Rethink your Thanksgiving dinner in miles to walk off

2»

Replies

  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    How about no.

    Websites like this add even more anxiety for many.

    One, two or even three days will not hurt you in the long run.

    thank you...exactly !!!!! :flowerforyou:
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    It's interesting, but there didn't seem to be a way to record multiple portions. I drink more than one glass of wine, for example.
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    Just looking through the list, it seems kind of silly.

    Why would they list the calories for the dip for chips...but not the chips?

    Personally, I'm going to take the time to enjoy my family and my food and not worry about my calories so much. If I gain weight because of it, so be it. You'd be made to think this is some kind of race with how much people want to judge your calorie consumption...
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    MEH.

    bring on the pie!

    THIS!! Screw it, Thanksgiving and XMAS dinner are 2 days a year. If you are doing it right the rest of the 363 days, 2 days are NOTHING. Don't over think and enjoy!
  • guardian419
    guardian419 Posts: 391 Member
    50 miles, and it's inaccurate because I could only list 1 mixed drink...

    So, more like 20 miles by that, as I'll need about 3000 calories that day (BMR+exercise)
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    You will need to walk 25.45 miles, 41.04 kilometers, or 50900 steps, assuming you cover one mile in 2,000 steps

    Eh, considering I walk 4 miles a day, this isn't bad.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    Why do you want to ruin Thanksgiving? Let people enjoy themselves.

    Same reason they all wanted to ruin Halloween by getting crappy candy for the kids so they wouldn't eat it themselves... :sad:
  • dsmpunk
    dsmpunk Posts: 262 Member
    Most people pack on the weight during the Holidays due to 2 months of overeating, not a single day or two of gluttony. Its the cookies, cakes, fudge etc that is hanging around the office for weeks on end that do the real damage.

    Eat on turkey day and don't worry about it.
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    Thanksgiving was last month, you freaks!
  • SarahL522
    SarahL522 Posts: 86 Member
    hahahahahahhahaa Ill be eating 3410 calories worth and thats NOT counting in more than 1 glass of wine + seconds. ehh.. I look forward to thanksgiving dinner. I am going to eat enjoy my family and NOT feel guilty about it. :) So... Ill maintain this week.. Im ok with that! :)
  • sunnshhiine
    sunnshhiine Posts: 727 Member
    This is what mine said:

    "Three cups salad with diet dressing, Half a cup of stuffing, Half a cup of mashed potatoes, Half a cup of gravy, Half a cup of green bean casserole, Half a cup of candied sweet potatoes, A dinner roll, A pat of butter, Two chocolate mints, Two small chocolate-chip cookies, ...that comes to 1320 calories. You will need to walk 13.2 miles, 21.29 kilometers, or 26400 steps, assuming you cover one mile in 2,000 steps."

    I'm a vegetarian, so I avoid all meat products. however, I love love love potatoes and bread... so this is going to be a challenge. *sigh*
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    This is what mine said:

    "Three cups salad with diet dressing, Half a cup of stuffing, Half a cup of mashed potatoes, Half a cup of gravy, Half a cup of green bean casserole, Half a cup of candied sweet potatoes, A dinner roll, A pat of butter, Two chocolate mints, Two small chocolate-chip cookies, ...that comes to 1320 calories. You will need to walk 13.2 miles, 21.29 kilometers, or 26400 steps, assuming you cover one mile in 2,000 steps."

    I'm a vegetarian, so I avoid all meat products. however, I love love love potatoes and bread... so this is going to be a challenge. *sigh*

    1,320 calories is nothing. You probably burn that or close to that or possibly more just being alive. That's one of many reasons this site is stupid.
  • schondell
    schondell Posts: 556 Member
    Some of us Canadians have already walked our 100 miles :wink:
  • jmeyer925
    jmeyer925 Posts: 326 Member
    Well I didn't mean to offend anyone by posting this! Of course you're more than welcome to enjoy and partake in whatever you feel you want to!

