Thanksgiving
april27kelli
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Anyone have any tips about how to enjoy a holiday feast without the guilt? Or how to track/log the calories of all the foods that other people bring? Or do most of you treat Thanksgiving like a "free pass" day?
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It's Thanksgiving. It comes once a year. Enjoy yourself. If you are worried about guilt, just don't over-indulge. Sample everything.0
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I'm not going to measure out every last morsel of food, but I'm not going to go crazy either. I see nothing wrong with people choosing to not log that day, simply because life is about enjoying these occasions with friends and family and for goodness sakes it's one day a year. However I will be logging, or trying my best to log everything at least roughly, because I want to keep myself from eating TOO much. I'm going to enjoy myself and eat some of everything, but I refuse to stuff myself until I can't move and then feel worthless and fat a week later when I weigh in and have gained back 4 pounds. Especially since I will be attending 4 different Thanksgiving dinners that weekend. Plus I want to keep up my "X days in a row" of logging
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Green beans, spinach, and turnips are your friends. Everything else to a minimum.0
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Good advice. Thanks 0
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^^agree! One day will not hurt you. If I had to "diet" everyday I would have quit a long time ago. Just enjoy yourself and eat as you please, then continue regular habits the following day.0
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Try not to stand right next to the food. Try to drink loooots of water.And when you eat,Enjoy ever bite! Try not to just inhale it! You will do fine!! Happy turkey day, Enjoy our self!!!0
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total free pass day
make an effort to get a nice walk in. It's particularly refreshing while everyone else is konked out on tryptophan right before stuff-ourselves-with-pie-time.
drink extra water too. It's hard to eat in excess when your belly is already full of liquid0 -
Eat the things you really *enjoy*, and skip anything you're 'eh' on. My dad makes great pie, but I just really don't love pie. So I skip it. Saving calories for what you'll really really enjoy helps.
Eat a little less the other days of the week.
And if you enjoy having a big holiday meal, and it means that you don't drop any weight that week, or hey, even if you gained a full pound just off thanksgiving dinner... as long as it's a rare occurrence, it's really not a big deal.0 -
I am going to eat plenty, and workout even harder. Thanksgiving is one day, I will enjoy it even if I am sore fore a week afterwards!0
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Green beans, spinach, and turnips are your friends. Everything else to a minimum.
What about the turkey?
I mean turkey is not exactly loaded with calories for the amount of goodies you get.
I will try to limit my intake but not restrict myself to not enjoying.0 -
I plan to workout that morning and burn as many calories as possible so I can sample some of whatever I want that day. I do plan to log my food so I don't get too far off track. Thanksgiving is a day to enjoy food, family and friends and to be thankful for all you have been blessed with.0
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heres a good site: though this post is directed towards halloween, a lot would transfer over. http://summertomato.com/9-tricks-to-make-halloween-a-treat/
I say leave your guilt behind, BUT only eat the things you love! if you could take or leave that broccoli casserole, dont eat it. And eat slowly so that you know when your full.
Eat a healthy and substantial lunch so your not starving before hand0 -
I will be eating and drinking (beer) all I want. I will have a little bit of every food. And I will enjoy a piece of pie.
I'm spending Thanksgiving at a friends house since I live 3,000 plus miles away from my family. She is also watching what she is eating and it will just be her family of 5 plus me, so we won't have that much food anyway. But I still plan on enjoying myself.
That being said, I will be putting veggies and salad on my plate first, then the turkey, and lastly the mashed potatoes. I find if I do that then I will be less likely to eat a plate full of mashed potatoes, which I totally could and would gladly do. I love mashed potatoes. And I will limit myself to one roll, if any. I'd rather have mashed potatoes than bread.
Also, I will only have one plate. But I always do that. I never go back for seconds on holidays, so that isn't going to change for me.0 -
Portion control.
