Are you guys going to track everything you eat

I have not ever had a full on free day since the 8 months I have been here. Lost a lot and I figure one fun day with the family is not going to hurt me too much. I want to enjoy my holiday. And pie. And wine.

I like the lifestyle change theory. I am not going to freak out over holidays in the future so it is good practice now.

Yes. I am still too new at this.

I am doing the cooking and keeping track of all of it. I do not do any free days. I have been to heavy for way to long and this is working for me. I am a nurse and work with Diabetics, According to the ADA the average Thanksgiving pushes 8000 calories for the day. Beware!!

Thankfully for me, I will be tracking my food today as usual because I'm gonna ensure I DO NOT overdo it. I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes back in January, and today I'll be concentrating MORE on the turkey and LESS on the carb-rich foods (sweet potatoes, stuffing, etc.). It's my first Thanksgiving with this, and I know I'll be tracking VERY carefully!

I will add things in, as small bits and try to calculate what I can later tonight. The extended family will be at my parents' today and I will eat sensibly, while keeping the calories in mind. But, I know my mom and sister in law (who are both dieting...) will be watching me. If I am too constrictive with my food or measuring, etc my mom will never try to lose this way. Mom's been doing some truly stupid ways of dieting and I worry for her. Less than 1200 cals a day, and she's only eating things like cottage cheese or celery as snacks. I can't get her to understand that's not something she can keep doing the rest of her life. I want her to see that by being sensible she can lose weight and not starve herself nor deprive herself.
So I being the model daughter, will have to eat pumpkin pie, dark meat turkey (my favorite!), cranberry sauce, potatoes and everything else I see and want. All in moderation

I quick added 3500 calories and will be savoring everything in moderate portions.

I worked out extra hard yesterday and will go for a walk tonight.

Savor, enjoy, be present and count your blessings that an excess of amazing food is your biggest problem today.

Yes I will track everything. But I am lucky on a few points.

1) I am going to my parents for Thanksgiving and They have done the whole diet and weigh all the food in the past so I will be asking to use their scale for the food.

2) I know my mom's recipes and can a good idea what goes into her food. I will be guessing on a few things but I'm confident I will be close. I actually started adding approximate thing to my diary yesterday to get an idea of what I will be able to eat.

3) I offer to make the dessert and found a low calorie option for what we normally have on Thanksgiving. By doing that I know exactly how "bad" the dessert is and don't have to feel guilty eating a serving of it. I also may make biscuits for the same reason.

4) It is just going to be 4 of us so my mom isn't going over the top with food, it will be turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and rutabagas (maybe biscuits). Then my dessert, which is pumpkin bars.

I just plug in quick add calories. 2000. One hit and I move on. Tomorrow is another day.

I just heard on the TV the average amount of calories consumed for a Thanksgiver dinner is 7300...ouch! Im not going to track but will make my portions small, enjoy your day

on Thanksgiving day? How will that work? Seems like a lot of guessing and time spent... Or is it a free day?

No calorie is free. Fix your plate like you are fixing it for a 3 year old portions are small. Remember if they have a scoop spoon it usually hold a 1/2 cup if you don't pile the spoon high. Whatever meat you eat get about a deck of card size. They said it is a serving. If you have to take some home it will be better then eating and stuffing yourself at one time. Good luck on today make sure you do your exercise it will help too.

I'm going to try my best to log today, but I'm not going to stress toooo much about getting my food log perfect. I'm also not going to stress about going over, just going to hit that gym tomorrow!

I am doing the cooking and keeping track of all of it. I do not do any free days. I have been to heavy for way to long and this is working for me. I am a nurse and work with Diabetics, According to the ADA the average Thanksgiving pushes 8000 calories for the day. Beware!!

I'll eat what I want, but I'm tracking every calorie. I hope I end up well under ADA averages. I'll have to see how it goes.

Lunch with Pumpkin Pie cost me 1300 cals and now I only have 280 left for tonight.....yeah right :bigsmile:

I am doing the cooking and keeping track of all of it. I do not do any free days. I have been to heavy for way to long and this is working for me. I am a nurse and work with Diabetics, According to the ADA the average Thanksgiving pushes 8000 calories for the day. Beware!!

YES!! I was beginning to think I was alone! I logged everything, ate very well and came in right at 1500 calories...dinner was about 900. I am pretty pleased with myself :bigsmile:

Great work, I'm proud of you both! I like to stay in the practice of logging daily myself, it helps me keep on track far better. Though I don't celebrate the Holidays in everyday life I like to see what nutrition I'm taking in, it makes me feel empowered rather than out of control like in the past.