5 tasty ways to diet on Thanksgiving plus a pumpkin ice cream recipe you'll love

Are you sending out an SOS for your diet this Thanksgiving? Relax -- and savor the day PLUS stay on your diet with these 5 tasty tricks, including a sugar-free pumpkin ice cream recipe you'll love:

1. Eat breakfast. Try a hard-boiled egg or half cup of cottage cheese mixed with half a cup of chopped-up apple. Protein will keep you satisfied and prevent the starve-and-then-binge trap.
2. Exercise. Get out of the house and go for a brisk walk -- invite friends, family, and the dog. They'll benefit - and you'll feel more motivated to stay on your diet.
3. Prepare a large veggie platter -- carrots, radish, raw zucchini, celery sticks, mushrooms, and top it with black olives (lower in calories than green). A fat reducing overview can help you construct a clear describe of what you require to focus on to achieve your fat reduction goal if you're a novice; or serve as a reminder for the ones who are at an advanced or more improve stage of their losing weight program. Applying are seven steps that can serve as methods for your own weight loss plan. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same. Many weight loss plans have fooled people into thinking that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss programs only work by leading to a person's body to eliminate more muscle tissue and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. While others are chomping on cheese-filled croissants and nuts prior to dinner, you're satisfying that desire to crunch and filling up on fiber.
4. Plan ahead what you'll eat - from the white meat of turkey (no skin or gravy) to steamed green beans, and plan one treat. What do you REALLY love? Mashed potatoes? Aunt Sara's homemade buttermilk biscuits? Eat right for the rest of the meal and then have one serving of your favorite food.
5. Desire dessert? Prepare it ahead of time. Let others dig into the pecan pie and pumpkin pie while you enjoy sugar-free pumpkin ice cream: soften one pint sugar-free vanilla ice cream (usually 90 to 100 calories per half cup). Mix with one cup plain canned pumpkin, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon ginger. Freeze, serve, and love life on a diet!

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