Thanksgiving Survival Strategies
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F1tnessCh1ck wrote: »I'm Canadian, we already had our thanksgiving last month. I have taken over the cooking from my mom, 1) because she's 55 now and needs a break, 2) I like to cook and 3) I know what's going into the food I'm making. This year, I winged it and did pretty good. I had purchased 2 pies for desert with frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. I know everyone talks aobut the "desert" so I figured I'd attack that one first. However, the year before, I got a recipe for a coconut cream pie that was out of this world and all 'natural' foods - no processed sugar. If anyone wants the recipe - message me.
I also made a quinoa stuffing that was deliscious instead of with bread - this year, I made it with bread - whole wheat (never EVER WHITE!) and had maybe a tablespoon. I never put anything but seasoning on my turkey. For added flavour, I always put chicken stock at the bottom. I also roasted broccoli and cauliflower with coconut oil, s/p, garlic and thyme. If I do mashed potatoes, I use Greek Yogurt and maybe almond milk (if I need it) and I add s/p. However, I tend to prefer carrots and sweet potatoes in with the turkey itself.
I work my way around my family and 'inconvinience' myself to make sure I'm getting the right foods.
I forgot to add... cranberry sauce, my family doesn't enjoy it so I skipped it this year, but I made it last year - homemade it's SO EASY... Orange Juice and Cranberries. that's it.
AHEM! You make it sound like 55 is OLD.....?????
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AHEM! You make it sound like 55 is OLD.....?????
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LOL - mom is not old by any means, but she's not in the best of health, so, I give her a break
She helps me cut up veggies and stuff and we tend to argue when I tell her to go sit down and relax. 0 -
Last year I was still far away from my goal weight. We had been so good from around July 2013 til Thanksgiving and we had denied ourselves alot of our favorite foods (see pizza) that instead of cooking a turkey we opted for pizza and enough to make it worth while. I logged everything and was way over my calorie count but it was just one day and the next morning I put in an extra hard workout and kept my nose to the grindstone til Christmas. This year instead of a turkey again we are having some really good polish sausage and other non traditional foods. I will log as well as I can and get in a good workout the next day.0
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i dunno i thank my lucky stars all the time for being born in the late seventies - all my 70s born friends and a good chunk of the 80s babies get it. :bigsmile:0 -
LOL! my mom is 55 too - that's a baby. I feel like im almost her age now.0
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I am eating whatever I want. I will probably walk around 7-10 miles in the morning, though, and will cut back on calories the rest of the week. We have a truly huge Thanksgiving dinner with all the good stuff, plus some. That said, I tried to eat a big fast food dinner the other night and couldn't get halfway through it when, before, I probably could have eaten all of it plus a huge ice cream and everyone else's fries. I am thinking Thanksgiving will be the same way. That much rich food may just not be very appetizing.0
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Oh my god, that scene was amazing!
I sometimes refer to people as skeksis. My wife gets it, and others don't. Much easier than talking *kitten* in my broken spanish.
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Greetings honored elder. lol0somuchbetter0 wrote: »F1tnessCh1ck wrote: »I'm Canadian, we already had our thanksgiving last month. I have taken over the cooking from my mom, 1) because she's 55 now and needs a break, 2) I like to cook and 3) I know what's going into the food I'm making. This year, I winged it and did pretty good. I had purchased 2 pies for desert with frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. I know everyone talks aobut the "desert" so I figured I'd attack that one first. However, the year before, I got a recipe for a coconut cream pie that was out of this world and all 'natural' foods - no processed sugar. If anyone wants the recipe - message me.
I also made a quinoa stuffing that was deliscious instead of with bread - this year, I made it with bread - whole wheat (never EVER WHITE!) and had maybe a tablespoon. I never put anything but seasoning on my turkey. For added flavour, I always put chicken stock at the bottom. I also roasted broccoli and cauliflower with coconut oil, s/p, garlic and thyme. If I do mashed potatoes, I use Greek Yogurt and maybe almond milk (if I need it) and I add s/p. However, I tend to prefer carrots and sweet potatoes in with the turkey itself.
I work my way around my family and 'inconvinience' myself to make sure I'm getting the right foods.
I forgot to add... cranberry sauce, my family doesn't enjoy it so I skipped it this year, but I made it last year - homemade it's SO EASY... Orange Juice and Cranberries. that's it.
AHEM! You make it sound like 55 is OLD.....?????
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Is Thanksgiving happening soon? I had no idea.0
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Greetings honored elder. lol0somuchbetter0 wrote: »F1tnessCh1ck wrote: »I'm Canadian, we already had our thanksgiving last month. I have taken over the cooking from my mom, 1) because she's 55 now and needs a break, 2) I like to cook and 3) I know what's going into the food I'm making. This year, I winged it and did pretty good. I had purchased 2 pies for desert with frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. I know everyone talks aobut the "desert" so I figured I'd attack that one first. However, the year before, I got a recipe for a coconut cream pie that was out of this world and all 'natural' foods - no processed sugar. If anyone wants the recipe - message me.
