Thanksgiving: The Day After. How Did You Do?

This is the first time I tracked Thanksgiving, and it wasn't as bad as I thought. A little over 2200 calories. If I hadn't eaten pie and ice cream and had a glass of wine, I would have been within my limits. Turkey is actually one of the less caloric entrees, and I'm not huge on piling my plate with potatoes and stuffing, just took the minimum serving size of each. I also ate lightly during the day. 4 ounces of turkey is a fairly big portion. In fact, I had gone out to dinner Wednesday and had dessert, and my total was the same.

It was awesome. I have no real clue how much I ate (what I put in MFP is maybe somewhat in the ballpark, but I don't really know) but it was a fabulous day. We had fun, food and family and it was a beautiful day, so we walked outside a lot while the turkey was cooking.

600 over maintenance maybe? Got an extra long workout in the morning though. I actually did really well at dinner, what did me in is that I was up at 4am and I was STARVING when we got there at 1pm and had too much cheese. Whatever. I did much better than last year and it's all that matters to me.

The main issue frankly though is the leftovers. I'll try to avoid everything but the turkey.

I tracked... I ate 4203 calories. It's reasonably accurate. We started with a mimosa breakfast @ my SILs and ended with a pie course at about 8pm. In between courses I walked 8 miles on Danville's iron horse trail that runs through beautiful wooded residential neighborhoods.
I spent most of last week on a roadtrip thru the southwest helping my husband move back home from a job assignment. Eating right & exercising enough is hard when you're driving 700 mi/day!
I work from a weekly calorie allotment, so I just figured this whole week at the TDEE of my current weight & a lower activity level than usual. Stress free! I can resume losing weight next week. I have no regrets other than damn that too full feeling is uncomfortable, isn't it?? I had sort of forgotten how that feels!

I pre-logged and allowed for it, only one plate, didn't go crazy with the sweets (usually my downfall). Also, got in 3.5 mile run that morning to help bank more calories..

Dinner was:
Turkey
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Stuffing (1 ice cream scoop worth)
Green beans (the only "healthy" thing on the plate..LOL)
Sweet potatoes
Dinner Roll w/butter
1 slice of pecan pie

I didn't overstuff and feel pretty happy about it all.

Today, I'm ravenous
So my breakfast is higher than normal but I'll just make sure I get some exercise in and slow down for the rest of the day....

I stayed well within my calorie allotment. I find holidays where the main message is "stuff yourself until you're miserable" to be very good at suppressing my appetite. And please note that's not a slam on anyone--just one of my personal hang ups.

But I was still up 6/10ths of a pound this morning. The sodium in the ham, no doubt.

I didn't bother to track how many calories I ate yesterday. It was a Holiday so I enjoyed it.

hhof wrote: »

My day started with sabotage! My husband bought my favorite cinnamon roles, only 150 cal. but 6 grms of fat. But the day progressed as usual with a little lighter lunch. After dinner and pie, I was about 725 calories over my MVP plan. I weighed myself the morning of just as a gentle reminder of my goals and found I lost one pound from my previouse weigh in on Monday. That was encouraging and pyschologically helpful for the day, not weighing in today, just incase, I don't want the let down. However, I don't know how to get through the weekend with all the left overs of the best stuffing ever, turkey, gravy, yams, bread, pie, crepes etc.! Got any ideas?

If you weighed today, it would mainly be water weight that would show up. Not a big deal and it'll come back off. As for leftovers, just work them into your calories as you can. Once I get home from work I'm having a turkey sandwich and stuffing, and I'll still have plenty of room for dinner.

I'm ok with yesterday. Carbs were a little higher than I'd like, but still within range. I was 42 cals over, but I had a 500cal burn yesterday morning, so I'm ok with my overages.



Hubby did even better...



And we both dropped. I lost .25lb and he lost .4lb since yesterday morning. This may be the first Tday that we didn't both gain. Tracking food is so worth it.

I didn't care how much I ate yesterday lol. I went to the gym for 2 hours just to ensure if I ate the 4000 I expected I would that I wouldn't feel badly. Then when the meal came and I ate and logged it, turned out to be about 1700. Not bad I ate at maintanence for the day. Quite pleased.
Now for today I want some leftovers

I ran in the morning and ate a little bit less than I maybe wanted to (I did eat two desserts, though, haha) so I was under my calories, but my carbs and sugar were much higher than usual, which is fine..it's a holiday!

Exactly as planned. Single servings, no seconds, skipped the high calorie stuff that I don't love. Had slivers of pie for dessert. Great workout that morning and sweet potato casserole for breakfast this am.

Tblackdogs wrote: »

I give MFP all the credit for a good day yesterday. I had planned ahead, actually pre-logging both food and exercise. I started the day with a big workout, ate a light brunch and then ate exactly what I wanted at the big meal! I didn't feel deprived at all, felt a little stuffed (which is a good reminder why you shouldn't pig out) and basically stayed within my goal. This season has many challenging days when you're trying to lose weight but having the tools here makes it easy!

I have to say "ditto" to this.

The only difference is that I did eat way more carbs than I am used to, was slightly over my goal and actually felt a lot stuffed. It was a good learning experience for the future, though, because now I know that I really can't eat like I used to. I'll make even better choices for myself next time!

I feel very much in control with the leftovers in my fridge now. I'm back to my regular routine of weighing my food and eating what I like in within my limits.

I came in at about 300 calories over my goal, which is maintenance now. I thought it would be more, and maybe it was since it was all estimated. But I'm still under my weekly goal, barely. Tomorrow is going to be tough as we're traveling so eating out at least twice and not much activity.

after logging everything last night and estimating as good as i could, i did not do too bad i think. i did switch to maintenance calories on monday for the rest of the year, so i only went over by 481 calories.. going over was definitely expected but, what was not expected was me not even bothering with the pies, pumpkin cheesecake and eggnog..