Cut down on calories before or after Thanksgiving?

niknokd
niknokd Posts: 127 Member
edited January 3 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm eating at maintenance level (1600 for me) but I know I'm going to eat a lot at Thanksgiving dinner. To avoid gaining weight (as someone who is only 5'0 even one pound will show on me) I want to cut down on calories the week leading up to thanksgiving. I was thinking of going down to 1200 or 1300 a day for a week. But, is it better to do this the week before Thanksgiving, or should I do it the week after? Which would be more beneficial?

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  • readanddance
    readanddance Posts: 311 Member
    Bump for later! :)
  • nanainkent
    nanainkent Posts: 350 Member
    my opinon is the week before because then you have thanksgiving dinners as a happy incentive. If I waited until after I would have Holiday guilt.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Just work out a little more.
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    I think I'm gonna work out....
  • kimberliiw
    kimberliiw Posts: 242 Member
    Can you try to figure out a ballpark figure of what you'll eat on Thanksgiving and then lower your cals/ exercise extra that week to make your weekly cals come out the same.
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