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    • Posts: 21,219 Member
      i just want to add one other thing... eating a big meal on Thanksgiving and/or Christmas and/or New Year's never made anybody fat.

      it's treating the 2-month long period between Halloween and New Year's as one long smorgasbord that is responsible when people pack on 10-12lbs during this time of year.

      THAT'S what people should focus on, not the individual holiday meals. enjoy those days and those meals with family and loved ones. those are the memories you'll still have when your 60 or 70 or 80 years old. stick with your logging during the other days, make time to do your exercise, don't fall into the rut of thinking that just because you had a large meal on Thanksgiving that you should quit logging and that you'll start again on january 1st. that's what i think people should be thinking about this time of year (with respect to weight loss)... not whether or not their stuffing is gluten-free or if having a 2nd piece of pumpkin pie is going to make them fat.

      the first step to solving a problem is to correctly define the problem. the problem is not Thanksgiving dinner. the problem is getting complacent on all of the days leading up to it and following it.

      my $0.02.

      Re-quoting this because it fills in what I missed on my original post.
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      Not an American, but can say hand on heart I still loved reading this thread :love:
    • Posts: 194 Member
      Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have.

      In the weight loss world this is a day filled with fear, restriction and frustration. Many people deal with the fear that one day will ruin progress or throw them off track. People elect to isolate themselves from friends and family to avoid eating over their calorie goal. Some people simply fear getting off track and not being able to return to appropriate eating for their weight loss goal. As a binge eater I understand how eating lots of food one day can derail me for weeks.

      Thanksgiving is a day Americans are supposed to be thankful for what they have. Currently, estimates put the number of Americans living under the poverty level at more than 47 million. 17% of Americans are homeless. This Thanksgiving, if you still have something to be thankful for on a material level, you should stop worrying about calories for one day and remember Americans with basically nothing left. Before you fear feasting on too much turkey with your family and friends, remember that you are lucky to have a family and food to come home to. By focusing on calories and forgetting it's about being thankful for what we have you are missing the point entirely.

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      Well said. :) Thanks for posting this.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Absolutely....
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      well said
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      Yes!
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      wow.

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    • Posts: 3,218 Member
      Beautifully stated!!! Thanks!
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      Be gratful for all you have. Be thankful for the time you have with family and friend's. Do what can when can to help the needy. Share what you have and fill somebody's heart with joy!!

      Fabulous reminder. Kudos OP!!
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      Great post. :smile:
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      Bumping, because awesome. :flowerforyou:
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    • Posts: 432 Member
      Well said. Gives an honest perspective on the food, the fear, and the famine.
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      I don't have any meaningful conversation to add because it's already been said by folks more eloquent than I. So I'm just gonna post a picture to bump every now and then. :P In case anyone needs some perspective about tomorrow.

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      Amen and well said!! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!
    • Posts: 436 Member
      I love thanksgiving...and I dont even celebrate it as being a Brit, living in England. But, I so envy you for having such a wonderful celebration, the sentinent behind Thanksgiving is TRULY "awesome". I so agree with you OP! please enjoy your celebrations and be thankful :smile:
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      I'm so glad I saw this post today. Thank you so much for the perspective. I will enjoy tomorrow and my little family and be grateful....
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      Thank you for this!! I was sitting here thinking about how to count calories when I've no fluffing idea what the ingredients are in anything. I'm with my boyfriend's family and it's a sort of potluck event. I was worried about whether I'd be over or underestimating calories and what if I eat too much and go way over my goal, or what if I don't meet my goal and miss out on pumpkin pie I could have had. Thank you SO MUCH for this. I'm going to enjoy what I've got and probably just eat smaller portions than previous Thanksgivings. But I will NOT sacrifice my pumpkin pie under ANY circumstances. THANK YOU.
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