[Patrick Winter]

Since acquiring SFN over a year ago i loathe Thanksgiving. I Will watch as others down hefty portions of stuffing, mashed potatoes, pies, cakes and more. The ingestion of any of these high carb, sugar laden foods will send me into a full on flare up that will last weeks. I will stuff myself on Turkey (without gravy) and seltzer and be miserable - yet happy in my avoidance of an intense pain battle.

For anyone who relates, how do you handle a day like today?

[mrsD]

I would have small small portions of forbidden foods.
Have regular portions of green beans, squash, yams, etc, and the turkey.
I do avoid gluten.
I can't see how some gravy would be so terrible if you love it so.

We are having a ham, squash, a small amount of potatoes, and mixed veggies.(carrots, broccoli, peas-- a frozen mix), with butter. A conservative meal but still tasty for both of us.

Fats are nearly not so awful as bread, stuffing, sugar etc. These will spike the blood glucose.

I do miss desserts though.

[Patrick Winter]

Originally Posted by mrsD

I would have small small portions of forbidden foods.
Have regular portions of green beans, squash, yams, etc, and the turkey.
I do avoid gluten.
I can't see how some gravy would be so terrible if you love it so.

We are having a ham, squash, a small amount of potatoes, and mixed veggies.(carrots, broccoli, peas-- a frozen mix), with butter. A conservative meal but still tasty for both of us.

Fats are nearly not so awful as bread, stuffing, sugar etc. These will spike the blood glucose.

I do miss desserts though.

A lot of people load gravy up with corn starch and some sugar, my experience is not good.

[Cliffman]

Originally Posted by Patrick Winter

A lot of people load gravy up with corn starch and some sugar, my experience is not good.

Hi Patrick,

Happy Thanksgiving to you & the rest of the gang!

I can certainly relate to your Post as I just painfully turned down a home-made apple pie by two very nice gals I know can really bake!! My plan is to have 2 veggies and a small Cornish Game Hen roasted in the oven.

Wishing you a healthy Holiday! Also, since this is a day of gratitude I wish to express a special "thank you" to the monitors like Mrs D that provide so detailed additional info to the members here.

Cliffman

[KnowNothingJon]

My wife made me a vegan stuffing. I will indulge today. I am hoping for minimal backlash, but will savor the meal.

[caroline2]

I will eat small portions of what my daughter serves. I don't feel neglected at all in the food world. I've eaten and over indulged in T-days in my life that I could sleep thru the day but not ready for that one yet. I've eaten vegan T-days, eaten salads and steaks out with friends and have not cooked a T-day meal in eons. For me at this time, my stomach doesn't hold a lot of foods and that is good too. Who needs to fall asleep and feel so uncomfortable, been there. Life changes and years ago I had read or heard somewhere that one can consume upwards of 18,000 calories from the beginning to end of the meal --- drinks to deserts to leftovers in the evening.

Enjoy your day and small portions are best for our bodies.

[mrsD]

A little flour and butter is all we ever had in our family's gravy.
I've never heard of sugar!

Small meals mean less spikes so, small portions are best.

A special meal like Thanksgiving can be a small cheat. But a huge meal of anything on this day is bad for you. Might as well have some small bits of what you like...unless you think going off the wagon will lead to MORE cheating in the future?

I think historically the most toxic food at Thanksgiving was
Cool Whip and pie crust made with Crisco solid, and some stuffings....made with transfats.

I miss holiday cookies myself.

[mrsD]

Here is a funny photo I took at our son's house a few years ago...his rescue cat Tima was eyeing hubby's food throughout the Thanksgiving day meal...

Our son took her in from a cold November day about a year before this photo. She sneaked into his townhouse between his legs as he went to put the trash in a dumpster. She was surviving on garbage and mice and was about 8 months old then. She picked his place because she could smell the cats, I bet (his other 2). She alone would sit like this watchfully at meals, never trying to actually steal something...but her habits alway seemed to come out at these times. Back in her outdoor life she was skin and bones. But not any longer

[Hopeless]

Originally Posted by mrsD

A little flour and butter is all we ever had in our family's gravy.
I've never heard of sugar!

My grandmother's homemade turkey gravy consisted of browning some flour in a cast iron pan, adding onion and browning, and then the turkey drippings (no other ingredients, not even salt) and letting it simmer and cook away.

I guess the onions could be a source of "sugar".

It sure tasted good but these days, I just use some turkey drippings if I want to put something over my turkey. Don't usually even bother doing that. Plain turkey is fine with me.

[Hopeless]

Originally Posted by Patrick Winter

Since acquiring SFN over a year ago i loathe Thanksgiving. I Will watch as others down hefty portions of stuffing, mashed potatoes, pies, cakes and more. The ingestion of any of these high carb, sugar laden foods will send me into a full on flare up that will last weeks. I will stuff myself on Turkey (without gravy) and seltzer and be miserable - yet happy in my avoidance of an intense pain battle.

For anyone who relates, how do you handle a day like today?

Dear Patrick,

I avoid the temptation to eat all the Thanksgiving spread by not attending the family dinner. My taste buds would overwhelm my desire to stay away from the foods I should avoid. I KNOW I would over indulge (be super happy about the taste for the moment) so I found it much easier just to stay home and cook and eat what I want and have NO temptations to which to succumb.