Thanksgiving Calories

I recently saw that a typical Thankgiving meal is about 3000 calories. I recently had the chance to attend a marathon. What do those two have in common? If we use the 100-120 calories burned per mile, then the two equate pretty well. So, to negate your meal, all you need to do is a marathon. OK, it's not that bad most of the time. Most of us burn about 1500-2000 calories daily without any activity, so if the rest of Thanksgiving eating is modest, taking a vigorous walk of about an hour will more or less negate it. One of the nice things about doing that is that walking with others can be both exercise and social. Try to limit what you eat, especially the bad stuff, if you can eat an apple or other high fiber, low calorie snack before the meal, you can probably exercise more self control. I'll be talking more about strategies to control holiday eating this week. Feel free to offer any tips you've found helpful.