Thanksgiving Day- What are you doing?

Victoriav99

I want to know what others are planning to do Thanksgiving day?? Are you going to go all out and eat all you want or will you enjoy thanksgiving by eating everything BUT in small portions?? I'm curious.

ASPhantom

First, I am running a 5K with my family.

Then I am cooking and we will keep it moderate with small portions.

barkin43

I plan to keep it moderate with larger portions of low cal veggies than turkey and stuffing. I will be making a gluten free stuffing and my cranberry sauce will be cranberry/orange relish from fresh cranberries and orange sections and pecans with stevia to sweeten it up. The yams will be sauteed in a small amount of coconut oil and seasoned with cinnamon. I'm gonna try to stick with fruit salad for dessert, but I'm making no promises on that. I may have to have a small slice of pecan pie!

stevwil41

Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter will be free for all days for me. I always go to my dad's or aunt's house so I won't bring a bunch of stuff home with me but while I'm there I'm eating. I figure if I'm going to see a spread like that 3 times a year then I'm going to enjoy myself.

Victoriav99

I still don't know what I want to do.... I will definitely enjoy myself and havea little bit of everything on my plate, but I will eat slowly and stop when my stomach feels full. Eh...We'll see. If I do go over in calories I will definitely log it so I do well the days after.

BellaVegas

I'm running a 5k Turkey Trot too! The race is very family oriented and will give me room to eat good all day

silkysly

I will be recovery from donating my kidney to my friend’s mother. Hope someone else will cook for me!

sandy2006

Im headed north to Skaneateles, NY to visit family and I plan to eat smart and control my portion size.

jessicaxochitl

Cooking! I love to cook. The good thing about it is that it gives me control. I'm going to buy turkey slices, canned cranberries, mashed potatoes and gravy, make my famous stuffing and lots of veggies. Pumpking pie with no crust and wipped cream. Maybe some wine. This is only for my family, I will be having small portions of meat and the veggies. I'm avoiding all alcohol because it's just empty calories. We're going to make something really small, maybe just my mom, dad and me as my brother is away in college and Thanksgiving isn't a holiday in Mexico.

Kath712

5K in the morning! I don't cook, but my husband and best friend do. I usually like to have a little bit of everything that I like.

NiciS72

Up early like 5 am to put in the turkey and GF stuffing. 5k race at 8 am then back home to make a simple meal of:

Roasted turkey
Gluten Free Stuffing
Gluten Free gravy (made with corn starch)
mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes (maybe)
gluten free green bean casserole
cranberry jello mold
pickle tray
buns for everyone else

That's about it, oh I forgot WINE!

Last year I did very well and only ate one plate and did normal sized portions. Because I'd already started down my road of healthier eating I was used to smaller portions and was full before my plate was empty!

zenchild

I'm going to my parents' house with all 4 of my siblings, all the assorted spouses, plus a few extras. I will plan to behave myself but I have a feeling that Mom will pour me a glass of champagne as soon as I get there (she only drinks 2-3 times a year) and it will be all downhill from there. And I will climb back on the wagon the next day. I figure I can eat myself stupid very occasionally without doing too much damage.

My goal from November 24 - January 2 is to just not gain weight. With any luck my tailbone will be healed (currently broken) by Thanksgiving so I can start rollerblading during lunch again. I really miss my rollerblading calories and I know I'll need them.

cthoma70

I cook for about 20 people, last year everyone got one plate and everything was gone. This year I'm cooking again!!! getting everything done then going to a drive lol. :laugh: :happy:

BrewerGeorge

I'll be cooking, so I'll tweak the food a little bit, but just enough so that nobody notices there is anything "diet" about it. Then I'm going to eat what I want, pretty much. My stomach has shrunk enough that I won't be able to eat 2000 Cal at a sitting like I once would have, so that should help.

Wine and beer will be flowing freely, though, so it will still be a 3-4000 Cal day, probably. I figure I can handle one or three of those a year.

caseydimples

I'm running a 4 mile turkey trot that morning. Thankfully I'm not hosting Thanksgiving this year, which means no left-overs. So I'm going to enjoy myself, eat and drink what I want, but keep it all in moderation. And log all my calories... that ought to be interesting.

