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Thanksgiving calorie goal?

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  • purplefizzy
    purplefizzy Posts: 594 Member
    Nontraditional family, made a produce-filled Spiced mole-ish soup-type instapot situation.
    Perfect for a chilly day spent walking hills :)
    I don’t like ‘chasing’ big meals anymore. I used to work out till I was blue to ‘burn off’ meals that sorta left me feeling awful anyway.
    Now I’m the resident weirdo food wise in every way but I no longer feel like I need to pre-dig a hole or spend a few days unburying myself and stay pretty even.
    Was just more work, for me, to either get ahead of or chase food occasions.
    But I’d probably behave differently if I had a traditional family situation that involved sharing in big collaborative meals. Then I might take the hit to get to ‘try’ stuff.
  • beautyonthebeach83
    beautyonthebeach83 Posts: 99 Member
    In the past I’ve easily logged 2k+ just for the one meal alone, so this isn’t too bad on my whole day. I ate loads of veggies, egg whites & chicken sausage for breakfast so I wouldn’t be starving , and we had the big meal at 3. I only had one little dessert, and then a small plate of mostly protein leftovers this evening before closing out the diary. 👍🏼 I didn’t get “Thanksgiving full” which is good because I hate that feeling. 🥴
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,130 Member
    Skipped breakfast because of time constraints (had to get on the road). Well, I did make 3 cups of black coffee to take on the drive.

    Lunch was assorted appetizers and about 8 oz. of beer, for about 650 calories.

    Dinner was traditional turkey and sides. I had fairly small servings of just about everything, and no seconds, plus a little wine and a small slice of pumpkin pie, for around 1450 calories.

    Had a 100-calorie bag of microwave popcorn in the evening, because I was hungry.

    Finished the day just a smidge below maintenance, which is I think the lowest-calorie Thanksgiving I've had in the six years since I started logging on MFP. But I tasted everything I wanted and enjoyed everything I ate.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    ellie117 wrote: »
    I cannot even fathom what 7,000 calories in food looks like! If that fits your goals, that's great. But my deficit/maintenance are both under 2000 so I hope to stick to ~2k tomorrow by fasting until dinner at 4pm.

    Surprisingly little volume-wise if it is calorically dense.

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    debtay123 wrote: »
    I will eat a small breakfast- then just TAKE the hit for thanksgiving- and moveon-- Friday back on plan- NO MATTER WHAt--even if there are left overs- no back on plan

    I'm glad I have a brother to absorb my leftovers.

    Ya, I love to cook and am so glad I have my brother (and neighbors) to absorb the excess.
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