Thanksgiving Day game plan!
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I am going to eat breakfast as I usually do. I don't have a Turkey Trot lined up, but I do plan on trotting around a track to help with my exercise calorie burn. I will log what I eat because I am cooking dinner this year and will know exactly what is in everything. Good luck to those of you who are going to log in your food. The thing that I love best about the day is being able to spend it with people that I love!0
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Moderation and yes I will be logging.0
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Thanksgiving marks my one year calorie counting anniversary. In that one year I've lost 33 pounds so I'm taking Thanksgiving as an EPIC cheat day. I'll probably log everything only to see how crazy over I go on calories.0
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I'm still logging but since we're mid-move, we're going to a friend's place for Thanksgiving which will help me because there won't be leftovers to take home AND I probably won't pig out with limited amounts of food for a larger group. If it was just my fam at home, then there's always too much food in easy access.
Plus, thanks partly to the move, partly to seeing inlaws soon
, I'm very stressed and can't eat much without feeling sick. 0 -
cheripugh1 wrote: »
Nope it wasn't, I believe it was on GMA but it was not Dr. Oz.... he had many suggestions including working out but his point was some chemical in the hot sauce that triggers you not to be as hungry, (which happens to be a proven fact btw) and revs up your metabolism.
it does does it?
I doubt you can find any science proving this
It's my understanding that capsaicin has a tiny effect on metabolism. It's not practical to consume large amounts of spicy foods for a minuscule benefit.
Here's some science:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699483/
More science here:Lasmartchika wrote: »Hot sauce does not suppress the appetite.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24630935
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19238310
For the record:
I think OZ is a quack. I dislike the expression "revs up your metabolism". I love all the spicy things. I eat them because they taste yummy, not because they will magically affect my weight loss. I plan on not counting calories and eating way too much on Thanksgiving.0 -
Anyone taking Thanksgiving Day off from logging? I think it will probably be difficult to log every single bite.
I saw on the news where a dietician was giving some advice. He said to eat eggs with hot sauce first thing Thanksgiving morning, to get your metabolism really going. Then just eat lunch and dinner, with no extras in between, and of course to stop when you are full. I think I am going to try to go this route.
Anyone else have some good ideas? We are going to two different family meals, and it is going to be crazy!!
I expect to eat a lot (and log it). Hitting my calorie target this week should not be too hard. I ran 30 miles today
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I am going to log the basics of major meals, but not weigh stuff on the scale and go ahead and overestimate, since my estimations on portions tends to be off anyway. I know I will go over calories, but I am going to eat what I want to and enjoy it, but I will try to watch the portion sizes.0
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My game plan no alcohol or dessert. Anything else is mine.0
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Tomorrow morning I am going to the gym as usual, eating a normal breakfast, just pretending the entire day is normal up until my family starts showing up. It is one day out of the year, and it is my favorite holiday, so I am going to enjoy myself and indulge a bit. It's a day I get to spend with my entire family under one roof and I savor that gift and we celebrate how lucky we are in this world! I am taking small servings of my favorites (mom's homemade stuffing and maple ham) and having some desserts from the Italian bakery we go to twice a year. Friday morning I am back on track! Don't beat yourself up if you indulge more than you wanted to, just eat until you're satisfied! Hope you have a great holiday!0
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My plan:
-Eat a large bowl of oatmeal for breakfast with cinnamon & brown sugar
-Wait about 1hr (get high chair ready to go, pack diaper bag)
-Exercise:- 54 mins Cardio
- 54 mins Core *** if there is enough time after cardio ***
- Wake up my husband (he works nights)
- Cook Sweet Potato Souffle
- Help finish getting the boys ready to go (hopefully my husband will have them just about ready to walk out the door)
- Go to my Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving and stuff my face
- Comeback home
- Do 54 min Core workout if I wasn't able to do it in the morning0 -
I'm planning to eat a small breakfast, hit the gym for some cardio specifically to bank extra food calories (usually I just lift), and then eat moderately.
