optimized weight loss thanksgiving plan

​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.