I'm DEFINITELY having all the foods I love... but unlike other holidays in the past... I wont go overboard on the amount I take of each. A little bit of everything, maybe a slight bit more of the things I absolutely love and don't eat often... Also going to resort to water for beverage... usually I'd do soda throughout the day and that's just way too many calories.0 -
Eat, enjoy, forget about it.
One day is not going to un-do everything you've already done.. and limiting yourself to foods you think you should eat for the sake of following your diet, is stupid IMO.0 -
turkey and greens....can't go wrong...
Just PLEASE don't add all the other crappy sauces with a ton of sugar and cake etc...
Stick to standard white meat and veggies and it's all good0 -
Eat the things you really *enjoy*, and skip anything you're 'eh' on. My dad makes great pie, but I just really don't love pie. So I skip it. Saving calories for what you'll really really enjoy helps.
Eat a little less the other days of the week.
And if you enjoy having a big holiday meal, and it means that you don't drop any weight that week, or hey, even if you gained a full pound just off thanksgiving dinner... as long as it's a rare occurrence, it's really not a big deal.
I'm with you on skipping the things you don't fully enjoy and then enjoy the things you reallllllly enjoy! Budgeting my calories.0 -
I found out that my gym is open that morning so I'm planning to get there bright and early and get a good workout in. Other than that I plan to not eat to the point where my stomach hurts.
I will also focus on eating plenty of vegetables and take small pieces of dessert so I can have a little of everything. I won't be logging because I want to spend the day with my family and not in front of the computer trying to calculate my calories but I plan to be reasonable with my eating.0 -
I already did my Thanksgiving... but I gave myself a free pass. These days only come up a few times a year (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays...) so I don't worry about it. It wasn't those days that made me fat... it was all the days in between where I ate too much.
That said, I found I couldn't even finish one plate of food OR have some of everything when before I would pile it up and go back for seconds. So, that was a win in upon itself!0 -
I kept a pretty good mental note on how much of each thing I ate. The database is full of generic dishes. I logged left overs tonight and my full meal yesterday if you want to check it out. Normally I wouldnt even bother for just one day but it really wasnt that hard to log it and now I know how I did.0
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As soon as I know all we're having I'm planning on pre-logging so that I can choose what I want to eat without binging.0
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Easiest thing: Eat only one scoop of every side item. One piece of ham and/or turkey. One piece of dessert. Also,drink lots of water. One is my majic number. You can't fail. Then just go back to your normal life.0
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It's one day. Use common sense and don't forget to enjoy yourself.0
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For me it's about family first, food second. If I have a plan before events come up, I always do well. Decide what your plan will be & rock it 0
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I'll enjoy but log my food and plan out my day. I'm cooking so I know how to plan. We're having homemade fried chicken instead of turkey (we don't really like it.) For me it's more about family although the pumpkin gooey cake and tiramisu pie know me by name as well! Enjoy your holiday!
My TOPS group has a contest. We weigh the week before the holiday--our standard weigh-in. When we weigh after the holiday, if we loose, we get a prize...usually a small amount of money. Is some incentive. We have another, longer running contest going as well. I enjoy my Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) group immensely.0 -
enjoy. don't go overboard.
"one bad day won't make you fat just as one good day wont make you thin"0 -
To Quote a good friend of mine: " I IZ Gonna EATZ ALL DE FOODZ" I have been 11 months without one day over, I feel i can enjoy Thanksgiving without worry. I now control my food, my food does not control Me0
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instead of deserts like regular pumpkin pie or even for sides check out www.skinnytaste.com they have a bunch of great recipes that are guilt free!0
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To Quote a good friend of mine: " I IZ Gonna EATZ ALL DE FOODZ" I have been 11 months without one day over, I feel i can enjoy Thanksgiving without worry. I now control my food, my food does not control Me
I had the same idea in mind. Was absolutely stuffed way before I thought I would be though. : )0 -
Awesome suggestions. Thank you all for taking time to respond. Hope you enjoy the holiday with your friends & families.0
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