Whether you are pro-Trump, you are pro-Clinton, or you are abstaining from voting as an act of conscientious objection to this year’s election, I think we can all agree that November 9, the first day post-election, will be welcome. Then we can focus on other things, such as Thanksgiving!

It’s coming up quickly, on November 24. You may have quite a few worries if this is your first Thanksgiving on the weight loss surgery journey, since your experience this year will be like any in the past. Even if you are a WLS veteran and have some experience with Thanksgiving, these kinds of dinners always present challenges with too much food, the wrong kinds of foods, and a lot of pressure to eat things you know you shouldn’t.

One thing you can always do to make sure there is something healthy for you to eat is to serve or bring it yourself. If you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner, you can make all kinds of healthy alternatives such as roasted veggies and casseroles made with low-fat ingredients. If you are going to be a guest, you can bring a green salad (dressing on the side) or a fruit plate. Stick to your veggies or fruit and some turkey, and you can do pretty well on this day.

What is your plan to make sure there will be everything you need for a healthy meal at Thanksgiving? Will you supply your own veggies, fruit, or Protein, or will you depend on the turkey and sides that will be at the dinner? Share your strategies here – we all need help to get through this day!

I am going to be trying recipes from here http://thenourishedcaveman.com/keto-thanksgiving-roundup/ and making some choices. Luckily the people I spend Thanksgiving with are low-carbers too.

I choose to have all veggies and a turkey grown by a local family. I don't do a lot of desserts. That helps.

Here is a planned thanksgiving "hack". Sugar-free lime Jello doesn't have much of a lime flavor but it is a pretty green. We experimented with adding mint extract and you would never know that it was lime to start. We are going to layer jello, sf cool.whip, jello, sf cool whip, jello and sf cool whip topped with a great local super low sugar chocolate that will be grated on top.