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Step 1
Survey all the food options available when you sit down at the table. Determine which foods you’d like to eat at least one helping of.
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Step 2
Fill your first plate with a reasonable amount of each food item you want to eat.
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Step 3
Once your first plate is completed and you’re ready for seconds and thirds, think twice. Foods such as potatoes and stuffing are going to fill you up fastest, and with the least nutritional value attached to them. Consider having seconds of the protein-loaded turkey as well as the healthy vegetables that are often served at Thanksgiving, such as carrots, string beans, cranberries, squash and corn. Having a second sampling of these healthier options will fill you up and give you more energy for the rest of the day.
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Step 4
When the desserts come out, survey all of the options and pick out the one thing you want to eat the most. Serve yourself a reasonably-sized portion, be it a small slice of pumpkin pie or a homemade cookie, and enjoy it. Don’t go overboard sampling everything; odds are, you’ll just feel the effects of that later on. If you can push yourself to avoid the temptation of the desserts altogether, then kudos!
Comments
StacyP said
on 11/26/2008 I'm so glad I read this right before Thanksgiving dinner. There are so many temptations. Thanks for the tips!
crazyjay55555 said
on 11/25/2008 but thats the whole point of thanksgiving! eating untill your more than obese!
Ransomed said
on 11/25/2008 Great advice but stuffing oneself on Thanksgiving and Christmas is sort of fun! ;)
ashapat said
on 11/25/2008 It helps to eat a small something low-calorie and healthy before I start the big Thanksgiving dinner. Then my reduced-appetite helps me keep my portions under control. I end up only taking a bite of dessert. My small something is a low-carb protein shake. The calories are low, so there's no guilt eating dinner shortly after.
Crissleigh said
on 11/24/2008 Great job ! Onw way I avoid over eatting and still try everything is to puut child size portions on my plate . If I want to try all the deserts I do the same this way I get to try it all and not pay for it later . I also wait about 30 to 45 minutes after the meal to ever touch desert . Happy Thanksgiving to all !