How Do U Get Your Cals for ThanksGiving Dinner?

I'm gonna eat and not feel guilty about it.

probably not so much dessert though

But i'll probably cook and I don't do those sweet taters with marshmallows or the honey glaze on ham. Don't like it. I'll probably have a piece of pumpkin pie though. Since I will have made it.

I will probably brush up on my grammar.

I am going to cook a beautiful turkey, with stuffing and homemade gravey, mashed potatoes green beans and squash, probably throw in some rolls. Desert will be a heavenly chocolate cake WITH frosting (and birthday candles for me!!), and I'm going to sit and eat as much as I want and not worry about calories. I won't even log my meal.

Coleslaw for Thanksgiving? Interesting...

Just wondering if people usually just guestimate how many cals and carbs their consuming when they indulge in Thx Giving turkey dinner???? Do you sit and add up every thing on MFP for mustard pickles, coleslaw, homemade gravy, dessert??? That would take ALOT of time wouldn't it? Im diabetic but im still gonna indulge in this meal - gonna live a little!!!!! Im gonna carb count to the best of my knowledge on the foods im gonna eat. What are u gonna do?

Yes I do log everything. Most of what I eat on Thanksgiving though, I'll have eaten on the previous Thanksgiving. In other words, I I just look up what I ate last year and copy it to this year, adjust the portion sizes as needed and be done with it. It's not that hard, and it's fun to see how many calories you've blown in one day. :-D

It is one day of many. This isn't about the minutia of one day here and there...special occasions...holidays and birthdays. This is about how you're livin' 80 - 90% of the time...not 10% of the time. Get your *kitten* out of the minutia and get on with life. Stop sweating the small stuff.

Personally I plan on turning on MFP, staring it right in the eye, and saying "you might want to turn around and not watch this."

Massive cheat day.

To answer your question, if you are a guest at a dinner someone else made, you may have to guess and use generic examples of items you log. Bringing a food scale to the table would be a buzz kill and probably considered rude, unless you are eating with people who really understand what you are doing and support you.

If it were me trying to guess, I'd use the "worse examples" of items if given a choice and sort of lean toward worst case scenario, in order to make sure I'm not under-estimating. I do that in general when I guess, and sadly I sometimes find out later the worst-case was the more accurate guess.

This year I'm aiming for 10,000 calories. I'll be on a cruise so it shouldn't be hard. I plan on logging it all, because I'm OCD like that.

I admit that I've been planning my menu because I am going to eat what I want for one day. It will be glorious and I won't even attempt to log it. I will have way too many carbs and love every second of it.

Then the next day I'll feel like poo and get back on track.

it's Thanksgiving. i'm gonna eat, i'm gonna enjoy time with my family, and i'm gonna watch football. i'm not counting one damn thing.

it's one day. no one got fat because they over ate on one day.

RAVENS VS. STEELERS! Go RAVENS

I'll log it. Chances are that I cooked everything that I ate, so I know what's in it. No dessert or stuffing or alcohol for me, so that saves most of the calories. Basically I'm going to eat all the turkey and veggies that I want and some cranberry fruit salad for dessert, and I don't really have to worry about eating too much of any of that.

I don't log it. I'll eat like 6,000 calories. It will be awesome. And then the next day I'll go right back to my normal routine of healthier food and exercise. That's how I lost, that's how I maintain.

This almost exactly, because it'll be more like 3000 calories for me. I'll probably just throw a quick add calories on my diary for 3000 calories and move on.