How will you cope with Thanksgiving?

logging it all but I am eating. Only comes once a year. Will try and stay with the healthier stuff. Pumpkin pie is better than pecan for instance. Sweet potatoes are good if not filled with marshmellows and brown sugar.

Can't wait!

I am not putting any restrictions on myself tomorrow. I plan to eat what I want and log it. I find that if I deny myself, I end up bingeing later. I plan on exercising the morning of and have been exercising this week to help offset the damage.

I will be having 2 (maybe 3) Thanksgiving dinners, plus leftovers during Scrabble that night Most of it will cooked by others so I won't log. I have no illusions that I won't overeat. And no illusions that I won't feel guilty afterward. It's the same every year, but such is my life. :ohwell:

Probably suicide by turkey.

I've already logged everything I plan on eating tomorrow. Not too bad... just under 2,000 calories.

But, game plan is just ENJOY THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its ONE day. Just don't make it a full season.

PANIC!!!!!

Way too late for that. That needed to start a month ago.

However, now is the perfect time to start panicking for Christmas food.

What approach have you decided to take to all the delicious food offered for the Thanksgiving holiday? Making your personal choices ahead of time can help you deal with the day your own way. Do you have any ideas to share with all of us here on MFP? Do you plan to log in and count your calories on Thanksgiving, or will you take a day off? Have you decided to avoid certain foods? Will you give yourself special permission for certain things? Will you work out longer the day before or after to make up a calorie overage? Will you opt out of the meal altogether? Please share your ideas for coping with all that gorgeous food!

Whatever you decide, happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

I am taking tomorrow as a cheat day. I am fairly certain that I can make healthy choices, but nothing is going to be forbidden for me.

On the off chance that I manage to eat obscene amounts of food, I have been adding 5 minutes to my cardio time all week...and will probably do it next week too.

I am cooking tomorrow. I am making dinner for 15--turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, buttermilk biscuits and pumpkin pie. My brother and sister are bringing broccoli cheese casserole, sweet potato souffle, and one other thing ( can't remember what it is).

. . . by eating everything I can shove in my face and not logging one bit of it.

I'll probably post pictures of it all on Instagram too just to piss y'all off.

I hit my goal Oct 16 and have been working on my Holiday extra loss...I have #3 to play with so will probably taste everything but in moderation and try my hardest to log what I'm eating as it will not be the traditional Turkey Meal, but a Brunch Lunch Menu with eggs, ham, bacon, fruit, some veggies and Cinnamon Rolls....Also I will do my workout before I head out to DIL's.

Bringing a dish I know is okay for me to eat, and then picking at everything else.

I lol'ed at "coping"....I'm going to eat food I want to eat then wake up the next day and keep doing what I've done all along. Get a grip, it's just some food and one day.

I lol'ed at "coping"....I'm going to eat food I want to eat then wake up the next day and keep doing what I've done all along. Get a grip, it's just some food and one day.

I lol'd at coping, too.

What he said.

I'm planning on enjoying myself and not get spastic about the calories. If I remember, I will log in. I'm going over my brothers, so that means that I won't have days of leftovers to chow down on. Over the years, I noticed that I don't over stuff myself like I used to. We eat early by 2pm, so I will be ready for something else in the evening. I am planning to make sure that I drink plenty of water and not indulge in soda to much.

All in all, I think people should enjoy themselves. It's about portion control and remember it takes 30 minutes for your belly to register that you're full. If you go over your calories tomorrow so what, it's not like we eat that way every single day.

So enjoy it and be thankful and grateful that you were able to share another day with your family and friends or whoever you spend it with.

with a bottle of Barefoot Moscato.

I'm Canadian so we had our Thanksgiving last month. I wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!!

That being said, I am glad that I will not have to face a day of delicious food until Christmas....Given that I just started my weight loss journey (again), I know that I would not have been able to resist tomorrow!!