I would probably just pig out but we have a vacation next week and I have a completely arbitrary and unimportant goal weight that I really wanted to achieve for when we go =/0 -
Doing a 15 - 16 mile trail run, then eating whatever the heck I want. I'll probably log breakfast and whatnot... but who knows about dinner. I may be having too much fun to even remember to do so.0
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gotobedhungry wrote: »I'm only eating a piece of turkey, non creamy vegetables (if there are any, that is), and literally one bite worth of potatoes and stuffing. No desserts, no bread or rolls, no appetizers, maybe two glasses of wine. And that's it.
I've never really enjoyed eating at thanksgiving (actually, holiday parties are terrifying tests of self control for me), so I kind of dread it, honestly.
This is just sad.
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gotobedhungry wrote: »I'm only eating a piece of turkey, non creamy vegetables (if there are any, that is), and literally one bite worth of potatoes and stuffing. No desserts, no bread or rolls, no appetizers, maybe two glasses of wine. And that's it.
I've never really enjoyed eating at thanksgiving (actually, holiday parties are terrifying tests of self control for me), so I kind of dread it, honestly.
This sounds terrible....I'm sad for you0 -
I'm British so I don't have today as a holiday, but I feel sorry for anyone logging their calories today.0
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I wasn't going to log today, but automatically did at breakfast. That's it though.
I'm not worried. Been maintaining over a year, haven't gained weight while recovering from a broken leg (even maintained my fitness level except for left knee).
I have to get wine to bring with me to 2 places this evening.0 -
47Jacqueline wrote: »I wasn't going to log today, but automatically did at breakfast. That's it though.
I'm not worried. Been maintaining over a year, haven't gained weight while recovering from a broken leg (even maintained my fitness level except for left knee).
I have to get wine to bring with me to 2 places this evening.
I logged the banana I ate at 3:45. Everything else? Sorry.0 -
I did all the cooking so I put my recipies in MFP and then adjusted them as I cooked. Kind of crazy. I know its just one day but I want to keep my downward trend going. I made some minor substitutions when cooking.(half truvia baking/half sugar, no crust in pumpkin pie, no butter in stuffing, less oil on roasted veggies, no breadcrumbs on mac n cheese etc) I still had 1200 cal just for lunch and will be over for the day but I feel better knowing that I won't have to spend a week getting back on track.
Also exercise. In between cooking I jumped on the elliptical in living room....
Happy Thanksgiving!0 -
I logged my breakfast right now... it's noon already?!
Wow... I really slept in. 
:yawn: I'll be logging the rest of my day tomorrow as I have to type the recipe for my dinner into this thing. Fingers crossed it works!! 
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I plan to weigh and log everything, same as every other day. Being a holiday doesn't mean 'taking time off logging' to me. That's the mentality that leads to failure.0
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I had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner! 800 calories. I didn't gorge, everything was just so rich. I did all the cooking. Afterward I had a 40-minute walk in the sunshine with my tunes. I was just so full of energy.
I didn't have room for dessert, so I'll be having pumpkin pie for dinner.
It's just one day a year.0 -
I did some lazy-*kitten* logging today. Normal breakfast, then nothing, thanksgiving late lunch/early dinner, a beer, and then thanksgiving desserts for dinner. Now I am happy as a clam and cant wait till next year.
I'd say I probably ate 2000 calories between my plate of lunch, and my plate of dessert. Oh, and that beer too. Its just one day.0 -
Im gonna do a little light walking on the treadmill to help my food settle.0
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Went for a run this afternoon and then was active in the kitchen all day (which I find curbs my appetite). Logged everything accurately and still in a deficit, woohoo!0
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Lol....i think, with almost a 190-day streak, not caring what i log today is not going to lead to failure. I am logging stuff, though. I could probably have just taken the day off, but i actually set my calories for this week to maintenance and ate at a deficit until today, so i should at the very least break even for the week.
And i intend to walk to the gas station by my house in an hour or so and get myself an a&w root beer.
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I only went over a couple of hundred and ate and drank what I wanted. I didnt feel deprived, plus drank beer and had alittle piece of dessert.
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