Go Ahead! Admit It!

@marlina (154165)
Canada
November 26, 2015 5:50pm CST
I am here sitting at my computer desk not feeling like a stuffed turkey because this is not Thanksgiving Day today here in Canada. But I was wondering how many millions of American people tonight feel like they over ate and now are suffering the consequences. Go ahead! Admit it! Just confessing it might help the food to go down faster. Worth a try, isn't it?
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Nov 15
I think for the first time ever, I practiced moderation during our family's Thanksgiving meal! In fact, I'm already starting to feel hungry again, so I might sneak into the kitchen and grab a slice of apple or pumpkin pie!
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
I bet you feel better because of the moderation. I wonder which kind of pie you ended up with!
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
@moffittjc I think I would have done the same thing.
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@moffittjc (118555)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Nov 15
@marlina I can lie and tell you that I just had one slice of apple pie, but in truth I had a slice of both apple and pumpkin pie! lol
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
26 Nov 15
I didn't overeat but I did have a good Turkey meal. Do you often overeat on your Thanksgiving day there in Canada?
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
I must confess that I did overate at some Thanksgiving dinners and I did not like the feeling after.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
28 Nov 15
@marlina I would imagine it would definitely not be a good feeling.
@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
27 Nov 15
I didn't overdo it too bad this year. We had breakfast and then I didn't eat anything else until we had dinner. I did have a little bit of everything but tried to keep it all to a small helping.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
Good for you Simone! Moderation tastes the best!
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
30 Nov 15
@marlina Yes it does and I think that I this was the first year where I wasn't miserable.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Nov 15
I was fine then drank a ton of water and now feel stuffed. I only had some ham, a small thing of mashed taters, some peas, a half a slice of pie and some topping, actually wasn't too big of a meal
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• United States
28 Nov 15
...sounds like you ate reasonably!
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• United States
27 Nov 15
I did not stuff myself. I always eat far less than most Americans. Still, what I ate was yummy, and I enjoyed it.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
We seem to enjoy it more when we eat in moderation.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
@ElizabethWallace I think if someone would know the answer to this problem, she or he would be very much sought after.
• United States
27 Nov 15
@marlina Which begs the question, why don't more people eat that way?
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@paigea (35717)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
I remember eating too much at these holiday dinners years ago. I don't do that anymore as it's not worth the discomfort. But I can always go back for more a little later so I still weigh more than I should.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Nov 15
I wasn't really in a position to stuff myself because it wasn't really my family but my sister's son's wife's family. And it wasn't as good as my family makes. Tonight at our family dinner I will stuff myself - totally.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
I hope the host doesn't read this!
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
29 Nov 15
I didn't over eat as i know better because if i do i'm sick the whole night. I paced myself and had left overs at 11pm later that night lol
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
29 Nov 15
Great job! You used your common sense and avoided being sick.
@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
27 Nov 15
Ha, ha, that's a humorous approach! I'm in New Zealand, so no turkey here
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@LadyDuck (459104)
• Switzerland
27 Nov 15
We do not celebrate the Thanksgiving in Europe. I think that on Christmas some Europeans eat a bit too much, but nothing compared to the US Thanksgiving.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
I know a lot of Europeans who live here in Canada, and they sure have a lot of food on their table when it is holiday time.
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@LadyDuck (459104)
• Switzerland
27 Nov 15
@marlina We have many different courses, this is true, I believe that some norther countries eat more than Italians and French.
• United States
27 Nov 15
We do not/did not eat any more or less than a normal dinner. We just ate different items from normal. Neither of us felt stuffed...not everyone is a pig at Thanksgiving.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
28 Nov 15
Some people are always reasonable with foods.
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
27 Nov 15
Over-eating Americans like the Romans during the Roman empire!
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• United States
27 Nov 15
Actually I surprised myself and didn't eat as much as I thought I would. I don't have that uncomfortable, stuffed feeling today
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
27 Nov 15
hmm! it is nice because we do not practice the thanksgiving day(s) here in my place, or maybe here in our country. But there is a cheat day, right? So maybe those who ate much consider the day their thanksgiving day.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
27 Nov 15
It is hard for most people to control their appetite when lots of food are just on the table.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Nov 15
That's usually the case when there's a special occasion since those special foods will be repeated again after a year anyway .
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@Juliaacv (48522)
• Canada
27 Nov 15
When we have big meals, I have learned my lesson, and eat regularly and enjoy the company more. That is where I'd rather splurge is with the visiting, it has less of a negative lasting effect.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Nov 15
Sometimes I eat too much..., but am willing to pay the consequences, its easily done to eat more than you should..... but recently I found it was not the food that made me feel bloated, it was the drink, whether it is water, or coke or lemonade.
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@just4him (307090)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Nov 15
I didn't overeat, but we ate in a restaurant and I think it was chicken gravy on my potatoes and I'm allergic to chicken and my stomach is very upset.
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@birjudanak (14319)
• India
28 Nov 15
here we also not thanksgiving day but we enjoy today like holiday because from morning done special breakfast and then take dinner with family,then go outside with friends and do shopping and in night take desert and enjoy full day and do lot of fun.