I know we can’t eat too much food but honestly just the thought of all the food makes me feel kind of sick

Guess i will just eat some turkey and maby a spoonfull of potatoes, stuffing , veg

anyone have any ideas or real live experiencies?

This is a wonderful thread and I hope ppl will post what their reality was.....I had good intentions (3rd T'giving banded). The reality was that my band fickled out on me because of family stress and I ended up in the bathroom barfing twice.

It was humiliating and did nothing to enhance the festivities.

I hope everyone has a better story to tell than I did.

Mimi

This is my 3rd Thanksgiving, also. I did fine, until trying to eat a late dinner. I haven't had much restriction lately, so I was not noticing when I swallowed too big a piece of turkey. That was it for me! I had to visit my friend "ralph" in the restroom. This was my 1st experience since having my band readjusted in Oct. I only have 3 1/2 cc in my band.now. Karen

Banded in June. Already had 2 thanksgiving dinners and have one more to go. Still used my diary and trying to stay under calorie goal but won't beat myself up if I go over.

I put tiny teaspoon size amounts on my plate and ate very slowly. Ate a little of each thing I wanted. Really wanted the fried turkey but I tasted a tiny piece and was worried I'd get stuck on it if it was too dry.

But I enjoyed myself and time with family. Going to do it again on Saturday. Gym was closed today so going to work out tomorrow morning.

Happy thanksgiving everyone.

So sorry to hear that Mimi.

I dealt with that the other night, stuck on a meatball that I wolfed down.

Hope your weekend gets better.

Today was my first time eating on a big plate since surgery last Feb. I was so surprised at how little I was eating. I have gotten so used to eating off of little saucer plates that when I put my small amount of food on my big plate, it still looked small but I sure couldn't eat as much as my eyes thought I could. That was such a good feeling.

Ate off my salad plate although it had more on it than a normal day. I couldn't eat it all. Then waited a while and had a sliver of pecan pie. Later on I had a mimosa and it made me sick and I had to visit the bathroom but only dry heaved. I should have left that off as I was doing fine until then. Other than that, all was good.

I didnt eat Thanksgiving dinner (working) but I had breakfast at IHOP this morning...yeesh!!! lol

I had a couple of bites of turkey, 1 bite of cranberries, 3 bites of mashed potatoes, & 4 bites of peacan pie for lunch. About 4 bites of pumpkin pie in the afternoon. For supper I had 3 oz of chicken breat with roasted red pepper & avacado. I pretty much eat an avacado every day b/c it helps me get more calories in, plusi love them! .Lol. I've been sticking to soup mostly lately so I kinda just nibbled

I had coffee in the early morning. Late morning I had a small piece of pumpkin pie. At about 1pm I had a glass of white wine, then on a salad plate I had about a tablespoon or 2 of potatoes, 2 T. green beens with velveeta, a bit of yams and a bit of cranberry sauce. Then I went and stood in line at Toys-R-Us for 3 hours for the early black friday sale ..... drank a cup of coffee on the way .....ate a bag of M&Ms while in line (bad girl) ................drank a small ready made yogurt smoothie at 12:45am ......off to bed now

I only ate one piece of turkey and a scoop of stuffing. If I didn't need the protein I would have skipped the turkey and just had my scoop of stuffing. Turkey tastes too much like chicken and I get that all the time. The stuffing was awesome though!!! Just amazing to me what I ate in the past compared to yesterday. But didn't feel deprived because I went away from the table full. My husband was on his second plate and I hadn't even finished my little plate. Feels good.

I looked up the calories on everything, so I would know what I could have..

4 oz. Turkey, 1/4 cup Gravy, 1/4 cup Mashed Potatoes, and 1/2 cup of stuffing.

This was more then enough for me.

So I put my fork down, let it settle, then finished up.

It was a Delicious dinner. Hope everyone was able to enjoy something.

Thank you, Kitty, yeah meatballs are no fun when stuck, either!!!!

Hummingbird you crack me up so I had P pie for breakfast, too, and it is awesome, LOL...and a vegetable serving in my book!!!!

I am so happy that most ppl did well on following their plan and it is fun seeing what ppl eat. Since dinner was at my sister's I am not faced with leftover temptations, which is a mixed blessing because the turkey was the best in years!!! My sis sent me home with a huge loaf of my beloved banana bread and I have real butter left from baking....I am in trouble...I better call my trainer for an extra workout, LOL, she is on speed dial!!!

Mimi

For dinner I filled up my plate with a sample of everything I wanted, covered it with gravy. Ate NO TURKEY, have chicken 4 days a week so I wanted the other things. Did not measure or weigh anything. Plate looked mighty full. Started with the mashed potatoes and stuffing.

Let the band do it's job, ate a very small portion, left much of it on the plate.

Had 1 beer, and 3-4 glasses of wine. Also had a coffee with apple pie dessert. Only the filling, crust is on my "Do not eat or else!" list.

Got up and went to the gym at 6am this morning, weighed myself and lost 1.5 Lbs!

^{I'm down a pound too! Even after the M&Ms at TOYS-R-US! Gotta love the band!}

I had a serving of turkey, brussel sprouts and homemade cranberry sauce (my fav!) first. Then I had a small portion of mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing. Did not finish it. I made a low carb strawberry dessert (we're not big pumpkin pie eaters) and enjoyed it while watching a movie later in the evening.

I also indulged in 2 glasses of wine. My first since pre-surgery diet. It was definately the highlight!

I felt good after dinner. Not grossly stuffed.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - - I love my band.