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Turkey Day Tip =)

WalkingGirl1985
WalkingGirl1985 Posts: 2,046 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Thanksgiving day I only plan to eat one plate of food and one dessert. We usually have a huge feast here! Just wanted to give you a tip so you dont totally kill your calories that day. :)

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  • kimjoan
    kimjoan Posts: 192 Member
    Thanksgiving is one of those days where it brings home that this is a lifestyle change. There is no reason that one can't have a little of this and a little of that, you just need to make sure that you are on target the day before, the day after and the morning of. I plan on having a nice slice of my mother's sweet potato pie and won't have any guilt at all.
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    I usually do a lot of work in the kitchen. This year, I will work more, and eat less! And like you, I will not eat more than one plate of food. At a time. Seriously, it IS Thanksgiving-I'm not going overboard, but I'm turning the counter off for a few hours. Also, unless somebody has a "must-have" item, I will be sneaking in somewhat healthier alternatives, which is my ulterior motive for working more in the kitchen. I guess I will still make the yams and marshmallow (really?) but I don't have to eat 'em!
  • bonnienm
    bonnienm Posts: 329 Member
    Would yams and marshmallows really be that bad? Doesn't sound too fattening but then again, I don't make or eat them. I plan on trying not to pig out and enjoy the day.
  • emorym
    emorym Posts: 344
    We have a half marathon that we run on Thanksgiving morning. It does make it hard to have to go home and cook. but it does help with desert.
  • Buckeybabe87
    Buckeybabe87 Posts: 15
    I haven't really made a food plan for Thanksgiving yet, it will mostly depend on if we make it to our hometown or if it is just my husband and I. I will have my pumpkin pie and have no guilt about it, but as far as everything else....for that day I'll allow myself to eat whatever I want, just in moderation.
  • dana01996
    dana01996 Posts: 15 Member
    I usually do a lot of work in the kitchen. This year, I will work more, and eat less! And like you, I will not eat more than one plate of food. At a time. Seriously, it IS Thanksgiving-I'm not going overboard, but I'm turning the counter off for a few hours. Also, unless somebody has a "must-have" item, I will be sneaking in somewhat healthier alternatives, which is my ulterior motive for working more in the kitchen. I guess I will still make the yams and marshmallow (really?) but I don't have to eat 'em!

    Amen, Baby!
  • hkystar
    hkystar Posts: 1,290 Member
    My plan is to run a 5K that morning (while my sister keeps an eye on the turkey). I also added a huge garden salad to the menu and I will try to eat a lot of that and limit the other stuff to much smaller portions (with no seconds).
  • sallyLunn
    sallyLunn Posts: 381
    For me, I worry less about one splurge on the Thanksgiving meal than I worry about noshing on the leftovers. It's being a repeat offender that will get me.

    I think that this year, I'm just going to make less of the high calorie things to cut back on the temptation of leftovers. I don't mind so much about the turkey, but the stuffing and gravy can't be hanging around after the big day or I will eat it no matter what I say. I don't worry so much about the pumpkin pie, my son will finish that off when I'm not looking.
  • hunterr
    hunterr Posts: 16 Member
    Planning on eating large portions of non starchy vegetables, dulls hunger for the more fattening items.

    Then just stay on plan before and after. Even if you gain a 1/2 pound that day, staying on plan before and after will quickly resolve the 1/2 pound.

    I agree with kimjoan, it is about lifestyle, not what we do on the celebration days, that is the deciding factor of what we weight.
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