Thanksgiving Advice from UncleBod: GO CRAZY!!!

Several people have reached out this week asking for advice on dealing with all the temptations baked into our most gluttonous national holiday. And I get it; when you're trying to establish a healthier routine/lifestyle, a starchy feast like Thanksgiving can feel like Thanos is about to snap his finger and inevitably double your waistline.

If you're already on a steady routine, or if you're not temped by the stuffings, dressings, casseroles and sweet treats most of us will be faced with tomorrow, this post isn't really for you. Let's be honest - if either of those apply, you probably don't need much help anyway, you pretentious health freak.

So for everyone else, consider this your official permission slip to enjoy yourself tomorrow without feeling guilty. Eat everything. Take it a little too far. Fist-fight your cousin Jarred for the last piece of fudge. You need it more than he does.

And while this advice may not qualify as "healthy" in nutritional terms, I believe it's much healthier long-term to give yourself a break every now and then and wear those old crotchless sweatpants to dinner. You may momentarily regret going back for thirds, but aside from perhaps puffer fish or anthrax, there's almost nothing you can eat in one day that's going to make or break your health fitness/health goals.

Worst case scenario: you eat entirely too much, you nap all day because nobody can stay awake during a Lions-Bears game, then you wake up on Friday a little bloated. SO WHAT? That feeling will go away, and if you're so inclined - you can burn those calories off in a few days.

But the last thing you should do, in my moderately humble opinion, is restrict yourself on Thanksgiving at a time when we can finally share a meal with our families/friends again.

If you're so obsessed with counting calories that you miss one of your last ever opportunities to taste granny's homemade cornbread casserole, I'm sure you'll always find consolation in the fact that you lost 0.08 lbs. on Thanksgiving that one year while everyone else gained 10 ounces. YOU DID IT!!!

Merry Thanksgiving to everyone except Kid Rock! I'll be out of pocket tomorrow carb-loading with Mamaw, but if you wake up Friday wanting to burn off some of that turkey grease, you know where to find me (the green button thingy below).

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