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Running 26 miles . . . I don't think so. The marathon I'm talking about is my Thanksgiving eating marathon. I'm already training - trying to eat lots of extra food these next few days so that my stomach will be a little bigger on Turkey Day.
Part of my motivation stems from the fact that I was almost 8 months pregnant over Thanksgiving last year. Not exactly conducive to eating your heart out, when your baby is squishing every organ you have (including your heart), and you can't eat more than about five bites in a sitting. It's like having your stomach stapled shut. Except worse, because you also have to go to the bathroom every five minutes.
So, I'm determined to make up for it this year. I'm going to down food like there's no tomorrow. Because you never know, there might not be. Besides, 'tis the season to gain weight, right?
Here are my "keys to success" for Thanksgiving Day:
1 - Do NOT skip breakfast. Trust me, I've tried it before. It just shrinks your stomach . . . which is only good if you're trying not to eat a lot. Not me.
2 - DO exercise in the morning, if possible. This will boost your appetite. If you're doing all the cooking, that pretty much counts as a full work-out.
3 - DO take a very large first helping of everything. If there's a large group, you never know whether you're going to get seconds.
4 - DON'T worry about saving room for pie. In case you didn't know, there's a dessert door that opens up (and is still empty) after you eat a meal. It doesn't matter how full you thought you were.
Especially once you see this:
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5 - Make sure you get to take a nap. Stake out your napping territory early, especially if there's a crowd. You might even consider putting up a "reserved" sign.
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I love this. I'm all about the nap afterword. I am so excited for Thanksgiving. Hope you guys have a great day!
ReplyDeletehaha! cute Heidi!
ReplyDeleteBah hahaha you seriously crack me up! But it's all so true - especially the dessert door. Remember the one time when I told you that I used to tell my mom and dad, when I was younger, that I had a dessert door that opened to a completely different compartment of my stomach that was empty. So, even though I was full of dinner, I could always have room for dessert! :) Yay! Great minds really really do think alike!
ReplyDeletehaha oh heidi this is so funny... i get depressed to think last thanksgiving i was preggo and what the heck preggo again for this one?! just doesn't seem right does it. the nice thing about being knocked up for the holidays is i'm already wearing stretch pants right? hope you guys have a wonderful thanksgiving!
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