4500 calories on Thanksgiving? Really? I disagree.

Everyone would talk *kitten* about me if I busted out the food scale during Thanksgiving dinner, and yet I might because I have a thirst for knowledge...

It's the two bottles of wine or so that will put me over! But it's one day so enjoy!

My mom put in all our recipes for tomorrow and assuming we eat one full serving of each dish and have two alcoholic drinks, it comes to 1,743 calories. Not bad considering we usually only eat breakfast and dinner on Thanksgiving, not to mention we probably won't eat a full serving of everything just because it's way too much food.

how much is a full serving like 3oz of turkey breast, 1/3c mashed potatoes, 1/2c green bean casserole?

Turkey is by weight (3oz, or about four slices as we cut it) and most other things are fractions of the recipe (1/8 recipe of green beans, etc). We were already pretty good at estimating portions because we both cook, but we've gotten even more accurate since we started weighing and learning.

Plus, we've both eaten at a greater deficit this week so even if we underestimate our portions, we're good.

My mom put in all our recipes for tomorrow and assuming we eat one full serving of each dish and have two alcoholic drinks, it comes to 1,743 calories. Not bad considering we usually only eat breakfast and dinner on Thanksgiving, not to mention we probably won't eat a full serving of everything just because it's way too much food.

I doubt most people eat only one serving and have only two drinks.

Probably. But I do. And that's all I was speaking for.

I'll be happy if I stay under 8,576.

if was sitting at 8,576 i know what i'd be thinking...

...let's go for 10,000!

<insert Barny legend... ary gif here>

PS: I 'm baking a pie. Do you know how long it's been since I had pie? And I'm gonna eat that pie. And it will be a thing of glory and JOY LIKE I HAVEN'T KNOWN IN MONTHSSSSSSSS!!!

Last year I stopped logging at around 7,000 calories or so. I had somewhere in the neighborhood of the same for Christmas. It's actually not that much when you're talking about calorie dense foods and beverages and basically eating and drinking all day long. I didn't hinder my weight loss either...I lost a good chunk of my weight in the months of Nov, Dec, and Jan last year. I enjoyed my holidays and then got back down to business afterwards.

Also, you're probably eating more than you think you are OP...unless you're weighing out exactly 3 oz of turkey breast, etc I can pretty much guarantee it.

I'll be happy if I stay under 8,576.

if was sitting at 8,576 i know what i'd be thinking...

...let's go for 10,000!

<insert Barny legend... ... ...ary gif here>

LOL That's a champ's Thanksgiving right there!

I logged all the foods I plan on eating in just one sitting, not counting the reheating and snacking and whatnot later on. Without any desert or caloric beverages, I'm already looking at 1200 calories. I will probably end up somewhere between 2000-3500 calories for the day. And that's without even adding all the butter and extra deliciousness I used to add to everything(other than my turkey, that will be bathed in butter as is tradition in my house).

i'm Canadian, so we had ours already and i maxed out at approx 3500 and that was refusing seconds on ice cream. I totally enjoyed one piece of each pie going and everything else i could get at haha Don't regret one single second of it!!!

Consuming 4500 calories on Thanksgiving does not sound like a difficult task. At all.

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