Any Thanksgiving Success Stories?

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  • moonmistmm
    moonmistmm Posts: 178 Member
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    I ate what I wanted, which turned out to be not as much as I thought. I had an extra 1,000 exercise calories that I saved up, so I used that. And now we're back to eating like normal. I might not lose this week, but I certainly didn't gain!
  • cummingscb
    cummingscb Posts: 24
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    I kept my calories right around 2000 (had a tiny breakfast, and just a protein drink in the evening, since I knew lunch was going to be a doozie!). Even with Thanksgiving feast and my birthday the next day, I managed to lose 2 lbs this week. I was super happy! I did do a lot of time exercising this week in preparation for, and in penance for, my transgressions :) !
  • amcgavisk
    amcgavisk Posts: 5
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    On Thursday I cooked the meal for my family and guests. I ate whatever I wanted for the day - including a total of 4 desserts - and then when my guests were ready to leave I packed up the left overs and gave everything but the turkey away.

    The day was a reward for my hard work over the last 5 months, but did not want the splurging to continue over the next few days also.
  • RosyBest
    RosyBest Posts: 303 Member
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    I did really well with portion control...it surprised me. (Normally I just pig out until I can't move lol) I even did the 30 Day Shred that night. I call this a Thanksgiving success!
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    I kept my calories right around 2000 (had a tiny breakfast, and just a protein drink in the evening, since I knew lunch was going to be a doozie!). Even with Thanksgiving feast and my birthday the next day, I managed to lose 2 lbs this week. I was super happy! I did do a lot of time exercising this week in preparation for, and in penance for, my transgressions :) !

    That is such fabulous news and HAPPY belated B'day to you and many, many, MANY more! :flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou:
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    My sister asked me to bring the pumpkin & apple pies ...... I put them on the table with the dozen other pies, cakes and plates of cookies ......

    I didn't eat one bite of dessert the entire day ...... and didn't even miss it ....... total victory !

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    LOVE that dancing old woman...just love it!!! Same here, I didn't eat one piece of pie nor cake...not because I couldn't, I just didn't want any. I did eat 5 of my giant homemade butter cookies (not at one sitting...thru-out the day) and they were the BOMB!
  • patols1
    patols1 Posts: 108 Member
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    I prepared all the goodies and food for the family yesterday. however I made out the recipes ahead of time and figured out the calories. I calculated how much of all my favorites I could have and I stuck by it. I made special healthy snacks for myself and the not healthy ones that everyone else loves for them(thankfully I don't like there snacks anyway). The healthy snacks I made are the ones that actually got totally eaten. instead of pie for me I had low cal banana nut bread which was great and I am not a big pie fan anyway so I loved my desert. I stayed under my calories. I was satisfied and all my cravings were met too. I did my exercise in the morning before anyone go up. It was a great day with lots of love and laughs. Now what to do with all those leftovers that I cant eat. :(

    How wonderful for you! I guess all the stuff I made was a super hit, because we had left-overs, but just barely enough for us all yesterday...everything is GONE now.
    for the three of us I start with a 16 pound turkey, and everything else I make would serve 10-15 people...lol hence the extreme leftovers. its sunday and they are still eating leftovers. I did make a turkey soup..yummm. the stuffing I brought to my sisters house. and the mashed tatos my son finished off. still have pie and banana nut bread left. and turkey.
  • pittbullgirl
    pittbullgirl Posts: 341 Member
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    I worked out for about an hr Thanksgiving morning and also went for a walk later in the day. I ate what I wanted, just smaller portions than normal.
    My BodyMedia said I was UNDER cals for the day!! (MFP said I was over but I go by BodyMedia since its much more accurate. I just use MFP to log food).
  • kneenahnina
    kneenahnina Posts: 2
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    Maybe someone can help me out here... I had a pretty bad diet week, and thanksgiving I didn't even log in because I ate whatever i wanted. I weigh myself every Monday morning, last Monday I weighed 153 and I weighed myself this morning and weigh 150.4. I weighed myself 3-4 times this morning just to be certain, I was expecting to GAIN weight not lose weight! Can anyone give me some insight as to how I managed to lose 2.6lbs? I'm not complaining but damn...
  • NewLIFEstyle4ME
    NewLIFEstyle4ME Posts: 4,440 Member
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    Maybe someone can help me out here... I had a pretty bad diet week, and thanksgiving I didn't even log in because I ate whatever i wanted. I weigh myself every Monday morning, last Monday I weighed 153 and I weighed myself this morning and weigh 150.4. I weighed myself 3-4 times this morning just to be certain, I was expecting to GAIN weight not lose weight! Can anyone give me some insight as to how I managed to lose 2.6lbs? I'm not complaining but damn...

