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Holiday Calories - Getting Through the Holidays With Your Diet in Tack

Calories in a Holiday Meal - A Sample of a Traditional Holiday Meal

Use our tip column and save three-fourth's the calories on the following foods:

Holiday Goody

Calories

Serving Size & Tips

New Calorie Count

Roasted Turkey - 6 Ounces Dark + White Meat, Untrimmed

450

Roasted Turkey - 3 Ounces White Meat - Trimmed (no skin, no fat). White meat contains a little less calories than dark.  Add 30 more calories if you prefer dark meat.

130

1 Cup of homemade stuffing

400

1/2 Cup of boxed stuffing prepared with no calorie refrigerated butter spray.

110

1 Cup of Giblet Gravy

300

1/3 Cup of Giblet Gravy

100

1 Cup of Mashed Potatoes

350

1/2 Cup of Mashed Potatoes prepared with skimmed milk, no calorie refrigerated butter spray

100

Stuffed Celery - 1 stick

100

1 Stick of stuffed celery prepared with reduced fat cream cheese.

40

2 Sweet Pickles, 10 Black/Green Olives

125

2 Black Olives, 2 Green Olives

25

1 Cup of Candied Sweet Potatoes

400

1/2 Baked Sweet Potato w/ small pat of butter, dash of cinnamon, a couple of packs of no calorie sweetener.

100

1/2 Cup of Cranberry Sauce

200

1/6 Can of Cranberry Sauce - Jelled or Whole Cranberries

100

2 Rolls With Butter

300

1 Roll With 1/2 Pat of Butter

125

1 Cup of English Peas with Butter

150

1/2 Cup of English Peas with refrigerated no calorie butter spray

60

2 Glasses Sweetened Tea, Wine, Punch or Cider

300

Unsweetened Beverages - Unlimited

0

1 Slice of Pumpkin Pie With Topping

450

1 Slice of Autumn Pumpkin Pie

150

1 Slice of Pecan Pie

650

1 Cup of Fruit Salad

100

1 Cup of Egg Nog

400

1 Cup of Holiday Egg Nog

100

Grand Total

4,575

Grand Total

1,240

WOW!  We trimmed our mega meal down to about 1/4 the original calories!  

Click Here for Diet Tips to get you through the holidays

Click Here for A Sample of a Traditional Holiday Meal & the Calorie Content 

How to Trim Your Holiday Calories While Trimming Your Tree

 
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