Eating Thanksgiving dinner.

I could be way off base on this, but, I'm up to here with how to "save weight/not gain while eating thanksgiving dinner" pieces on the TV and in the newspapers. It's only ONE meal.

"No more for me, Grandma. You just spent 5 hours+ cooking, and I'm not going to eat any more food that you lovingly prepared for us to enjoy. I'm watching me weight," Never mind that you'll make up for it and more with the snack of McDonalds on the way home.

I mean, c'mon. IT"S ONE MEAL. Ok, yes, don't copy the Roman's gorgoing behavior. But, that person who prepared the meal,or persons, for the most part, get enjoyment out of seeing you enjoying the fruits of their labor. And, making a full Thanksgiving meal from start to end is no easy task. Done it many times.

So, eat up, enjoy, and even if the green beans aren't quite right or the turkey was dry, LIE and tell them you loved it. And make some points, help clear the table.

Rant over.

Being skinny, I guess I'm incapable of understanding the phrase, "I don't want to eat anymore, I'm full."

When there's a Thanksgiving dinner in front of me, there is no such thing as full. Especially stuffing (or "filling"). I'm fairly certain that my stomach just vaporizes stuffing on contact, because it always seems like I could eat stuffing constantly and never be full.

I think i'm going to grill some ribs for thanksgiving this year.

I eat one plateful of food and not in American-sized portions and I am full.

It may not be one meal that causes the holiday gain, but that meal does contain poor nutritional choices that carry on through a person's holiday season and beyond.

Brian

This year I will be eating no less than three Thanksgivings dinners. Had the first yesterday at my grandfathers nursing home with him. Next will be with the girl friends family then one with mine.

Only one dinner this year for me, but I'll be getting leftovers from at least 3 others. I love Thanksgiving, easily my second favorite holiday of the year behind Christmas. It is so good to be home.

Sort of off topic.

I want to do a beer can turkey one year but I need to fab up a spacer of some sort to raise the lid of my weber a few inches to fit the turkey.

triumph5 wrote: I could be way off base on this, but, I'm up to here with how to "save weight/not gain while eating thanksgiving dinner" pieces on the TV and in the newspapers. It's only ONE meal. "No more for me, Grandma. You just spent 5 hours+ cooking, and I'm not going to eat any more food that you lovingly prepared for us to enjoy. I'm watching me weight," Never mind that you'll make up for it and more with the snack of McDonalds on the way home. I mean, c'mon. IT"S ONE MEAL. Ok, yes, don't copy the Roman's gorgoing behavior. But, that person who prepared the meal,or persons, for the most part, get enjoyment out of seeing you enjoying the fruits of their labor. And, making a full Thanksgiving meal from start to end is no easy task. Done it many times. So, eat up, enjoy, and even if the green beans aren't quite right or the turkey was dry, LIE and tell them you loved it. And make some points, help clear the table. Rant over.

you're describing a slippery slope for a lot of dieters. Tell someone quitting smoking that it's "just one cigarette." Dedicated people are dedicated no matter the holiday.

But most read those articles, take a snippet like "don't eat so much bread," skip the bread and gorge on the stuffing...which is pretty much bread.

Osterkraut wrote: But most read those articles, take a snippet like "don't eat so much bread," skip the bread and gorge on the stuffing...which is pretty much bread... only awesomer.

Fixed that for you.

instead of gorging myself in one sitting then puking it all up, i choose to enjoy my turkey and such over the course of the whole weekend in smaller doses.

we're roasting one and deep frying one this year.

Salanis wrote:

Osterkraut wrote: But most read those articles, take a snippet like "don't eat so much bread," skip the bread and gorge on the stuffing...which is pretty much bread... only awesomer.

Fixed that for you.

Salanis: Internet High Five

I kind of understand people who try to avoid overeating on Thanksgiving. Its the start of the holiday season and food just seems to appear everywhere. Holiday parties, treats at the office, food gift baskets can really add up.

On the other hand, on Thanksgiving when my wife says "Take it easy, you've had two pieces of pie today" I always answer "No, I've had two pieces of pie this week".

Yeah- Thanksgiving is a time of celebration. Giving thanks for what we have. And I am QUITE thankful for the that I can be a TOTAL fatass and afford it. I'll be having dinner at a friends place where the last major meal ended up being a communal/potluck contest to see who could come up with the best pork dish.

Mmmm, just got back from visiting my horse, who lives on a farm in a tiny community northwest of Mosport. Little wee church in the middle of nowhere was having a turkey supper... with takeout!. So, tonight I'm dining on turkey, stuffing, turnip, mashed potatoes, gravy and home made apple pie

My mother's favorite after Thanksgiving dinner snack? a STUFFING sandwich. Yeah, 2 slices of bread with stuffing between them.

To reduce the stress of the Holidays, I have long been in favor of eating out for Thanksgiving. If you pick the right restaurant, the food and desserts will be great and you actually have time to socialize. The only thing that you might miss are the left-overs and we have been known to make a batch of dressing just for that purpose.

integraguy wrote: My mother's favorite after Thanksgiving dinner snack? a STUFFING sandwich. Yeah, 2 slices of bread with stuffing between them.

add butter and gravy- game on.

It took me years to figure out everyone else ate white-bread dressing, I thought everyone had Corn Bread dressing. That is the crack of dressings, right there. Add the Gravy with it and it's caramel covered crack.

Sad thing is Mom isn't that mobile anymore, so I'm having to master it. Fortunately, my wife is a great cook as well.

triumph5 wrote: I could be way off base on this, but, I'm up to here with how to "save weight/not gain while eating thanksgiving dinner" pieces on the TV and in the newspapers. It's only ONE meal.

Thank you. I am having turkey day this year so after work wednesday night we're taking my nephew to see the balloons get blown up for the Macy's parade, coming home and putting some turkey in the smoker. My wife spent all weekend decorating and getting deserts together. The first person to claim they are starting a diet will be beaten with a drumstick

Since my son is no longer in the house, we haven't a lot of room in the house for leftovers, and I'm a shiftworker anyway (T-day is just another day, work-wise), so my wife and I have been doing a game hen T-day for several years now. We get a great plenty leftovers from visiting the in-laws. My MIL insists on making enough that everybody who wants any can have about any leftovers he wants. We all pretty much take home some pie and some turkey; once in a while MIL will talk us into something 'for the way home': we live about 2 hours west of Gramma's house. My BIL lives about 2 1/2 hrs east, in NoDak. SIL is about 10 min from Gramma, so they see each other frequently. On the whole, Thanksgiving is a good day for catching up with parts of the family you might not see otherwise. The meal, for all the hype and preparation, is a good reason to get together.

If you do hit the road, leave early enough for home that you're not driving all night getting back.