How do you plan on eating right this Thanksgiving and Holiday season?

I will do a squat session earlier in the day - then eat 1/2 a turkey

I am going out to eat so there will be no left overs. Yeah! Anyway, my plan is to load up my plate with plain vegetables, and turkey and maybe have a piece of pie. I probably will go over my calories, but will be right back on track the next day. I will also eat sensibly for breakfast and lunch. There are always lots of reasons to indulge way too much. That's one of the reasons I got overweight in the first place. There was always an excuse. So don't use any holiday or birthday or whatever as an excuse to overeat. Because if you're not careful, you can think of an excuse for almost every day.

We make turkey, sweet potatoes (no added sugar), kale and red cabbage salad, lemony green beans and a carrot feta salad. Then pumpkin pie for dessert. We also always run about 6-7 miles that morning.

Not going to risk it*

I think trying to control eating leftovers the next day is a great idea. That will be my plan. Thanks for sharing

sstout02 wrote: »

Are you throwing out all rules this Turkey day I'm planning on it lol.

damn right!

I don't really care about the food. I care about the cakes and pies. I'm going to try to limit myself though. I'm not with gaining my weight back over the holiday season. I worked for these 18 lbs and I don't want to see them again.

I will eat whatever I want to in whatever quantity I desire on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. I may or may not log it. I might be too busy with friends and family (not to mention in a remote, internet-free area) to care much.

The rest of the time I'll as I have every day for the last year. With moderation and concern for meeting nutritional needs.

That said, I have a slight advantage in the "don't accidentally overindulge" category. You see, I'm deathly allergic to peanuts, and allergic to soy as well. There are *VERY* few foods I can eat that are made by other people; I just can't trust their kitchens to be completely peanut-free, or rely on their reading of ingredient labels (even made on equipment that also processes peanuts, or in a facility that also handles peanuts is off-limits for me). So that means on Thanksgiving I'll be good with turkey, mashed potatoes, whole cranberries, the salad I make myself, and very little else. Ditto for Christmas and New Year's. If I want pie, I'm going to have to bake it myself.

I plan on eating whatever I want on Thanksgiving

mamadon wrote: »

caroldavison332 wrote: »

I planned and iniput my feast months back. I won't waste calories on things like pie crust, or sweetened beverages, but will have a tiny piece of pumpkin pie. I will also eat pecan pie at the church bazaar where I can only eat one, and leave the rest of the pie there. No one eats it at my house and I would "have" to finish it. It IS a sin to waste food....

Waste calories??? On pie crust??? What language are you speaking lol. For me there is no point to any pie without the crust.

Truth.

I am isolating myself with pre bought snack peas, skype and other stuff.

I ate under my calories. My husband and I figured out what we had to have and nixed the rest. No turkey, ham steak instead of a whole ham... I saved my dessert for today because I would have gone over my calories with even a small piece of pie. Our thanksgiving dinner was approx. 4000 calories for 3 servings. I ate a little over a third with some things and my husband finished off the rest later that evening. No tempting left overs. (The pie should take a week to eat. I cut it into a small slices and honestly, I think I'll feel like the calories aren't worth a piece everyday, so if my hubby doesn't eat it in the next few days, I'll just throw it out...)

Good for you! I take food to my neighbor sometimes. They like sweets. I wanted to bake with my daughter and we made cupcakes. We each had one, my husband ate a few and the rest went next door. I don't know if that is something you can do with your neighbors but it felt good. I actually felt like a neighbor from the 60's lol.