~Happy Thanksgiving from Dani’s Dish!~
For those of us who are health conscious throughout the year, thanksgiving can be a rough day- we get extremely bloated, have tummy aches, and often suffer from a much deserved food coma. How can we avoid this awful feeling? Well, it’s actually quite simple. Thanksgiving is all about abundance, however that doesn’t mean we need to go crazy! The average adult consumes 3,000 calories and ~229 g of fat in one Thanksgiving meal! That’s insane. A 160-pound person would have to run at a moderate pace for four hours, swim for five hours or walk 30 miles to burn off these calories! Here are some tips:
- PACE YOURSELF. Try everything, but only small amounts of each item.
- Watch your portions and try to only fill up one plate if possible. If you end up with two plates, well, that’s ok… just don’t go for three!
- Try to think of this meal as any other—would you really eat three plates of food for one dinner?? I really hope not!
- Exercise the morning before the big meal. Even if it’s a small jog, a quick 15 minutes on the elliptical, etc. It is likely that you won’t want to eat as much as you would have if you didn’t work out!
- Fill up on the turkey and veggie side dishes rather than the creamy/high calorie dishes.
- ENJOY yourself and don’t worry too much… you can always be extra healthy tomorrow :)
