Thanksgiving Tips By Alice

The calorie control council has estimated that the average American could consume as many as 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day! Here are some tips to ensure that won’t be you!

✅ Do:

-Eat breakfast and all your meals and snacks as usual. Don’t be tempted to “save” calories.

-Drink a lot of water throughout the day to fill you up and eliminate fake hunger. Try drinking two cups of water right before the meal.

-Find out the menu ahead of time if you’re a guest. This will help mentally prepare you and help you decide ahead of time before you start smelling everything and making a bad decision in the moment.

-Wear something tight, even a belt. This will be a physical reminder/barrier to prevent overeating.

-Offer to bring a salad or a healthy dish. Make sure to place this next to you, as you’ll see that everyone will want some.

-Eat the white meat only, not dark.

 -Start with salad or vegetables; fill up at least half your plate with these.

-Cheat smart. If you’re going to cheat, do so in the right way. Have one portion of one tempting item. Have this sitting down and enjoy slowly.

❌Don’t:

-Have stuffing. Substitute with Melba toast or rice instead. Half a cup of stuffing typically has 195 calories!

-Have cranberry sauce from a jar. Make your own instead.

¼ cup cranberry sauce from a jar can have up to 150 calories and 17 (!) grams of sugar!

-Have pumpkin pie or mashed potatoes, which usually have margarine and other additives. Have instead butternut squash or a small sweet potato.

-Don’t have apple pie. Instead, have a baked apple with some oats on top or just add cinnamon.

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Wishing you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

 

Try this skinnied up version of classic pumpkin pie, perfect for Thanksgiving!

Mini Skinny Pumpkin Pies:

Ingredients:

• 1 (15 oz.) can puréed pumpkin
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, softened
• ¾ cup brown sugar Splenda
• ½ cup almond milk
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg whites
• ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 full graham crackers, crushed coarsely

 

Directions:

Place crushed graham crackers evenly into 6 ramekins

Place pumpkin puree in a large bowl. Add coconut oil and mix well.

Using an electric mixer, mix in brown sugar Splenda, almond milk, eggs, egg whites, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth.

Pour filling into prepared muffin cups.

Bake 30-40 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

 

Makes 6 mini pumpkin pies. Count each mini pie as a starch.

Enjoy!