345. I Don't Want To Ruin My Progress On Thanksgiving.... So Here's What To Do Instead
Hot, Healthy, Never Hungry
Lauren Hubert MS, RD
4.9 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, I'm sitting down for a solo chat about one of the biggest struggles women face on Thanksgiving: feeling like they're ruining their progress by indulging in a fun, higher calorie meal.
When you're in a groove with your fitness routine (or even just starting to see movement on the scale) – it can feel discouraging and frustrating when the holidays roll around. It's almost like they're designed to throw you off track. As a result, it's incredibly common for women on a fitness journey to experience food guilt. You want to enjoy the holidays, but you also don't want to sabotage your progress.
That's why today I'm sharing six things I personally do (and encourage my clients to use) to enjoy holiday dinners while honoring your hunger and keeping your body in balance.
By the end of this episode, you'll know exactly how to approach Thanksgiving — or any holiday meal — with balance, so you can feel satisfied (not stuffed) while still staying on track with your goals.
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Related Episodes:
🎙️Episode 261: 5 Ways To Eat Healthier During The Holidays
🎙️Episode 259: Thanksgiving Dinner: Tips For Overeating, Temptations, Treats & Food Pushers
🎙️Episode 125: 5 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Mistakes
🎙️Episode 123: Real Talk: How to Make the Holidays Healthy
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, my beautiful people, and if you are in the United States of America, happy Thanksgiving. |
| 0:13.3 | We are about to stuff our faces in the best way possible today, and I'm actually very excited. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm a big foodie. I'm a dietitian. I host hot, healthy, never hungry. |
| 0:22.1 | And also another personal characteristic about myself is I love food. And that's definitely |
| 0:27.1 | what we're going to be talking about today. I hope you're having a great start to your special |
| 0:32.4 | day. Hopefully you're giving this episode a listen on Thanksgiving morning so you can prep yourself going to the rest of your |
| 0:38.7 | meals. And even if you don't celebrate and indulge in Thanksgiving quite maybe in the way that me |
| 0:44.2 | and maybe some of the other women on this podcast do really a lot of the tips I'm talking about |
| 0:49.4 | today's any holiday indulgent meal, really how to go into it without honestly sabotaging yourself, |
| 0:55.9 | but unintentionally gaining back all of the weight that you've lost, which obviously is something |
| 1:00.2 | we want to avoid. And if you guys haven't heard the news yet, we are doing our biggest sale of |
| 1:06.1 | the year for Black Friday. We're doing 50% off. I'm doing an entire site-wide sale on all of our programs on our shop page. It's going to start tomorrow and run through the weekend. It's just for a few days only. So if you've been eyeing a high-protein, high-fiber plan and indulge this holiday season but not get too off track, I just wanted to give you a reminder that that goes live tomorrow. So if you've been eyeing a plan, it's definitely the time to grab it. Before we dive into today's episode, I also have a review. |
| 1:32.1 | I want to highlight from Kellias. She says, I wish I had started sooner. I'm addicted to this |
| 1:38.1 | podcast and eagerly wait for each new episode to release. Learn from my mistake. Don't wait to start following Lauren's simple |
| 1:45.4 | and straightforward advice for fat loss. I listened to the podcast and followed Lauren on |
| 1:49.8 | Instagram for a year before I decided to stop listening on the sidelines and join the group. |
| 1:55.0 | I'm happier and healthier knowing I full control over my food choices with Lauren's practical |
| 1:58.9 | tips. I am a fan. I'm a fan of you, Kelly. I'm so glad you took the jump, especially listening to this podcast. I mean, if you guys are listening to this, I know you know the magic that I try to convey over here, but just being able to have a place every single week to talk about weight loss and practical, realistic dieting and easy little things that you can start to do, |
| 2:18.3 | whether you're going out to eat, whether you're going to Thanksgiving dinner, whether you're |
| 2:21.5 | traveling halfway across the globe, whether you're at your in-laws house, or honestly, |
| 2:26.0 | whether you're out to dinner with your hubby having a fun night out. Like there are so many |
| 2:30.4 | opportunities every single day, every single meal that do not have to feel depriving, |
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