuring anything. Al plan to eat and drink what I want, but I don't intend to make myself sick either.0 -
Everything. I have a target of about 10,000 calories. Last year I fell short at about 7,000. That's only because I did all the eating in a 2 hour period...I wont make the same mistake this year. I'm going to eat all damn day.0
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Thanksgiving isn't a huge deal in my family. I'll have my regular omelet breakfast, regular snacks of fruits, nuts, and veggies, and for our late Thanksgiving lunch:
Turkey (white and dark meat!)
Stuffing
Baked sweet potato
Broccoli
Cranberry salad
Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream
I have never like mashed potatoes and gravy, so that's not a problem for me. Really thanksgiving doesn't have to be an extraordinary amount of calories. You can choose wisely and still make it work for you. But above all, enjoy the time with your family and friends!0 -
Whatever I want-I'm not going to worry about one day. Plus, I'm working Black Friday weekend (UGH) so I deserve to enjoy my Thanksgiving meal before slaving away. :drinker:0
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Moules - with Leffe Blonde beer, pancetta and shallots. Unfortunately they don't do calories only point out the under 600 dishes.
It's my birthday and we don't do thanksgiving in the UK.0 -
I am going to enjoy and plan to at least stay away from the high carb food. I may make a dairy free and wheat free pumpkin pie though I think the thing to do is enjoy and not get crazy about it, but don't go way over board and binge either. 0
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I will be logging nothing and eating everything.
THIS!0 -
ALL the food!0
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my sister is refusing to make a turkey, this year, so we'll be fonduing meats and stuff. I'm excited! still all the same, comforting sides. thankfully.
what I'll be thankful for: not having to cook OR clean.
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Honestly, I'm a very picky eater and a vegetarian, and my family has some, shall we say... Unique side dishes for the turkey. I always just bring a frozen Amy's veggie loaf meal and have a slice or two of pie0
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Running a Turkey trot (4.4) in the morning, limiting my calories leading up to the big meal, and then eating and drinking whatever I want. Hopefully I'll have saved enough calories Sun-Wed to allow myself ~2000 calories
Wine
Turkey
Stuffing
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Cherry pie!! with canned cherries!! Idk why I love it so much!!
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I'm excited to be hosting and making everything from scratch this year. Between all my recipes, I will be using 8 sticks of butter and 24 oz. of cream cheese! YUM!
THE MENU:
Traditional Roasted Turkey (with gravy from the drippings)
Stuffing made with gizzards, liver, heart, etc. and turkey broth
Creamy Mashed potatoes
Green Beans Almondine
Sweet potato, rosemary and cream cheese biscuits
Perfect Pumpkin Pie
Creamy Peach Dessert (Husband's grandma's ancient recipe)
LOTS OF WINE/BEER
I also plan to wear stretchy pants to account for temporary weight gain! :-)0 -
Tofurkey.....That's great to know. I have a vegetarian coming for Thanksgiving. Is it good?0
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Get in mah belly! <<In other words, all the yummy Thanksgiving goodies 0
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Let's See, I'll be doing ALL the cooking and our menu is:
Turkey
Dressing
Corn Casserole
Crack Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Rolls
Pecan Pie
Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
I'll eat very little of prob everything! However, I do not eat breakfast at all on Thanksgiving (usually to busy cooking) and I'll still workout.0 -
It's one day...I'm not going to worry about it...just like I didn't worry about it last year and still hit my goal BF% earlier than anticipated. Your health, nutrition, fitness, etc is not predicated on what you do for one day or a handful of special occasions throughout the year...it is predicated on what you're doing most of the time.
IMHO you should enjoy the day...give thanks for all of the blessings in your life and enjoy the time with your family and friends. Life is full of hustle and bustle, sometimes it's nice to just sit down with everyone and celebrate all that is good in our lives.
Also, there is such a thing as middle ground...all of these holiday posts (and they are abundant every year) assume one of two things...either you're going to restrict yourself and worry about counting every last calorie or you're just going to go flat out crazy and explode out of your stretchy pants...I just don't see why people can't enjoy their feast with some moderation. I've never been a fan of stuffing myself...never like the feeling. Yes, I will be consuming more calories that day than my maintenance but I won't be stuffed to the gills...and it's one day, it's not going to ruin anything or derail anything.
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Tofurkey.....That's great to know. I have a vegetarian coming for Thanksgiving. Is it good?
if you don't' eat meat why are you trying to replace a meat dish with fake meat?
I don't understand this concept.0
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