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    4500 Calories at Thanksgiving? Maybe not...

    Posts: 629 Member
    edited January 4 in Food and Nutrition
    Never trust a number put out by diet food companies.Read this a little earlier today and thought it might cheer everyone up. Relax! Enjoy your friends/family! Eat things you like!

    http://projects.nytimes.com/qa/events/thanksgiving-help-line/question/8134

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    • Posts: 820 Member
      Meh, I worked out my usual Christmas intake (in the UK so no Thanksgiving) and it was closer to 10,000 cals
    • Posts: 12,142 Member
      Never trust a number put out by diet food companies.Read this a little earlier today and thought it might cheer everyone up. Relax! Enjoy your friends/family! Eat things you like!

      http://projects.nytimes.com/qa/events/thanksgiving-help-line/question/8134

      That's it? Seems like just the cals for dessert not a whole thanksgiving day eating fest
    • Posts: 966 Member
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      That's it? Seems like just the cals for dessert not a whole thanksgiving day eating fest

      This.
    • Posts: 1,923 Member
      I calculated what I'm "assuming" I'll eat tomorrow and it's around 1000 calories.

      4oz White Meat Turkey
      Serving of Cornbread Stuffing
      Serving of Mashed Potatoes
      Serving of Corn
      Serving of Broccoli
      Serving of Pumpkin Pie

      And more than likely I'll go back for seconds after dinner...tomorrow is a free day for me. Hell with maintenance, I'll get back on it Monday...
    • Posts: 4,710 Member
      I stopped reading at "6 oz of Turkey"
    • Posts: 74
      Yeah, I'm sure the average serving of mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving is half a cup. This article seems like it's trying too hard in the other direction.
    • Posts: 878 Member
      The article says that your gut releases nausea hormones after consuming 1500 calories? I WISH that was true!!!
    • Posts: 441 Member
      4500 calories? You have to be talking per meal, or per plate. Who eats that little on Thanksgiving?
    • Posts: 441 Member
      The article says that your gut releases nausea hormones after consuming 1500 calories? I WISH that was true!!!

      I doesn't just release them, it kicks them out of the body!
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