Welcome to the quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

The United States is currently poised to consume a whopping

51,650,000 turkeys during Thanksgiving this year,

with each turkey coming in at about 13,878 calories,

which is 771 calories per pound of meat, well, that's a heck of a lot of excess calories.

And you know what? We haven't even gotten to the side dishes yet.

The average American consumes about 3,500 calories during a Thanksgiving meal.

And according to the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service, it breaks down like this.

The annual consumption of turkey by the average American is 16 pounds.

The annual tons of green beans produced

is 659,340 tons. The pounds of sweet potatoes produced annually is 2.4 billion pounds, and the total

barrels of cranberries produced annually is 7,600,000. Okay, sure,

not all of these are consumed in just that one festive meal, but an awful lot of them are. And when

you indulge in large meals like this, aside from derailing your fitness goals, some pretty scary health issues

can follow. Researchers have actually found that there's an increase in your risk of dying

from a heart attack after indulging in a hefty meal. Yikes! Let's face it, though, you are probably

going to have at least one big meal on Thanksgiving Day and likely another

one later in December, potentially along with some larger amounts of sitting on your butt

and consuming more alcohol than you normally do. So, with most gyms closed, what are some things

that you can do to maximize your calorie burning potential

and limit the damage from all that excessive eating?

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