Thanksgiving

Here is a typical menu at my family Thanksgiving.
wine
cheese and crackers and crab dip
relish tray
wine
olives and pickles and pickled herring
wine
wine
turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, three salads, green bean casserole, macaroni corn, dinner rolls with real butter and more wine
pie, cake and other desserts
wine
leftovers
more wine and more pie
One can usually skip a course or two of wine if you drink beer or hard liquor SOOO my plan, club soda with a slice of lime, everyone will assume I have achieved full time lush status and am drinking vodka or gin...no one will be the wiser. Since my dad's MI, we are also forgoing the green bean casserole in favor of sauteed green beans and we are skipping the macaroni corn. I plan to load up on turkey breast, sauteed green beans, olives and hit the relish tray pretty hard. The point of this is...go with a plan. Have the plan in your head, it makes it easier to stick to the plan, remember what the coaches say, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
One of the biggest challenges you may have is the family members asking why you're not eating this or that, or Aunt Edna trying to load your plate down with her "famous cranberry fluff." Here are some ways to avoid that:
If you have a family like mine, who sets the food out on the counters, everyone walks through, fills their plates and scatters to wherever the folding chairs are set up, its easy to put exactly what you can have on your plate, as most of the time, the first few through the line are done eating by the time the last few even get seated.
If you have one of those families who has to all sit down at the same time with placecards and watch the turkey being carved, your clandestine efforts may start to come into question, if you simply don't want to talk about your plan (which obviously works so why wouldn't you brag about it?) You can always put a few spoonfulls of the offending cranberry fluff, or stuffing or whatever, on your plate, stir it around and then excuse yourself.
Otherwise you can always say you're not feeling so well, let off a few Medifarts and no one will question what you do or do not eat....
My point is, your biggest challenge this weekend might not even be the food, it will most likely be people questioning what you are eating...don't let them dictate what you put into YOUR body, change the subject, toss back a club soda, start acting drunk and walk away....
Happy Turkey Day, Ya'll..