Thanksgiving calorie totals

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  • Dstny1957
    Dstny1957 Posts: 51 Member
    I too feel pretty icky. I think my stomach is rebelling against all this food. I didn't do that badly calorically, but I have been so careful and mindful about eating very healthy foods. This was just too much. The pecan pie did me in I think. I did the Turkey Trot this morning, so at least it wasn't a total bust. Ah well, it's one day, and tomorrow I am hoping on getting a fair amount of exercise in!

    Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, I feel very blessed and I have much to be grateful for, life is good!
  • suzzee2000
    suzzee2000 Posts: 85 Member
    I Had a fantastic day!
    Didn't over eat but ate what I wanted none the less!
    I Feel great but will get in some extra time on the Elliptical tomorrow!
  • Victoriav99
    Victoriav99 Posts: 260 Member
    Ha. My average is 1200 per day I went to the gym and burned 400+ and was 900 over but I don't care it was worth it!
  • blackhawkgirl91
    blackhawkgirl91 Posts: 223 Member
    A rough estimate of 2330--800 more than allowed! But I don't regret one bite! But my stomach was NOT happy for a while--I literally felt like bursting!! :laugh:
  • Kelseyyyy22
    Kelseyyyy22 Posts: 46 Member
    As of last week my doctor has me on a gluten-free dairy-free diet...and no one told my grandma, who was cooking the dinner! Don't know how that happened. So my dinner was a glass of almond milk, salad with olive oil (because she didn't have any dairy-free salad dressing!) and a few sprigs of asparagus. Yum....not. I definitely ate when I got home.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I forgot to add two rolls. Oh well. I wonder if I can go back and edit? Time to find out. Those are going to up that number considerably. And they were worth it, too.
  • SHDenver
    SHDenver Posts: 87 Member
    StudyingALot: I've found that red wine vinegar is a great salad dressing all by itself. *Guess I didn't reinvent the wheel there, but it's new for me. :)* I suppose you could also add some black pepper, garlic powder or something of the like for extra taste. That's of course if you like red wine vinegar.

    Hope your meal at home was great!
  • AmandaR321
    AmandaR321 Posts: 68 Member
    My Thanksgiving meal was only 700 calories...the desserts and all day snacking however, landed me 1950 calories over my goal.
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    1816!! Canolis and Cookies KILLED me. I planned on having one of each and instead had three of each. :(

    Find some self discipline.
  • silvergurl518
    silvergurl518 Posts: 4,123 Member
    I DIDN'T COUNT AND I'M DAMN PROUD :)
  • rentrikin
    rentrikin Posts: 104 Member
    My total was 700 calories. I just had a small amount of each dish and kept it to a 1-plate maximum. It was wonderful! My family loved the food, and that was all the satisfaction I needed.

    No one is remarking on the fact that this is drastically lower than normal? Or was this just for the Thanksgiving meal?
    . My thanksgiving meal was about 600 calories. Leftovers for dinner was even less. I measured everything and minimized my desserts. I was stuffed , I tasted everything and was not deprived in the least. It was all about portion control for me
  • Txnurse97
    Txnurse97 Posts: 275 Member
    Didn't track. Went nuts. Enjoyed it immensely.

    Now back on track!
  • Txnurse97
    Txnurse97 Posts: 275 Member
    I DIDN'T COUNT AND I'M DAMN PROUD :)

    Amen!
  • sheclimbsrocks
    sheclimbsrocks Posts: 110 Member
    I somehow managed to consume 2 beers and 4 cookies and still remained 127 calories under my daily goal and had a happy & full stomach. This is probably because I am strictly vegetarian & chowed down the veggies.
  • MaryIM
    MaryIM Posts: 159 Member
    I ended up at 1500. Pretty proud of it! I made cauliflower mashed potatoes and no one even noticed! Only 90 calories/serving. And then low calorie pumpkin pie. They were sooo worth it. Two of my favorite foods and it really cut down on the calories. The mac and cheese is what got me though!

    I've been wanting to try those cauliflower mashed potatoes ... VERY impressive that nobody noticed the difference !
  • MaryIM
    MaryIM Posts: 159 Member
    StudyingALot: I've found that red wine vinegar is a great salad dressing all by itself. *Guess I didn't reinvent the wheel there, but it's new for me. :)* I suppose you could also add some black pepper, garlic powder or something of the like for extra taste. That's of course if you like red wine vinegar.

    Hope your meal at home was great!

    I make salad dressing with the Good Seasons Zesty Italian packets ... using extra red wine vinegar and water, going easy on the olive oil. It's my favorite salad dressing.
  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    I went over by 800 calories. It was tasty and today is a new day. Onward and upward my friends. No regrets here. Only thing I'm sad about is that I've been sick for the last 3 days with a horrible chest cold so I haven't worked out since Monday and still doesn't look like I'll be able to today but I'll live.
  • MaryIM
    MaryIM Posts: 159 Member
    My total was about 2,400. I had never counted calories on Thanksgiving Day before and so was surprised how many calories I consume on a typical Thanksgiving Day feast.

