8 Helpful Tips To Have That Healthier Thanksgiving

8 Helpful Tips To Have That Healthier Thanksgiving

Yes, Thanksgiving’s all about that great & delicious meal that you’ll be eating. All those yummy desserts and of course that roasted turkey centerpiece with all the trimmings. Who could resist those?

Well even if you’re going to be eating all those treats it doesn’t mean that you’ll ruin your goal of a lifestyle that is more fit and healthy. Here are some very good tips that you might want to remember so that you’ll be eating healthy during Thanksgiving.

1. Use lesser bread & more vegetables in your stuffing
Substitute a portion of your bread for onions, fruits (dried apples & cranberries), celery or onions. This 1 step alone will lessen calories that you put into your stuffing.

2. Add in more pumpkin
Pumpkins are one of the healthy components of a Thanksgiving celebration. Canned ones are high in vitamin content more than the fresh ones are. Go add in pumpkin into your mashed up potatoes, breads, soups and even in your pie.

3. Make sure you won’t forget your vegetables
Take note of all those vegetables in season and try and incorporate them into the Thanksgiving dishes. You could play around with beans, squash, yams and sweet potatoes and play up your dishes with these vegetables in season.

4. Never rush
Don’t eat really fast as if there was no tomorrow. Be sure to savor the food you are eating so that you will experience that feeling of fullness once you are really full. If you eat fast, you might tend to ignore those feelings of fullness and get to eat more. There is always tomorrow for you for enjoying those leftovers. So enjoy the meal.

5. Indulge fun and sporty activities
It would be best to be active during this season. You could go out & have that nice long walk, play touch football with friends and family or you could just ride around the neighborhood with your bike. You could burn up calories which will really help in reducing your calorie ratio so you won’t add those few extra pounds.

6. Eat pies moderately
Thanksgiving celebrations will always have delicious pies. Don’t eat too much pie. It would be healthier if you eat those pecan and pumpkin pies because they are lesser in calories.

7. Lower fat content in your homemade gravy
If you have a gadget that separates fat, then use it. Or you could refrigerate those juices from your turkey before you make them into gravy so you can take out the fatty layer before you make it into gravy. With this method you save yourself and your family from lots of fat in the process and will make your homemade gravy a lot less greasy.

8. Have lots of FUN!
Thanksgiving only happens once in every year. Be sure to have lots of fun with your family & your family traditions then enjoy the Thanksgiving dinner meal