5 Ways to Save Yourself From Overeating This Thanksgiving
Nutrition Diva
Macmillan Holdings, LLC
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Thanksgiving is this week; a time to gather with friends and family, be grateful for all we have, and stuff ourselves silly. Nonetheless, it’s no fun to push yourself away from the table and realize – too late! – that you’ve eaten to the point of discomfort. We'll help give you strategies that can help you enjoy this year’s feast without regrets.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, Monica Reinagle, the nutrition diva here with your quick and dirty tips for eating well and feeling fabulous. |
| 0:11.0 | Thanksgiving is a time to gather with friends and family, to be grateful for all we have, and to stuff ourselves silly. |
| 0:19.0 | Now I'm not really that concerned about the long-term consequences. |
| 0:23.6 | Because as I've said before, a single day of excess |
| 0:26.6 | isn't going to make you gain weight |
| 0:28.4 | any more than a one-day juice cleanse |
| 0:30.6 | is going to make you lose any significant amount of weight. |
| 0:33.2 | Nonetheless, it's just no fun to push yourself away from the table and realize |
| 0:38.0 | too late that you've eaten to the point of discomfort. |
| 0:42.0 | So here are five strategies that can help you enjoy this year's |
| 0:45.4 | festivities without regrets. And now here's Thanksgiving tip number one. Keep |
| 0:52.2 | the appetizers light. The traditional |
| 0:55.4 | Thanksgiving menu features a lot of heavy rich dishes, lots of starches, |
| 1:00.1 | creamy, casseroles, and everything is just dripping with butter and gravy, it's not a light meal. |
| 1:07.0 | Unfortunately, the pre-dinner snacks tend to be just as heavy and rich as the main event. |
| 1:13.3 | And all too often people sit down to dinner already half full |
| 1:16.9 | from the snacks they've been nibbling on all afternoon |
| 1:19.6 | while dinner is prepared. |
| 1:21.6 | So rather than filling up on calorie dense appetizers like |
| 1:24.9 | cheese and crackers, clam dip, nuts, and bacon wrapped pineapple chunks, try keeping |
| 1:30.8 | the pre-dinner snacks light. |
| 1:33.0 | Crispishes and snow peas with a yogurt-based dip, |
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