Instead of the traditional recipes, I am providing you with a list of "safe" foods you can freely eat prior to that big meal, (or meals) that you will be consuming on Thanksgiving. The foods on my special "fat burning" grocery list, can be eaten as small meals or snacks as desired to satisfy your appetite and help prevent you from gaining weight or adding additional fat to your body.

This miraculous feat will be accomplished by limiting the calories and the carbohydrate content of the three to five meals you consume prior to your Thanksgiving feast. By limiting calories and carbohydrates your body will begin to use its stores of glycogen as fuel. Glycogen is a starch stored in your muscles and used as fuel when exercising or when a low carbohydrate diet is followed. By depleting glycogen levels prior to your Thanksgiving meal, you will have made room in your muscles so that the extra calories and carbohydrates consumed on Thanksgiving day are converted into glycogen, not fat, and stored inside the muscle. 

This is the same "glycogen loading" phenomenon that takes place in an endurance athlete's body when they are running for an hour or more. The exercise depletes glycogen levels, so they have earned the right to consume extra carbs once they return from their run. And since the body converts extra carbohydrate to glycogen before it converts it to fat, the athlete stays lean, in spite of a high carbohydrate and calorie intake. And you will be doing the same thing without running 10 miles. These are the same principles for burning fat that are clearly outlined in my best selling book, The Fat Burning Diet, available at your local health food store (not bookstore) or here at jayrobb.com. 

Safe Low-Carb Foods to Eat During the 24-Hours Prior to Your Feast:

Lean Protein: (eat until satisfied)
Chicken breast, fish, turkey breast, 7% lean ground sirloin, egg whites, Jay Robb's Egg White Protein powder, Jay Robb's Whey Protein powder, Jay Robb's Fat Burning Diet Bar.

Vegetables: (eat until satisfied) 
Broccoli, lettuce, celery, asparagus,
Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, cucumber slices,
dandelion greens, escarole, Kale, kohlrabi, onions, parsley, green bell
peppers, spinach, radishes, zucchini and summer squash.

Fruits: (eat moderately) 
Strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, grapefruit, lemon, lime.

Avoid: 
Starchy foods, sweets, candy, sugar, butter, cheese, juice and high-carb foods such as stuffing, chips, etc...