    Please don't think I want to ruin anyone's holiday! But I can guarantee that if you make a few smarter decisions you can still have a great time and not feel the guilt the next day! :flowerforyou:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Well I didn't mean to offend anyone by posting this! Of course you're more than welcome to enjoy and partake in whatever you feel you want to!

    Please don't think I want to ruin anyone's holiday! But I can guarantee that if you make a few smarter decisions you can still have a great time and not feel the guilt the next day! :flowerforyou:

    I won't feel guilt no matter what I eat. It's a stupid, useless emotion.

    And it's counterproductive to living healthy and getting in shape.
  • jmeyer925
    jmeyer925 Posts: 326 Member
    Well I didn't mean to offend anyone by posting this! Of course you're more than welcome to enjoy and partake in whatever you feel you want to!

    Please don't think I want to ruin anyone's holiday! But I can guarantee that if you make a few smarter decisions you can still have a great time and not feel the guilt the next day! :flowerforyou:

    I won't feel guilt no matter what I eat. It's a stupid, useless emotion.

    And it's counterproductive to living healthy and getting in shape.

    Well then that's wonderful for you! I hope you have a great holiday :smile:
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    The amount of calories that I plan to consume next Thursday I already know that I wouldn't even burn off if I ran a Half Marathon. Because I've run two of those, and know exactly how many calories I'd burn.

    But I don't care, because Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing happens only once a year and the year I did do it on a limited basis I regretted for the entire next year. I've never made that mistake again.
  • OTlove1
    OTlove1 Posts: 21 Member
    This is using only 1 mixed drink or glass of wine...

    Yeah... not sure how well that is going to work out.

    bahahaha my thoughts exactly. Forget the turkey and pie, I want my bottle of moscato!!!
  • OTlove1
    OTlove1 Posts: 21 Member
    Well I didn't mean to offend anyone by posting this! Of course you're more than welcome to enjoy and partake in whatever you feel you want to!

    Please don't think I want to ruin anyone's holiday! But I can guarantee that if you make a few smarter decisions you can still have a great time and not feel the guilt the next day! :flowerforyou:


    Thank you this was helpful...it puts the meal into perspective. For me it will not be soo much the day of but the days after with all the leftovers. I will need to remember this site so I'm not finding myself having Thanksgiving dinner fo not just one day but another 2-4 days after with all the leftovers :)
  • sunnshhiine
    sunnshhiine Posts: 727 Member
    This is what mine said:

    "Three cups salad with diet dressing, Half a cup of stuffing, Half a cup of mashed potatoes, Half a cup of gravy, Half a cup of green bean casserole, Half a cup of candied sweet potatoes, A dinner roll, A pat of butter, Two chocolate mints, Two small chocolate-chip cookies, ...that comes to 1320 calories. You will need to walk 13.2 miles, 21.29 kilometers, or 26400 steps, assuming you cover one mile in 2,000 steps."

    I'm a vegetarian, so I avoid all meat products. however, I love love love potatoes and bread... so this is going to be a challenge. *sigh*

    1,320 calories is nothing. You probably burn that or close to that or possibly more just being alive. That's one of many reasons this site is stupid.

    Why are you being a troll?

    So you don't want to use the site - fine. So you're going to eat, drink, and be merry - fine. That doesn't mean you have to be a jerk to those of us who ARE choosing to practice self-control on the holiday.

    Do what you want. Let other's do what they want. pleaseandthankyou.

    Thank you, @jmeyer925, for posting this! It was very helpful and eye-opening!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    This is what mine said:

    "Three cups salad with diet dressing, Half a cup of stuffing, Half a cup of mashed potatoes, Half a cup of gravy, Half a cup of green bean casserole, Half a cup of candied sweet potatoes, A dinner roll, A pat of butter, Two chocolate mints, Two small chocolate-chip cookies, ...that comes to 1320 calories. You will need to walk 13.2 miles, 21.29 kilometers, or 26400 steps, assuming you cover one mile in 2,000 steps."