KimertRuns13_1

Either running an 8k or 10k and then eating small portions of whatever food is on the table. Then my regular "up all night to shop til I drop" Black Friday shopping!

MarlaChandlerBarton

Don't plan on going all out, but I think I'll go off my Raw / Sprouts for that day. :bigsmile:

bookdame

I'm going to show up right before dinner so that I don't snack all day long... And then I'll try to get down on some of those healthy appetizers (usually raw veggies and dip).

Pumpkin pie! The ONLY REASON to do thanksgiving.

I'll bring a vegetarian option: maybe something off the wall like spaghetti or eggplant parmesan. If I am going to have a feast, it might as well be my favorite special ocassion dishes...

I make a killer maple-pecan glazed yam dish that will floor my meat-eating relatives....

Sidesteal

I want to know what others are planning to do Thanksgiving day?? Are you going to go all out and eat all you want or will you enjoy thanksgiving by eating everything BUT in small portions?? I'm curious.

Nope. I'm eating anything and everything I want and in LARGE portions and I'm not tracking a damn thing. I will wake up the next day with no guilt.

lclarkjr

I plan on eating anything and everything I want and loving every moment of it. Rather than trying to add every little thing I eat, I am thinking if I quick add about 2500 calories for thanksgiving dinner, that should about cover it. Of course I am in the middle of training for the Honolulu Marathon and have my longest training run (20 miles) 4 days before Thanksgiving, so I will be giving thanks with zero guilt. Pass the sweet potatoes!

MzGrinch9250

I plan on eating everything, but in moderation. I'm not hosting, however, i will make several "good for you" dishes.

hockey7fan

I hate, loathe and despise green bean casserole, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, gravy (most disgusting thing on the planet), mashed potatoes, pecan or pumpkin pie and I can't eat stuffing or bread.

Just give me the turkey!!!!!!

capriciousmoon

No idea. Probably just eat food like I would any other day? If I'm invited somewhere I usually attack the veggie tray while I'm waiting for dinner to be ready.

Puffins1958

I will be working on Thanksgiving, so I have no idea what I'll be doing. I'll probably see what my son wants to do, and I'll go by whatever he wants. Even if we get a turkey breast and some vege's, I think that will be good enough for the both of us.....

havalinaaa

I want to know what others are planning to do Thanksgiving day?? Are you going to go all out and eat all you want or will you enjoy thanksgiving by eating everything BUT in small portions?? I'm curious.

Nope. I'm eating anything and everything I want and in LARGE portions and I'm not tracking a damn thing. I will wake up the next day with no guilt.

^^THIS^^

Same thing for Christmas and Fourth of July. I will go for a long walk, but that's just something I do with my family. Plus the dog's got to go out no matter what day it is.

bjbixler

I'm running a half marathon on thanksgiving day. Then I plan to eat whatever I want and not log a damn thing. Football, wine, pie... It's gonna be a great day!

On black Friday I'll wake up, take a walk, and be right back on track logging food and calories. Pretty sure I'm not gonna undo 56+ lbs lost with one cheat day.

Victoriav99

Now that I think about I probably won't keep track I'll just do a quick add for the day and not worry about it. I love that some of you are doing marathons. I might do that. We'll see.

cantjustcant

I am doing an 8K Turkey Trot first thing in the morning with a fellow MFPer! Then my mom will cook dinner and has invited my MFP friend to join us since her family will be out of town

gods_gal

I'm actually pretty terrified of the holidays, to be honest with you. I guess I need to come up with a plan.

astroub

I am planning to run a 5k first thing that morning and then making good choices the rest of the day!! However, I will have a small piece of pumpkin pie lol!!

swimmchick87

For actual thanksgiving meal, I actually don't really like thanksgiving food. I'll probably eat under my calories that day. For thanksgiving break though, I'm going to stay with my family in my hometown for almost a week, which always ends up in me gaining a few pounds because there are tons of resteraunts I love that we don't have out here and we end up going out to eat all the time, I go to the movies with friends and eat tons of calories there, I don't work out- it's just bad! So this year, I'm going to try setting my MFP to "maintence" for that week (doing the same thing for christmas) which will give me a lot more calories and focus on just not gaining weight.