Thanksgiving Trick
Your mother was a beyond excellent cook, so every year you looked forward to her Thanksgiving dinner. Normally you'd dream about the perfectly juicy turkey, the creamy mashed potatoes, and the exquisitely balanced cranberry sauce all November, but this year was different. After having gained some serious quarantine pounds, you'd finally gotten serious about your fitness. And you'd done an amazing job! For more than a year you've been working out regularly, eating right, and most importantly: watched your portions. Last year you let yourself "cheat" for Thanksgiving and sorely regretted. Your body was now a finely-tuned fitness machine, and gorging yourself on your mother's cooking had thrown a massive wrench into that machine. Never before had you felt so bloated and groggy. It took a full week and then some to finally get back on track. No way you wanted a repeat of that fiasco this year, but you also definitely did not want to miss out on the feast. The