    I'm a vegetarian, so I avoid all meat products. however, I love love love potatoes and bread... so this is going to be a challenge. *sigh*

    1,320 calories is nothing. You probably burn that or close to that or possibly more just being alive. That's one of many reasons this site is stupid.

    Why are you being a troll?

    So you don't want to use the site - fine. So you're going to eat, drink, and be merry - fine. That doesn't mean you have to be a jerk to those of us who ARE choosing to practice self-control on the holiday.

    Do what you want. Let other's do what they want. pleaseandthankyou.

    Thank you, @jmeyer925, for posting this! It was very helpful and eye-opening!

    I was actually trying to put in perspective what your result was -- that it isn't that bad, but because you used that site, now you think it's much worse than it is.

    But if you want to feel crappy about one meal a year, then go ahead. Far be it for me to stop you.
  • sunnshhiine
    sunnshhiine Posts: 727 Member
    This is what mine said:

    "Three cups salad with diet dressing, Half a cup of stuffing, Half a cup of mashed potatoes, Half a cup of gravy, Half a cup of green bean casserole, Half a cup of candied sweet potatoes, A dinner roll, A pat of butter, Two chocolate mints, Two small chocolate-chip cookies, ...that comes to 1320 calories. You will need to walk 13.2 miles, 21.29 kilometers, or 26400 steps, assuming you cover one mile in 2,000 steps."

    I'm a vegetarian, so I avoid all meat products. however, I love love love potatoes and bread... so this is going to be a challenge. *sigh*

    1,320 calories is nothing. You probably burn that or close to that or possibly more just being alive. That's one of many reasons this site is stupid.

    Why are you being a troll?

    So you don't want to use the site - fine. So you're going to eat, drink, and be merry - fine. That doesn't mean you have to be a jerk to those of us who ARE choosing to practice self-control on the holiday.

    Do what you want. Let other's do what they want. pleaseandthankyou.

    Thank you, @jmeyer925, for posting this! It was very helpful and eye-opening!

    I was actually trying to put in perspective what your result was -- that it isn't that bad, but because you used that site, now you think it's much worse than it is.

    But if you want to feel crappy about one meal a year, then go ahead. Far be it for me to stop you.

    I never said I felt bad about that meal. what i said was that I love potatoes and bread... so I'm limiting myself as to how much of it I will eat this year. My normal calories for a day is 1200 -- so no, 1320 isn't that bad, and I'm not worried about it. However, I would be worried about it if I decided to eat 3x's as much potatoes and 3 rolls -- a typical Thanksgiving for me. But I'm going to have self-control this year because there's a finish line I want to cross, and I won't accept any set-backs by temporary cravings.
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    Well I didn't mean to offend anyone by posting this! Of course you're more than welcome to enjoy and partake in whatever you feel you want to!

    Please don't think I want to ruin anyone's holiday! But I can guarantee that if you make a few smarter decisions you can still have a great time and not feel the guilt the next day! :flowerforyou:
    That's the problem. Why should you be guilty? We're not killing people here.
  • TLynn0568
    TLynn0568 Posts: 36
    My perspective is I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm going to eat great food, drink fabulous wine and not pass up a beer. And then I'm clearly going to walk 500 miles (and I will walk 500 more) and make it go away apparently. :laugh:

    On special occasions like Thanksgiving, I suspend the belief that I can actually "say no" for the greater purpose of forever health. Truth is, I can't. Imma gonna eat. And then the day after Imma gonna workout and get right back into eating better. And the days following Thanksgiving I'll only eat the turkey and maybe some cranberries. The rest will go home with the other people.

    But Turkey Day? I'm all in. Game. Freaking. ON. Without guilt, by the way, since for the past year + I have learned how to manage my eating and working out day to day for the better. I deserve those delicious days of anything goes. It's actually what keeps me motivated the rest of the year!

Categories