I also made a quinoa stuffing that was deliscious instead of with bread - this year, I made it with bread - whole wheat (never EVER WHITE!) and had maybe a tablespoon. I never put anything but seasoning on my turkey. For added flavour, I always put chicken stock at the bottom. I also roasted broccoli and cauliflower with coconut oil, s/p, garlic and thyme. If I do mashed potatoes, I use Greek Yogurt and maybe almond milk (if I need it) and I add s/p. However, I tend to prefer carrots and sweet potatoes in with the turkey itself.
I work my way around my family and 'inconvinience' myself to make sure I'm getting the right foods.
I forgot to add... cranberry sauce, my family doesn't enjoy it so I skipped it this year, but I made it last year - homemade it's SO EASY... Orange Juice and Cranberries. that's it.
AHEM! You make it sound like 55 is OLD.....?????
Ha...these whipper snappers...wet behind the ears, I tell ya...0 -
I'll actually spend a majority of the week creating a huge deficit by not eating back exercise calories as I usually do. I'll have an intense workout the evening before with a light workout the morning of (after all, I have to conserve my energy for black Friday shopping). Although I enjoy the usually suspects (stuffing, turkey, gravy, homemade cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes etc) I'm usually satisfied after one plate. My problem is drinking my calories in rich eggnogs, ciders and the like.0
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I'm going to cook, eat, and enjoy. Between my dog requiring me to take him on long walks and just my need to keep moving, I am sure I will get my exercise in. Thanksgiving is the one holiday that I do eat my not so healthy foods, but of course in moderation and I stick to my water only drinks.0
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Ash_danielle wrote: »I plan to eat small portions of whatever I wish...I need to keep in mind that when I eat like crap I feel like crap...I hate the feelings of being overly full (glutinous) but I don't always think about that as I'm stuffing my face. So this year I will be more aware of being satisfied vs full and stuffed. Also I plan to have a workout session the morning of.
^^^ This is exactly what I plan to do.
I can never live by the "oh well its just one day" rule... because a year is made up of 365 of those "just one day" moments. My goal is to eat more than my usual calorie deficit, maybe right at my maintenance calories or a few hundred over. Nothing more.
I'm also not planning to cook much more food than we'll actually eat. Less leftovers = less calories for me to consume later. Also I'll be sending most leftovers home with my Grandpa and other relatives who actually want/need to gain a little weight 0 -
We'll be cooking. We haven't decided the menu yet though, and since we don't typically do a traditional dinner, the meal varies year to year (except for my brown sugar & pecan sweet potato casserole). The only thing we decided to do this year differently is to cook less food so we don't have leftovers for a week after.
My eating plan? Eat as much as I want on Thanksgiving and the day after, and keep right on trekking with my intermittent fasting as usual on Saturday.
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Get my run and then enjoy! Once a year (maybe three x's a year, can't forget Christmas and B-day) is not going to kill ya! Enjoy family with a few drinks and be happy!0
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It's part of my glute workout. I'm building glutes that are going to make the ghost of freddie mercury cry.0 -
This is the first year I'm going to run a 5K that starts before the parade downtown on Thanksgiving day! Pretty excited for the race and for my little boy to see the parade. I always cook the big meal for 20ish family members in the afternoon, and I'm going to enjoy it. Between the race and being more in control of portion sizes that are right for me, I'm not going to meticulously track like I normally do. My food scale will get a reprieve for the day. I may pre-enter some recipes if I have time for leftover eating later, but even if not, I will not be kept from my green bean shallot casserole over the weekend.0
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I am going to eat everything I want that day. But I will be walking 4 miles that morning and be back on track the next day.0
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I'm staying at a deficit all through the holidays. No gaining or maintaining for me. I've never gained during holidays, always lost weight. Since I'm vegetarian I make a lot of dishes to bring and hence, no excuses.0
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I think I'll be more worried about getting enough that day! Running a 10k in the morning, then my side of the family for dinner. They have a tendency to not pass around the food much at thanksgiving, then put it all away the second they think everyone is done. No lingering over a long meal there. Very weird. Then at my moms house the next day, she is one of those who makes 'just enough". Which translates to my husband and I not eating much so there's actually enough for everyone else.0
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I will eat what I want at dinner, probably skip dessert. Not a big fan of the sweets. I will eat one of the turkey legs
can't wait. Yum Yum. Will do at least 30-40min on the treadmill in the am. Bring it on.
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