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Your Thanksgiving Cheatsheet

Nov 27, 2019

 


 

 

Americans reportedly consume, on average, 3000 calories during the Thanksgiving meal—and that doesn’t even include appetizers and cocktails!

 

You, my friend, are not the average American.

 

You are awake to and aware of all your food and you’ve planned your food week to include this one special meal.

 

Then back you go to your regularly scheduled eating plan.

 

You figured out when you’re scheduling your enjoyable exercise to balance out the stuffing and you’ve decided who you really want to connect with at the Holiday table so you can focus on family and gratitude instead of the pie.

 

Nice job!

 

To help you in your efforts, below is your Thanksgiving Meal Cheatsheet.

It’s a list of the typical Thanksgiving faire along with it’s calorie count.

Use it to pre-plan your supper so you can easily fit it into your week’s total and enjoy guilt-free.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

Thanksgiving Cheatsheet

Food Item

Calories*

Wine—5 oz

125

Beer—12 oz

155

Hard Liquor—1.5 oz (one jigger)

125

Turkey—white meat w/o skin 4 oz

152

Turkey—dark meat w/o skin 4 oz

183

Stuffing—1 cup

356

Cranberry Sauce—1/4 cup

110

Green Bean Casserole—1/2 cup

100

Salad with regular dressing—no cheese, nuts or dried fruit—1.5 cups

150

Salad without dressing—no cheese, nuts or dried fruit—1.5 cups

33

Mashed potatoes—1 cup

237

Gravy—1 cup

121

Sweet potatoes—baked—5in long

100

Pumpkin Pie—1/8 of 9in pie

300

Pecan Pie—1/8 of 9in pie

500

Whipped Cream—ready made—1 tbsp

10

*Calories from CalorieKing.com