How many calories is a typical Thanksgiving?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,692 Member
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    Just wondering since so many people are worrying about it. How many calories do you think the average person eats for Thanksgiving, and how many do you think you will eat?

    We had an early Thanksgiving party a couple of weeks ago. I ate so much that my stomach hurt and I was way over-full. I tried to estimate the calories - always difficult when it's potluck - and came up with 1900 for the day. I realize that could be way off, but I think I did a decent job of estimating.
    I'll probably eat about 3000 calories at one sitting in my family's get together.



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  • cabaray
    cabaray Posts: 971 Member
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    I'm guessing dinner will be about 2500 calories. I'll just work my butt of early in the day and enjoy the evening.
  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
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    another poster posted about this website (http://walking.about.com/library/cal/blthanksgivingcalories.htm) to give an estimate of what your dinner will come to. according to it, what i am going to eat totals 2250. :)
  • WalkingGirl1985
    WalkingGirl1985 Posts: 2,047 Member
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    Hmm...my guess ranges 2-3tho.

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