    What a wonderful "issue"...congrats! I'm thinking what happened is during the week and perhaps the later part of the prior week you burned enoughs cals and/or had enough deficit that you lost instead of gained. What an terrific first post. YAY YOU!
  • kneenahnina
    kneenahnina Posts: 2
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    Thank you! I'm still in shock!
  • SenoraMacias
    SenoraMacias Posts: 305 Member
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    I did all the cooking this year. I swapped the traditional favorites for healthier versions (roasted sweet potatoes instead of sweet potato casserole, fresh green beans with portobello mushrooms instead of the creamy casserole, etc.). I allowed myself to eat leftovers for 1 day after the actual meal, and still drank lots of water and exercised a couple of times last week. I lost 1lb.
  • shoing
    shoing Posts: 114 Member
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    Glad everyone had a good Thanksgiving. majess1022 so sorry that your little one got sick but it kept you from eating those sweets right?:wink: Any victory is a victory. :wink: Thursday I cooked light for us but had plenty. Saturday was DH's family Thanksgiving and I ate what I wanted but did good. I did have a gain yesterday morning but it was just the salty ham that I ate because was back down 1.4lb. this morning YEA!!:happy: I'm at a new low today!:happy: Congrats to everyone and here's to a great December. :drinker: Merry Christmas Everyone. :flowerforyou:
  • shabrick00
    shabrick00 Posts: 141 Member
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    Here's mine...

    I had a fabulous day yesterday. I took this day as a real day of enjoyment and cooked all day, but the difference is/was it was totally stress free. I enjoy every hour of lovingly preparing a boatload of goodies for my family and friends. Instead of fretting about cals--I had a cup of coffee w/cream for my breakfast (something I've been denying myself for the past couple of months). Then, I ate the yummiest stuff for dinner and had 5 of my homemade butter cookies, which were so delicious--WOW!

    I went over my calories for sure and ate a total of 2008 calories yesterday. It's RARE that I go over my calories--but I'm glad I did, got outta my self-imposed strict staying UNDER my daily calorie allowance box (to have a day of enjoyment family, friends and foods that I don't indulge in regularly) and I'm glad I did too. I am looking forward to working out today!

    What was your Thanksgiving success story?
    I didnt deprive myself of anything only worked out 1 day of the 4 i was off and still managed to lose 2.2lbs for the week
  • scribb
    scribb Posts: 3,659 Member
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    I did not go up for seconds and you could still see parts of my plate on my helping.

    Also started the day running 10 miles.
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,862 Member
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    My success is that there is no story. It was just another day. Our son came over for dinner so that was nice. It was my third Thanksgiving since i started MFP so it's all routine now.
  • joanthemom8
    joanthemom8 Posts: 375 Member
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    Well, I did so-so on the food, but I did pretty well on exercise. I did the local Turkey Trot (5k) on Thanksgiving morning, then I took a Body Pump class on Saturday morning - still feeling that one today LOL. Then yesterday I walked/ran almost 4 miles with my dog (and got stung by a bee in the process - another LOL). For me the holiday weekend was a success because I don't usually get in any exercise, so 3 out of 4 days was great! :smile:
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
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    I ate some of everything and fit in a great work out after dinner (830+ calories burned). Between Thanksgiving and the weekend I lost 1.5 pounds - WIN!
  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
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    You show offs.... "Sits in a corner and wallow in my loss of control* But damn that cake was GOOD
  • dlionsmane
    dlionsmane Posts: 672 Member
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    My success for Thanksgiving is that I had my whole family over for dinner (for the first time) and I made a turkey and a ham. Everything came together at the right time and even though this was the first time I ever cooked a ham (I don't eat it) - everyone said it was one of the best they had ever had! Success!

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