So I set my max calories for Thanksgiving at........
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ninerbuff
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3,500. And today I didn't go over. Like usual I only eat 2 meals a day and snack the rest of the time. Full enough now that all I'm having the rest of the evening is Diet Cherry Pepsi. Life is good.
BTW, I did weigh my food. Relatives had fun with my scale too.
Anyone else count today?
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BTW, I did weigh my food. Relatives had fun with my scale too.
Anyone else count today?
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I didn't weigh my food but used generous estimates (I've been weighing food for 11 months so I'm reasonably confident that my estimates aren't way off). I'm only 200 over maintenance, and I think that's pretty good!2
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2832. Done for the day. On the low end of the range I expected, planned for.3
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I did.
I came in at 1292 (I'm old and short) which was 42 over. This included banana bread and homemade bread . I saved all my calories for lunch/dinner. It's 7pm here and I think I'm going to bed early so I don't eat more:).2 -
Easy to go into the 4000s if you eat in abundance and drink alcohol.0
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I'm vicariously reading all the "How much/what I ate at Thanksgiving" threads.4
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Alatariel75 wrote: »I'm vicariously reading all the "How much/what I ate at Thanksgiving" threads.
Ha the new eat without eating diet.2 -
Haha! That's how you stay under on Thanksgiving! Right on!1
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I know my calories were way more than I would like... my family soaks everything in butter I swear! But I made healthier choices with what I had before me, small portions and a sliver of pie. Now back to work.... trying to hit a goal of thirty pound by Christmas :-D I hope you all had a great holiday!0
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Despite having cooked everything, for the first time since I started logging I have absolutely no idea how many calories I took in today. Might have been 2,000-ish, since the actual Thanksgiving meal was the only one I ate, and since I filled up on one helping (except for the stuffing -- that was 2 helpings) I probably didn't hit 3,000. 2,000 was what I logged though. It's a frank guess.
In fact, I'm still full 4 hours later. There's no reason at all to snack tonight.0 -
I went out and didnt measure. I guesstimated around 3k give or take. I planned for this all week and am not worried about it. All I ate today was the food during the hour and a half we were at the holiday buffet and I got in a work out before going.1
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I couldn't even figure out the calories yesterday. There were dozens of casseroles and dressing and goodies. Oh well. I banked a lot of calories earlier in the week and now I'll be doing 2 group fitness classes this morning. No regrets. It was a great day, now back on the wagon!6
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No idea. Don't care. My caramel cheesecake was life changing.25
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I counted and logged but it was a huge guess. I made almost everything, but there were also several things that I ate made by someone else so...I logged my meal at 1200ish calories, which I think is a good estimate for me. I'm very short and can't eat much in one sitting.0
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No weighing. No estimating. No logging. No regerts.21
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I logged 2000 for the meal. Probably close enough.1
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I logged what I made, guessed at what I didn't. Thought I could keep to about 1500-1600...Then my cousin handed me cider and it was all over.
I still wasn't too far over. 2250, but with a lot of cals burned for cooking & washing up and carrying crap around. Walking up the stairs with food stuff. Walking down the stairs. Walking back up the stairs with food stuff.0 -
Was doing well before the Pinot noir, pecan pie and baileys coffee. It's a new day!3
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I sure didn't. Nothing wrong with taking a day off. I was also so busy cooking and trying to clean as I went I can't imagine trying to throw that into the mix.2
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I was planning on counting and had it all worked out ahead of time on MFP but then I overate...I wanted the pies I'd made...and they were so good. It was one day. It literally was just one day - I've been on vacation in the dead center of homemade fudge by the pound, giant pizzas, treats treats treats treats treats and have been on-plan the entire time. So rather than my "just one day" being a week, this was Thanksgiving...a day to eat. (Well, and to be thankful...) So duh, I ate, LOL. And I'm not sorry, I won't undo 50 lbs. of progress this way.
Hope everybody had a fantastic Thanksgiving with lots of love all around!5 -
I guessed 1500. Even took a smaller slice of pie than normal, but probably went over by about 200.3
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