Speaking as an older person who has
been battling his weight for decades, I wanted to put my two cents in
on the Thanksgiving meal blastorama.
According to research from the Calorie
Control Council, the average American may consume more than 4,500
calories and a whopping 229 grams of fat during a typical holiday
gathering from snacking and eating a traditional Thanksgiving dinner
with turkey and all the trimmings. Holy tamales! I've been eking by
on only 1800 calories a day for what seems like forever just in order
to lose a couple of pounds a month. (And, even that has been touch and
go)! A 4500 calorie meal would set me back a very long
ways indeed! And frankly, it just ain't worth it, to me!
This year, I plan to do something sane.
I'm going to forego the huge Thanksgiving blowout in favor of
a simple and sensible meal deal that will include the following;
I feel I could live with the seven hundred calories, just so long as I scrimp a bit on breakfast and lunch. And, that horrible sodium reading... I'll just have to live with that.
