What are you eating for Thanksgiving?

I plan to eat a little of EVERYTHING , lol....I'm giving myself a days worth of maintance calories , working out that morning maybe twice to compensate for the pie ...but allowing myself to have fun ...I will have my scale and measure as I always do ...my main goal is to not have to roll from my chair in order to enjoy a great Thanksgiving Feast !

I worried about this issue Thanksgiving of 2011 (I joined MFP 8-11). Over the next year I really began to realize that one day did not, for me, make a whole lot of difference one way or the other. Thanksgiving of 2012 I ate pretty much what I wanted and went back to my regular routine the next day without any problem. I look at it this way, if I eat 7,000 calories over my maintenance level on that one day (way more than I would eat but I'm just using it as an example) I will only gain 2 pounds. Using MFP, I know how to get those 2 pounds off within a month (if not much sooner) with no problem. Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holidays are much less stressful for me when I look at it this way.

It's one day. Enjoy your life!

I will be logging nothing and eating everything.

I'm allowing myself infinite fresh vegetables and fruits! Gonna try and fill up on those so when the real stuff comes out, I'll be satisfied with smaller portions.

Staying away from alcohol will hopefully keep me from making two (or three or four) trips to the pie table. BUT I will indulge in something sweet and delicious and enjoy every bit of it~

Whatever, really, I'm not gonna stress out about it.
Holidays are crazy enough without worrying about every single bite I'm eating.

TOFURKEY + EVERYTHING ELSE but meat

Wow what a great post! I read through all posts and what I noticed are the people who've lost quite a bit of weight are allowing themselves to eat what they'd like. I was going to go without some things knowing that they'd be high calorie- high fat items. I'm going to really think about eating what I'd like in moderation. I am not hosting Thanksgiving so I can indulge a bit and not have to worry about the left overs lingering in my fridge.

We plan on going for a 6 mile hike prior to the Thanksgiving feast. So if nothing else I will have at least logged a very steep hilly hike to help get my heart rate up and metabolism working.

forget the food.
drink the booze
call it a day.

That about sums it up.

I'm going to stick to my calories. We're having Thanksgiving at home and I'm making the turkey roulade from Cooking Light with apples and cranberries, roasted kale, and some homemade dinner rolls. We don't like potatos or gravy, so this works well for us. I'm thinking about making a pie for dessert.

forget the food.
drink the booze
call it a day.

GOT for the win!

It's one day...I'm not going to worry about it...just like I didn't worry about it last year and still hit my goal BF% earlier than anticipated. Your health, nutrition, fitness, etc is not predicated on what you do for one day or a handful of special occasions throughout the year...it is predicated on what you're doing most of the time.

IMHO you should enjoy the day...give thanks for all of the blessings in your life and enjoy the time with your family and friends. Life is full of hustle and bustle, sometimes it's nice to just sit down with everyone and celebrate all that is good in our lives.

Also, there is such a thing as middle ground...all of these holiday posts (and they are abundant every year) assume one of two things...either you're going to restrict yourself and worry about counting every last calorie or you're just going to go flat out crazy and explode out of your stretchy pants...I just don't see why people can't enjoy their feast with some moderation. I've never been a fan of stuffing myself...never like the feeling. Yes, I will be consuming more calories that day than my maintenance but I won't be stuffed to the gills...and it's one day, it's not going to ruin anything or derail anything.

I'm going to eat everything and log nothing! I plan on making that deal with myself as long as I just limit that to Thursday only. No leftovers.

My boyfriend and I will be going to one of his relative's house. Given that I don't know what's on the menu it's hard to say what I'll eat but I plan to stick to meat, potatoes and salad. I don't like stuffing or green bean casseroles or a lot of the other traditional things people make. I find most deserts to be too sweet so don't feel compelled to eat them very often. I like my sweet potatoes with butter and a little maple syrup so if it involves marshmallows I won't be trying any.

I don't consider the holidays a problem eating-wise. I like my wine and cocktails though so with all the extra holiday functions we attend I have to monitor my alcohol intake a bit more than normal.