Curious: do you track on Thanksgiving (or any holiday)?
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IIRC, I rough-estimated Thanksgiving and maybe some of the other holidays during the year I was losing (holidays came as I was pretty near goal), but didn't particularly restrain myself.
I don't think I've estimated a holiday meal since, and - now in year 4 of maintenance - I don't mostly even bother trying to estimate days that are extremely hard to estimate, holidays or otherwise. I log most of the time, and those rare way-over days tend to work themselves out. I log most of the time, including straightforward but over-goal days.
At this point, I've eaten/estimated enough blow-out days that I've figured out that I usually top out at 5000-6000 calories anyway (I'm a good eater for a li'l ol' lady ), and that the eventual scale impact will typically be a little less than the pound-ish or so actual fat gain I'd expect from that, after all the water weight and digestive contents work their way out of the picture.6 -
Nope, just enjoying myself on Turkey day!3
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For me, accurate tracking and consistent logging are necessary to my weight maintenance, made easier by the fact that I almost always prepare my own food. This Thanksgiving is going to be a rare away-from-home full-on food bacchanalia which I'll log using one of those generic "Thanksgiving feast" entries.1
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Christmas day and my birthday are not logged.. 😁2
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Try to log everything, but don’t worry too much about accuracy. Christmas Eve is the exception. We have hor’dourves as our meal, and anything goes. I look forward to this meal all year.3
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Yes, I always track. I just estimate though because I am in maintenance so I don't really care how accurate I am as long as I maintain long term right now.
I've never been one to stuff myself or go overboard on thanksgiving because I am not really a fan of most thanksgiving food. I just like the turkey, veggies, and a slice of homemade pie. (Christmas is a different story as I LOVE cookies, lol)1 -
I’ve logged in years past and it’s always about the same for me on holidays a total of 4000-5000 calories for the day. I track monthly at this point so even with tbat I’m still at a deficit for the month. I do a quick add of 5000 now and don’t worry about it. Instead for me I make it a goal to go right back to normal the following day and not let one day turn into the weekend and then eventually the whole season. I indulge on the actual holidays and keep to my limits otherwise.6
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No, I don't log on Thanksgiving or any other holidays, specially if I am eating out or not cooking the meals myself. I am in maintenance and I have a pretty good idea on how to control my portions.
I don't eat most of the holiday's food anyway because I don't care for most casseroles or pies, so that saves me calories. I don't binge either because that is not my thing and my stomach doesn't agree with it anyway. I just eat in moderation and I enjoy the food that I like, and the company of family or friends seating at the table.
Estimations are too much work and in my book totally unreliable.1 -
I track on holidays and vacations too 😁1
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I log it all...of course the dinner, etc., with others are estimates...I'm not going to weigh out everything I eat during dinner lol
I'm just curious of the carnage that took place😆2 -
I always log. In certain situations like holidays and vacations I am not trying to log accurately I am just trying to ballpark it. If you wonder why you should bother consider that any guess you make has a much better chance of being accurate than logging nothing which will be 100 percent wrong.
This is one of those times I try to find a database entry that is more generic but based on something. I will use:
wegman's - thanksgiving dinner meal
I will log 2.5 servings of it and go higher if I think it is necessary. I do not eat dessert so I think that will be a good number for me.
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My body still tracks, so I still track. Albeit generally a bit more loosely, and not paying so much attention to staying within my allowance2
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I've been doing this long enough that I can eyeball and estimate. In the past I would take moderate portions of the foods I liked, leave the foods that I didn't care for, and only eat one serving of whatever I chose. It worked for me. I've never gained over the holidays.
Also, during the week leading up to Thanksgiving I'm being very tight with my calories and not overeating so I have some wiggle room come Thursday.
Friday I will be back to my normal eating habits.3 -
I always log but it does bother me to do so without my scale. My in-laws think I'm weird enough as it is.4
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No logging for me during Christmas or any holiday time, never did, even when losing. I stop eating when I'm full. (in maintenance over 6 years), it seems I can do moderation well.0
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I'm eating about 100 calories less my usual this week, exercising, and will go over on Thanksgiving, but will track as best I can.1
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I do. Tracking and having a plan helps me to stay in control.
On holidays, big dinners or special events I usually eat something small early in the day and save the majority of my calories for that big meal.
Between that, banking calories during the week and getting in a good cardio workout the day of, I end up having a good amount of calories to play with for that meal.
I still enjoy whatever I want to eat, but I don't overdo it.
Sometimes I go over and that's okay and I don't stress out about it.
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I will log. I recently ate a Thanksgiving meal (my family makes a full turkey spread for all kinds of occasions). I have it saved in my meal diary. I eyeballed it during the last one and had to guesstimate on the food as I didn't input all the recipes but I figured it would give me a good idea as to where I am. I am going to try to weigh my food this time and get a more accurate count but we will see how it goes!
Logging something is better than nothing for me.1 -
Since I'm cooking this year, I'm going to do my best guess and log it all before I eat that morning. (I pretty much know how much I'll eat since I'm cooking) and just enjoy the rest of the day. I normally don't though when I'm eating at someone else's place. I also don't for short vacations, my birthday and a couple of other special occasions either. I usually go over on special occasions because of drinks & desserts but that's ok because they don't happen too often.3
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I don’t plan to track, but don’t really go overboard either. It’s just dinner with the price jacked because of the number on the calendar....0
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