How will you cope with Thanksgiving?

ummmm...I will eat food and like it.... seriously, thanksgiving didn't make anyone fat, neither did christmas or your birthday.

enjoy holidays and eat right during the other days.

Honestly, I agree with that. We all need our mental health just as well as our physical health. Don't get yourself overly worked up about one day. Just tell yourself that though- that it's ONE day- and be sure to pick back up on Friday. It would be a shame to be miserable and sad at a time that is about food, family and fun. Try to eat good but if you don't- it's okay! You'll start counting again on Friday. If you deprive yourself of all joy and the occasional treat, it's like a ticking time bomb that could result in you falling off the wagon all together.

Again- try to eat well but if not, it's okay! It's just one day and be resolved to start eating well again come Friday! By Monday I bet those Turkey Day calories are null and void!

(Am relieved that no one has proposed bringing their own box of Lean Cuisine as a solution to this problem...

...or any other problem...ever.)

I have lost 43 pounds so far this year. One thing I have learned is that one day does not make or break your weight. I will over eat, probably by a lot, I might even put back just 1 or 2 pounds by the end of the year. After the holidays I will just ratchet back up my food discipline.

I am planning ahead in my mind what I want the most and eating more of that and less of other things but not letting myself feel deprived. I am not logging tomorrow though!

with lots of turkey and gravy and stuffing and mashed potatoes and green beans and squash and sweet potato cupcakes and pumpkin roll and banana fritters. oh and lots of wine and champagne to wash it all down.

(i have a 5k race tomorrow morning).

In honor of those who are still being strict for Thanksgiving, I will be eating more than I had originally planned in honor of all of you folks. I'm gonna be sick, but I'm sacrificing myself for all of you.

I don't plan on blowing it Thursday we are having thanks giving on Friday but I still don't plan on blowing it this is my plan- I am not depriving myself of anthing but I will eat within my calorie limit and I will eat every single calorie that day even my exercise calories LOL
First these are helps I already have in place- I have a salter scale and I have 2 bowls I know one to be half cup and one full cup - easier then measuring into awkward shaped measuring cups. I am a member of my fitness pal and you can enter a recipe and it will calculate the calories per serving and save that recipe under your stuff. (their food database is amazing and their calorie tracker is awesome)
So here are changes I have incorporated for thanks giving meal-
1. smaller bird quicker to cook so it can fit into our normal meal time easier- this way I can keep my normal eating times and I won't be starving and picking waiting for the big meal to get here.
2- Stuffing I bought a large box of Stove Top instead of using Texas Toast to make my stuffing- huge amount normally anyways I am cooking it to go into the bird I am adding apples pecans and sage sausage to it- Items I normally use but it will all go into the recipe calculator and I will know exactly how much a 1 cup serving is calorie wise and I won't have a 9x13 pan to eat by weekends end- shoot by friday morning-- (i've done it before)
3- I am nuke- ing one sweet potato
4- I am making small batch of mashed potatoes
5- packaged gravy so I know the calorie count
6- my green bean casserole is going into the croc pot- fresh green beans fresh mushrooms 2 cans ff mushroom soup- again I'll be able to calorie count for portion size.
7- I am looking for a small individual pumpkin pie if I can't find one I will make one with an oatmeal/pecan crust.

I also plan on getting in a long bike ride in the am and lifting weights after every thing is cleaned up.

This is a new lifeway for me I have to count everything every day I don't deprive but I am never again giving myself free reign or a pass at a holiday- I have to change the thought/belief and action that every celebration is about food- after all Thanks Giving is about gratitude and family those that are here and that are gone
That is my focus and my plan

Good luck to all who are giving themselves free reign believe me I wish I could -
but I've been there done that and it hasn't worked for me in the past-
(this is for me not applying this to any other mfp poster)
they say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results well for 28 years of adult life I lived like that in respect to health and healthy eating I didn't but I expected the little effort I put out with all the graces and free days and justifications that that would give me a different result the one I was truly looking for- it never did- now I am living a new life way- doing things different and I know I can count on a different result. for me the insanity stopped 30 days ago.
dang the ice cream truck is outside tooting it's obnoxious song... grrrr 80 degrees here with windows open

my approach is that im deployed and we have crap food here so i wont eat anything different than i do everyday

My bf and I are doing this together. He was recently diagnosed as Type II diabetic. My sugars are in the pre-diabetic range. We said once that we're going to give ourselves free reign on major holidays, our birthdays and our anniversary. In reality, we know that the consequences are there whether it's a special day or not.

What I try to do, is to keep my calories at or below maintenance. I was actually under yesterday, even if I add the sweet potatoes I forgot to record. My dinner was basically two normal meals and my stomach felt it. I just can't eat as much in one sitting as I used to. My plan was to eat enough to enjoy some of everything I wanted and that's what I did. I slept in so only had lunch and dinner, so I guess you could say I coped by only eating two meals.

I'm a bit obsessed with recording my food and have a hard time if I can't enter the exact food (though I never measure my food).

My bf measures his carbs because he needs to watch them more closely. He took his 1/2 cup measure with him and used it at the table. No one seemed to notice...of course, one of the first things his brother said to him was to compliment him on how much weight he's lost.