Hello my friends. Once again I am hitting the road tomorrow for Thanksgiving traveling. Not sure which is worse, flying or driving? Since we’re going to be gone several days we’re going with driving. While watching the NBC evening news tonight there was a segment on holiday/travel/flying/TSA and how to speed up the boarding process. They call it:
Traveling for the Holidays? SimpliFLY
Here’s how to SimpliFLY your overall security experience:
- Pack an organized carry-on bag using layers – a layer of clothes, then electronics, more clothes, and then other items like toiletries. This will help security officers see what’s in your bag.
- Have your boarding pass and ID ready for inspection when you get to the checkpoint.
- Remove your coat and shoes and place them in a bin.
- Place any oversized electronics (laptops, full-size video game consoles, DVD players and video cameras that use cassettes) in a separate bin. iPods and other smaller electronics can stay in your carry-on bag.
- Follow the 3-1-1 rule for liquids and put your one quart baggie separately in the bin.
- When in doubt, leave it out. If you’re not sure about whether you can bring an item through the checkpoint, put it in your checked bag or leave it at home. Click here to see the list of prohibited items.
Moving right along to the Thanksgiving meal. In a nutrition newsletter that I subscribe to it said that the average Thanksgiving meal contains between 3,000 to 4,000 calories. That equals about 2 days worth of calories in a single meal!
I talk often in my blog about portion sizes and portion control. At a holiday feast like Thanksgiving this is when portion control is so important. Enjoy the food, but remember you don’t have to eat a full serving of all the dishes. The highest calorie foods should be the smallest portion on your plate. If your favorite dish really is the stuffing then pass on mashed potatoes and gravy. Yes I said pass! You don’t need to go on a eating binge to enjoy Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is about family and counting our blessings. It shouldn’t make you feel remorseful the next day about what you consumed, nor looking at the scales at an increase in weight.
Some simple guidelines that might help you keep the calories in check:
Eat breakfast.
Enjoy it all, but in moderation.
Include healthful dishes on the menu.
Slow down.
Wishing all of you a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Excellent advice. Now if only everyone would follow that advice.
Have an epic holiday
Stay safe, enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Elaine. There is so much family and friends to enjoy time with this year–that’s a lot to be thankful for.
Some day it would be interesting to know how you do your beautiful art. Do you start out with a pencil sketch?
Hi Elaine,
Thanks for all of your advice.
Enjoy your trip and have a truly happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday with your family! -Mike
Elaine,
Wishing you and your family, people and pets, a blessed and beautiful Thanksgiving!
Appreciated all your tips… and am especially going to note the flying travel tips for future reference. I am already organized and minimal in air travel… but loved the layering advice…for future reference.
We are having a healthy Thankgiving by doing a repeat of Citrus Chicken and personal servings, instead of big batches of food. We are going for heart healthy but tasty.
Love and hugs,
Beth
Wishing you and everyone you hold dear a happy, healthy Thanksgiving!
Here’s hoping you and your familiy had (or are having) a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and trip, Elaine!
~Nooner~
Gobble – Gobble – Happy Thanksgiving from Branson, Missouri U.S.A.
I want to take this time to personally thank you for being a part of Blog Quest.
With wonderful people in this world in which we live makes for our neighborhoods to be a better place.
We live on this big planet, in a huge universe, but together it is a small – small world.
Happy Holiday’s!
All the best for you and your loved one’s…
Greg
As always Elaine…Wonderful information.
And a happy Thanksgiving from me too! (still eating turkey and lovin’ it!). Tonight it’s a big pan a turkey pot pie. Hope your holiday’s a good one!
BJ Green – thanks for stopping in!
gotta love those leftovers.
Laoch – you too
Ottavio- wishing you and your family well in Australia
Grandalfe – I can’t draw stick men, I use paintshop pro for graphics.
Mike- hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well with your family.
Beth- ahh yes the joys of flying (not). Glad to see you’re still in the healthy cooking mode and watching out for those arteries
Karen- my dear American friend in Germany, I hope you had a great one too.
Nooner- wishing the same for you, how is that new baby granddaughter? Must have been wonderful to see her
Greg – my blogging buddy in Branson, so true that blogging has brought so many of us together. I have met many wonderful people along my travels, I’m glad you’re one of them.
Kirk - yum, turkey pot pie