Thanksgiving Strategy?

mattyb1971
mattyb1971 Posts: 44
in Health and Weight Loss
How do you plan on eating this Thursday? Careful as ever? Rules out the window? Somewhere in the middle? Happy Holidays!
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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    Dessert first
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    Goal - Eat entire turkey
    Goal 2 - Follow it up with pie.


    Also realize, it's 1 day. The diet break alone can be a huge benefit to your overall weight loss and sanity.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    Eat everything in sight.
  • WillowBreeze
    WillowBreeze Posts: 102
    1. Avoid a full out 10,000 binge on everything day

    2. Try to enjoy the food/friends/family without over stressing the calories for a day.
  • PicklePlum
    PicklePlum Posts: 192 Member
    I'll try to maintain portion control...but I won't feel bad if I go over cals.
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    My strategy you ask? For one week I am not counting calories. And I will eatz all da food. Mmm hmm. Yep. Win.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    Whatever looks good.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    You gotta watch, if you go in without a plan you're doomed to failure.

    Now I love a good bread dish, but you'll fill up fast. So you wanna shove some turkey into the roll and dunk that bad boy in gravy. That's what you do with your right hand. While that's going on make sure your left hand is combining stuffing and mashed potatoes on the fork so it's at the ready.

    And don't look me in the eyes.
  • kaji13
    kaji13 Posts: 172 Member
    Thanksgiving is one of the few days where I let myself eat pretty much whatever I want (within reason...I'm not going to eat myself sick) because I enjoy being with my family and having a good time and enjoying the good food that everybody helped to cook. I don't feel guilty for it.

    However! I am going to run a Turkey Trot 5k that morning to give myself some extra calories! :laugh:
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    It's 2 days out of the year, and there's way too much good food around for me to get too worked up about it.

    I'll train in the morning, eat at mid day, eat again mid afternoon, take a nap, then probably eat again in the evening. Then I'll sleep, get up and lift, then have leftovers, then probably more leftovers.
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    Stuff my frikkin pie hole. End of.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Eat what I want and not worry about it. It's only 1 day.
  • gmpuggles
    gmpuggles Posts: 137 Member
    Definitely going to try my best with portion control, especially with my favorite things on the menu.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    CHOMP.

    then do it again.
  • perfectingpatti
    perfectingpatti Posts: 1,037 Member
    That's what you do with your right hand. While that's going on make sure your left hand is combining stuffing and mashed potatoes on the fork so it's at the ready.

    Um, how do I hold my glass of wine then?
  • ps1090
    ps1090 Posts: 2 Member
    Eat as much as I can and wash it down with a six pack of dark lager.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I'm running a 5K in the morning. IF that isn't enough to mitigate the rest of the day it's only 1 day.
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    Plan? NO plan except to dive in head first. What's one day?
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    I SAID DON'T LOOK ME IN THE EYES!!!
  • PennStateChick
    PennStateChick Posts: 327 Member
    I am far less concerned about what I'm eating on Thursday and Saturday (which are my two Thanksgiving dinners) than I am about what I'm eating on Friday/Monday and beyond. I now how hard it is for me to splurge for ONE DAY (or in this case two) without it turning into a week or month long binge. I am making specific plans for Friday and Monday and sticking to them.
  • luckyinlove2
    luckyinlove2 Posts: 66 Member
    Since I'm cooking most of it, my contributions will be mainly healthier versions (I.e. less butter and fats). We always start out with the raw veggies/dip and olives, pickles, etc. But yeah, turkey and dressing, sweet potatoes with brown sugar, and pumpkin pie are on the list! Will keep recording food intake that day, even if it takes forever!! :tongue:
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    You've worked hard for so long... indulge yourself because you've deserved... but indulge yourself in moderation.

    You guys all kick *kitten*. I know you can do it.
  • indygal76
    indygal76 Posts: 283 Member
    I plan to eat what I want in some moderation. Hey, Thanksgiving only comes 1 time a year and I plan to enjoy it!
  • necie75
    necie75 Posts: 22
    I'm going to log my calories for that day too.So that I won't get carried away and the community center where we have our dinner has a walking track.So I plan to use it afterwards:)
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    Eating whatever I want, getting in an hour of cardio and some weights. I'll deal with the rest Friday!
  • lindsayaerin
    lindsayaerin Posts: 2 Member
    My trainer said it's what you eat from January to Christmas, not Christmas to January that counts.

    It may not address Thanksgiving specifically, but the point being that you can celebrate on holidays as long as your overall diet is done well throughout the whole year.
  • PennStateChick
    PennStateChick Posts: 327 Member
    My trainer said it's what you eat from January to Christmas, not Christmas to January that counts.

    It may not address Thanksgiving specifically, but the point being that you can celebrate on holidays as long as your overall diet is done well throughout the whole year.

    I have always heard "People shouldn't be so worried about what they eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They should worry about what they are eating between Christmas and Thanksgiving."
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Not sure. Will probably get my sprints in Wednesday evening. Just 25 minutes on the treatmill consisting of 2 1/2 minutes of full speed (30 seconds at a time) - that'll rev up my body and it will be ready to take in some serious nutrition on Turkey Day.

    Will just keep my typical no grain/flour/bread/sugar, high animal fat day - hopefully there will be some actual vegetables (corn is not a vegetable) and then I will sit down and enjoy a piece of Paleo Kick-A** Key Lime Pie (http://stevepaleo.blogspot.com/) with a Paleo Honey Graham Cracker Crust (www.againstallgrain.com) - which I will be making. Maybe even have two slices...
    Of course, if I want sweet potato I'll have to bring my own and bake it since the casserole ruins the sweet potatoes.

    But the day will really be no different than any other day.
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
    I plan on eating like I do every other day now, reasonable. I realize it is only one day, but it is more about the frame of mind for me. The binging and not worrying about what I ate is what got me here. I intend to try to stay within my calorie goal and exercise,just like any other day. For me, this is about being healthy, and shoving every piece of food I can find into my body is not healthy. I also know that if I eat badly I will feel guilty, and physically feel awful. I don't think for me that it is healthy for me to look at it as a day to pig out. I try to look at every day now as a chance to make myself healthier.
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Somewhere in the middle.

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