​Thanksgiving is an Optimization day.  Optimization days are built into jolie weight loss programs to give you caloric and macronutrient variation AND to teach you that within a weight maintenance lifestyle you can have foods that are not your “normal.”
 
So how do we Optimize on a day like Thanksgiving?  The Thanksgiving menu is definitely more robust than your usual Optimization day.  
 
The day before Thanksgiving is your day to eat foods that are filling and calorically low.  We do not want to go into Thanksgiving starving and to do as much walking as possible.
 
A Sample:
Go for a morning walk
Smoothie like jolie Beauty Elixir: protein, plant mylk, spices OR 2 eggs and a salad
Lunch: A salad focused on vegetables. For protein: chickpeas or fish/shrimp
Dinner: Sauteed greens and fish or lentils
Do as much walking and moderate movement as possible.
 
This will put you in an energy deficit without hunger.
 
Enjoy Thanksgiving day.  Let yourself Optimize with foods you really love and make you feel celebratory and happy. Don’t waste it on throw away food that you can live without or don’t even really enjoy.  Do not take leftovers home!
 
The day after fast as long as you are full.  For me, I can go most of the day after Thanksgiving without eating.  The heaviness from eating carb rich foods is a lot for me and I don’t feel hunger for quite a time afterward.  
 
Once you do feel hungry, eat lightly just to take the edge off of your hunger.  Do this for all of Friday and even into Saturday if you can.  
 
This will land you on Monday not too far off the mark.  If you like, join a jolie cleanse the week after Thanksgiving to finish the job. 

The key to long term weight loss success is honoring your non-negotiables.  My first question to you as a client seeking weight loss or health transformation is what are you not willing to give up?  Be honest.  What is it?
 
You will learn to lose weight with these 1-2 non-negotiables in place.  Sustainability has to be accounted for from the beginning so you can develop a thin-self lifestyle you can live with forever.  The benefit of having clear non-negotiable foods is it adds value to your program from a nutritional and mindset perspective.
 
From a lot of experience, I can guarantee that there is a way to lose weight for you even with your non-negotiable.  
 
Optimized weight loss which includes your 1-2 non-negotiables:
 
1. Promotes Sustainability - Including foods you love is the beginning of creating a thin long term style of eating.
 
2. Reduces Feelings of Deprivation - One thing we work really hard to do is to support weight loss without deprivation. Extra effort goes into taste, variety, and flavor because this is your new long-term way of eating. Banning your favorite foods, feeling restricted with no balance for your cravings usually results in going off the rails; therefore, your favorite foods. 
 
3. Creating a new relationship with food is at the center of permanently creating a new health status - Weight loss diets can sometimes create a mindset of "good" and "bad" foods, leading to guilt when eating something deemed unhealthy. Including non-negotiable foods helps normalize all food choices within moderation.  Mastery over food is the aim; not feeling judged by your food choices.
 
4. It allows you to enjoy things you love without feeling off track - When I began weight loss, homemade Friday pizza night was a non-negotiable. Experiencing it without feeling “off-track” kept me on track for the next meal. This puts you in a space of staying consistent and developing positive habits. 
 
The goal of Optimization day with jolie Weight Loss is to practice moderation - this is further practiced in Incorporating intentionally and wisely  non-negotiable foods -  crucial for long-term success.