    I did use the spendla blend when making the pumpkin pies and also the candied sweet potatoes.

    Today am back on track and am doubling up on my exercise (to burn about 1,000 calories) to make amends for yesterday.
  • justme84x
    justme84x Posts: 66
    all day yesterday came in just over 1200 calories
  • bllowry
    bllowry Posts: 239 Member
    Even though it was 40 and very windy, it was dry so we got up and got a quick bike ride in to start the day. I concentrated on the veggies, but ate a couple ounces of dark meat turkey and a small piece of salmon. Even with two glasses of pinot noir and dark chocolate I was under for the day, and when I did my weekly weight in this morning I was down 1.2 pounds. I'm very pleased with that.
  • lcchrt
    lcchrt Posts: 234 Member
    1816!! Canolis and Cookies KILLED me. I planned on having one of each and instead had three of each. :(

    Find some self discipline.

    Ever eat with a Greek man? lol You say no, they smile and put it on your plate anyway! Thats when I lose control!! No excuse but man do I love me some canolis lol
  • fatguyweightloss
    fatguyweightloss Posts: 145
    Finished with an evening snack to push my total up toi just under 2300 calories which is my break even point so nothing lost or gained which I am happy with. Even though I didn't go crazy with carbs or bread I still felt like crap and woke up with a sour stomache in the morning...so was really easy to go back to my normal eating habits to start healing the gut back up :)
  • maureak
    maureak Posts: 107 Member
    For the first time in my adult life, I never once stressed over what I ate on Thanksgiving. I ate what I wanted, but still wrote everything down (went over, but then I expected to). I know this is not a normal eating day and that I'll be back to where I want to be in a week.
  • dmouse0225
    dmouse0225 Posts: 104
    I was at about 4200... I didn't do too terrible food-wise, but the wine (and lots of it!) really added up. Paying for it on the scale though!
  • miam4nia
    miam4nia Posts: 137 Member
    i don't even know/want to know how many calories i ate....i ate so much food all day and weighed myself after dinner...i was literally 5 pounds more than i was in the morning!
    i hope it's all water weight and that i'm just bloated since i haven't eaten carbs for two months and then had a serious overload....
  • fatguyweightloss
    fatguyweightloss Posts: 145
    i don't even know/want to know how many calories i ate....i ate so much food all day and weighed myself after dinner...i was literally 5 pounds more than i was in the morning!
    i hope it's all water weight and that i'm just bloated since i haven't eaten carbs for two months and then had a serious overload....

    Every gram carb you eat will add 3 grams of water. Given other than the turkey most of Thanksgiving is carb (sugar) intensive even on a modest thanskgiving you probably have 1.6 lbs of water weight but also have to account for the weight of the food and wine in your system. After that has a chance to pass you shouldn't have done too much damage.
  • Barneystinson
    Barneystinson Posts: 1,357 Member
    Just under 2400 calories. It was awesome.
  • tanniew78
    tanniew78 Posts: 602 Member
    I had SO much food Thanksgiving day I tracked the ONE plate I was supposed to eat but I just couldnt stop. The veggie dishes called my name SO bad. Green bean casserole and Broccoli/cauli casserole is my fave. I just couldnt stop eating them. I managed to forgo too many sweets, turkey, bread etc... but the veggies got me. I think I was missing some nutrients because I work at mcds and I dont eat if I know Im working that day. And I work there almost everyday, so you know Im in a nutritionly barren wasteland. :/ Either way, no regrets. I NEVER eat like that any other time of the year. Not even Christmas. Sooo its all good. I feel good snarfing mostly on the veggies.
  • big_dog8
    big_dog8 Posts: 43 Member
    1900 (and i try to stay at 1200) had roasted oysters and steamed shrimp as apps. and bought a veggie tray to munch on throughout the day instead of the usual cheese and crackers......should have made the Sweet Potatoes myself ( w/ spray butter and lite maple syrup, cinnamon and a few marshmellows on top baked) instead of the Publix Sweet Pot.Souffle (all sugar, i'm sure) ...we ate at 3 so just had a protein shake for dinner later....
    i over indulged on the red wine but it was so worth it. (dinner was with the in-laws after all.) i was happy, happy, happy. LOL!!! (i walked in the am) and Friday, another long walk and drank alot of water and back on Plan. well, that's a lie, i had leftovers, but just a bite of everything again and more turkey this time. (after i saw the calorie totals, rethought my leftover meal)
  • big_dog8
    big_dog8 Posts: 43 Member
    i'll have to make the cauliflower mashed potatoes...can you share the recipe?

    thks
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