I just had to find out if anyone else sticks with their workout routine, even on food-heavy holidays. My husband has been working away from home for a while, and I'm sticking to my goal of working hard through the holidays for our spring vacation(as yet unknown)..
I have to say I'm looking forward to a good glass of wine(or two) on Thanksgiving, since I haven't had any in five weeks(think this contributed to the first five lbs. falling off,lol).
I recently heard someone complain that their gym would be closed that day, and they were really frustrated about it. Anyway, might be a fun poll to take. I have four more weeks left til my "big reveal". J.

We walk.
My exercise is stuffing a large bird , lugging it across the room and sticking it into an oven.
Peeling dozens of vegetables for various dishes.
Mashing potatoes into creaminess.
Whipping this and stirring that.
Enough of a work out for me

We walk in the morning, and usually after dinner.
Then we collapse on the sofa and do not move until we stagger to the bed.

More info than you wanted ?

I think our gym will be closed, also. You can always go on a nice long walk after your dinner. I'm usually too busy cooking and getting things ready to exercise that am, but make up for it later on.

Happy Thanksgiving and good luck with your "reveal!" ***kim***

we think about it, but, the thought passes, we live and enjoy ourselves.
Seriously, no we would not think of it but that's not our life style. We like shopping and tasting, cooking pure food to worry about it. We take care of our inner bodies and know good health follows, though we may never be as slim as some of our associates who do pilates or yoga and are not much fun to dine with. This is not an opinion of what you are doing. I think it's great. But boy, finding a femal friend who loves good food and not worry about her figure has become like an exotic bird.

Because my gym is closed on Thanksgiving, I will be lifting two twenty pound weights that look a lot like turkeys. I will do 4 reps of twenty and then slam those babies into the oven!

snort! seetheworld, we will be the ones with reeeally well developed arms at the end of the holidays LOL

BTW Jetset1, good luck with your reveal - it is a big accomplishment indeed

Excercise? What is that? :-?

Well lets see, like others,making the dressing consist of some chopping of onions, celery etc. Arm excercise for sure. Stuffing the turkey, more arm excercise. Putting turkey into oven, ah more arm excercise.

Drinking wine while Thanksgiving dinner cooks, hmmmm, more arm excercise.

Ummmmm, does all this excercising of arms count?

Oh yes, chasing dumb cats around daughter's house while they get into mischief, does that count as excercise?

Sure, I will excercise not only on Thanksgiving morning but all day.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Here in Honolulu we have a fun run called a Turkey Trot--10 miles. It starts at 7 a.m. at Kapiolani Bandstand (registration is at 6 or 630?) and costs just $2. The fun thing about it is, you have to predict your time before the start of the run and they don't allow watches on the course. At the end, you win prizes based on how close you were to predicting your time, not so much on the speed.

It's also a fun way to work off the calories before you do the damage!

Turkey trot...interesting. I am participating in the shopping cart derby and hoping that my finish time will be under an hour!

groan, seetheworld I will be in that derby too

Happy thanksgiving to you too, Loveitaly, and to all that are leaving to somewhere to celebrate; my best to you. Those of us who will not be travelling can play some more.

Yeah, I knew this would get some comical responses(from lifting turkeys to a 12 oz.), but all in good humor.
I agree that wonderfully prepared food is too good to pass up, and I like to have a little bit of everything.
I'm looking forward to my special pumpkin pie(recipe found in Bon Appetit years ago), which has, besides a wonderful creamy filling, apricot preserves on the bottom.. oh, it is heavenly!!

jetset check if there are any races in your city.

Hubby and I have been running the 8 mile turkey trot here in Dallas for the last several years - some 20,000 + people turn up for the 8 mile and the 5k race. Kids, stroller dogs all allowed - people silly and costumes turkey hats - it's a lot of fun.

It's a nice tradition and a good workout to boot!

Happy Thanksgiving Mimi!!! Truly hope you and your love ones have a beautiful day. And none of us will worry about calories or cholestral or anything hopefully.

Lets just all give thanks for our blessings including our wonderful and caring friends.

Now that sounds like fun!!!

I meant people in silly turkey hats and costumes

So glad to hear that Indie. For a moment I thought you and your husband were chasing those poor turkeys!

indie, the only races here are to Fred Meyer the day after Thankgsgiving to stock up on half priced socks at 6 am!
No, I'm joking, we actually do have 5k races and Walk for Heart events, and plentiful winter rec.(skiing,dog mushing). I do most of my running on my treadmill however- just haven't transitioned to outdoor running(gotta dodge the bears and moose in Alaska).
Anyhoo.. just to liven things up, here is:
The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie
8 servings
Crust
Buy a pre-made crust or 1/4 c. all purpose flour
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter(1 stick) butter, cut into pieces
3 T. whipping cream

Filling

3/4 c. sugar
1 T. packed golden brown sugar
1 T. cornstarch
2 tsp. ground cinammon
3/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp.(generous) salt
1 16 oz. can solid pack pumpkin
3/4 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. whipping cream
3 large eggs, beaten to blend

1/4 c. apricot preserves

Crust: Preheat oven to 350. Blend first three ingredients in processor until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cream and process until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball: flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic: chill 15 minutes.
Roll out dough on floured surface to 14" round. Transfer dough to 9" glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 1 inch. Fold overhang under. Make cut in crust edge at 1/2 inch intervals. Bend alternate edge pieces inward. Freeze 15 minutes.
Line crust with foil, pressing firmly. Bake until sides are set, about 10 minutes. Remove foil. Bake crust until pale brown, about 10 minutes more. Reduce oven temp. to 325 F.

For Filling:
Using whisk, mix first six ingredients in bowl until no lumps remain. Blend in pumpkin, whipping cream, sour cream and eggs.
Spread preserves over crust: pour in filling. Bake until filling puffs at edges and center is almost set, about 55 minutes. Cool on rack. Cover: chill until cold.(Can be made one day ahead).

Oh dear.. rereading my recipe, I made a mistake.. instead of the 1/2 c. whipping cream, it should be sour cream! The whipping cream is 3/4 c. as indicated. Sorry for the confusion. It is truly an indulgent dessert.