Ok How is everyone going to handle Thanksgiving holiday next week?

Any suggestions on how to handle this day? I know i will be out of control around all the good food!


Clarice

I'm working from 11a to 9p and packing my usual freak-food meals on Thanksgiving day. That should make it pretty easy.

It's all mental. If you mentally prepare yourself to go crazy eating bonbons then you'll do it. Set a goal for the day. make it realistic. Stick with it. Don't let your faminly and friends sway you. Tell them right away when the first one says that you can eat whatever today. "I appreciate that, but I have a goal here, please help me by not trying to pull me off corse". Something dramatic like that and everyone will let you be after that. I too have a 12 hour workday so i only have to beat of the office covered dish. Thank god you can pretty much gorge on Turkey breast and veggies.

Last though,

Eat a bunch of Celery an hour before go time. It will make it nearly impossible to gorge on the bad stuff.

joe

I'm a little nervous about this.  But my plan is to fill up on a big portion of turkey and whatever vegetable and then pick one side dish instead of 4.  I love sweet potatoes so if that's available that's what I'll have.  As for dessert, I'll try to just have one small piece of pie and not eat the crust. 

It's at my step mom's who fortunately and unfortunately is not a great cook!  Things aren't quite as tempting as when I go to my mom's, but what I do eat I end up not enjoying and it's loaded with oil.  She also makes awful tea and coffee (I know how can you screw that up?  But she really does!) and those are usually the things that help me get through dessert w/o eating cake or pie.

The other thing I'm nervous about is saying 'no.'  I don't want anyone to know that I'm watching my weight or counting calories.  If someone asks why I'm not eating more, I'm not quite sure what I'll say (and they probably will ask).  I'll probably say "I'm just trying not to do overdo it."

I totally binged; Couldn't help myself. Must have easily put on at least 1.5 lbs of pure fat today. I must have easily eaten 6k calories. Oh well, gotta work it off I guess.

Well I not only survived, but I actually had a great Thanksgiving. I can't believe it... after years of battling disordered eating, I was able to participate in Thanksgiving without either totally overeating or completely restricting myself. I was in a really dark place this morning, fearful of overeating or feeling restrictive & ashamed of partaking.

I ate everything I wanted & nothing more, even if it was a "traditional" dish. I received comments regarding both what I didn't eat (mashed potatos, gravy, my aunts' over-the-top sweet potatos that I don't care for) and what I did eat (seconds), but I decided beforehand that I was not going to let what others think affect me in either direction. 

I had 2 servings of delicious turkey, 2 salads with delicious roasted beets, a few bites of the crusty part of the stuffing (my favourite) & cranberry sauce. I had 2 glasses of wine, 1/4 peice of pecan, a bite of pumpkin and coffee with a splash of bailys. 

I feel totally satisfied (but not STUFFED) & when I logged everything I was shocked to see I was still under 1300 for the day (including breakfast!) which means that later if/when I get hungry I can totally partake in the "traditional" turkey sandwich (or whatever else I want).

Though I don't think I will ever be "cured" of disordered eating/thoughts, today showed me that it is worth it to fight for myself. I can be happy with myself, and I deserve to be happy with myself.

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

took in 2454; miscalculated my brunch pancakes BAD. Thought they were 413 cals for 3. In fact they were 336 for ONE.... mind you I had 3. F*&$*&@^!!!! I had my perfect bfast, my perfect snack, not too bad of a dinner, then I ate 3 rolls... but they were challenging me! those jerk rolls! Had 4 cups coffee (italian families and the damn espresso... arg!)

Oh well. I did Spin class this morning hella early. I came 30 mins early and started by myself. I burnt 2580 so all in all I am still running a small deficit. I will probably go for a quick jog or walk in a minute though... my stomach is so full I need to get some of it moving or I might barf. Ugh, all that sugar in my body makes me feel really weird and strung out. Does anyone else feel their hands or circulation get a little weirder with a ton of carbs in your system??

My husband convinced me, and I didn't need convincing, to just forget about counting calories for the day-so I didn't. Needless to say, I ate way too many things I wouldn't normally eat, but enjoyed the hell out of it.  I'd prepared myself by making my yams with Splenda Brown Sugar (no one noticed), made home-made cranberry sauce with Splenda-great idea, only 7 calories for a quarter cup-and made for just me, mini-pumpkin pies with egg substitue, Splenda brown sugar and skim evaporated milk.  Despite all that, I gained 2 1/2 pounds! Not to worry, it'll come off as easily as it went on.  I did indulge in drinking wine, quite a bit, some shots of Jameson Irish Whiskey and nibble a bit on potato chips. I did have vegies out, but dipped them in Ranch Dressing.  Not to ticked at myself, it's only one day of a year, and we all had a wonderful time, and everyone enjoyed dinner.

Today it's back to the routine, 75 minutes of cardio, full body stretch, 25 minutes or so of vigorous calisthenics-crunches, push-ups, etc. I'll figure out what to do about the left overs, plan on taking some-a bunch-to my twins houses so they can eat 'em up.  All the left over bottles of wine I'll leave to my husband. I woke up with a head-ache, probably dehydrated, and I sure don't want to do that again!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.