Thanksgiving Strategy?

With reckless abandon...










or until I'm full. :flowerforyou:

i've found my Thanksgiving dinner intake to be around 2,000 calories. my strategy is that i skip lunch that day, and i exercise a lot before dinner.

on the day preceding and on the day after, i also cut back from my usual intake to make up for it.

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 LOVE THIS!

This whole week is tricky...but my plan is, relax and have fun. I have been doing good so one day/week won't kill me....I am just going to try and avoid seconds...or maybe thirds!

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.

THIS!!

Going hiking that morning.

Going to eat whatever I want but not make myself sick, drink LOTS of water. One day is not going to ruin your progress

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.

Great attitude. Frame of mind is key. For me, I think both, "I'll eat anything, I deserve it." and, "I have no options with my strict diet." are dangerous mindsets. In my experience both treating food as any type of a reward or feeling too constrained to enjoy myself lead to bad decisions that affect my mental state, which in turn affects more than just the one day. My plan is to do the best I can to stay within my calorie goal, and if I want a few things that are reasonably above it, I won't beat myself up over it. I am going to be more careful about how I talk to myself about the food than the exact calories, in order to avoid, "I just lost a pound, I deserve pie." or, "I just lost a pound I am terrified to have anything bad."

Eat whatever the heck I want! 1 day of eating bad didn't make me fat...eating like crap everyday did.

:bigsmile: This person is right

I am going to enjoy all the food, but in moderation, its one meal. I am making a couple of dishes that are lower in calories & a salad to help keep things in check. I will also take a long walk that day to help counter the extra food. Luckily I am going to my parents, so no leftovers.

The good thing for me is that the feast isn't at my place. Ill go to the food, eat dinner (not all day), eyeball my portions, and get the hell outta there before I blow my current losing streak. I can hang with the fam in line for black Friday shopping. Hopefully being part of the stampede will work off anything I over eat!!