Thanksgiving Pledge – My Plate

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My healthy, low carb Thanksgiving plate: Turkey, broccoli casserole, cauliflower mash with chives and garlic and stuffing with sage and chives.

My healthy, low carb Thanksgiving plate: Turkey, broccoli casserole, cauliflower mash with chives and garlic and stuffing with sage and chives.

Last night the hubby and I celebrated our Thanksgiving. And in honoring the Thanksgiving Pledge I took a photo of my plate and didn’t have any seconds. Not that I had time anyway. I still had to bake 2 pies for the real Thanksgiving dinner we’re having at our friends home.

So far so good. While the stuffing was low-fat, both the broccoli casserole and the cauliflower mash were low carb. Everything was filling and thankfully I ended up only going with half servings of each side dish.

The real test comes today. But my strategy is the same — load up on turkey and small portions of everything else.

Don’t Want To Overeat? Start With Thanksgiving Day Pledge

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I’m planning to load up on turkey and keep the stuffing in check! (Image: An awesome Turkey with Brown-Sugar Glaze via marthastewart.com).

Check out the Thanksgiving Pledge over at Keep It Up, David.  He has four simple rules that he follows — no seconds, photograph what you eat, no grazing and exercise on Thanksgiving — plus a simple pledge to make sure he sticks to his rules.

If you’re concerned about overeating on Thursday (and who isn’t?), these rules can really help you keep your eating in check.

I would add no elastic waistbands. Stretchy pants enable you to keep eating. But if you wear jeans, you’ll feel it even if your eyes want you to keep eating. As my grandmother always said, “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.”

So true on Thanksgiving.

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