Picture this: You just ate your weight in food last night, but you open up the fridge to see a container filled with sweet potato casserole—your favorite. It is going to go bad in a few days, so somebody has to eat it. Just one little bite…No! You are on a diet!

  This is a real thing for many people. It is called “the post-holiday-diet-fail.”

  Thanksgiving Day, people eat so much food that they feel sick. The next day, they decide to diet. This often does not work out because leftovers end up in the fridge, begging somebody to eat them .

  “My parents try to diet, but they just keep eating,” Marla Mccord, sophomore, said.

  The amount of food that always seems to be present around the holidays can tempt people. The best way to fix this problem would be to not eat as much.

  “We don’t normally eat much on Thanksgiving, so we do not feel the need to diet,” Josh Clendaniel, freshman, said.

  If you cannot control how much you eat on Thanksgiving, here are some foods that are typically at the table and healthy:

• Turkey has lean protein, which is a good source of vitamins.
• Pumpkin pie, compared to other pies, is rich with fiber and packed with nutrients. According to Healthyeating.com, one slice of pie supplies 9 percent of daily recommendation for phosphorous and 7 percent for calcium and iron.
• Mashed potatoes are not as healthy as sweet potatoes, but the fewer ingredients added, the better they are.
• Salads have been the go-to health food for years. There is no way to go wrong with them.

     “Thanksgiving is one of the best days of the year because you can fill your belly with food,” Spencer Hayes, senior, said.

  Remember that it is okay to indulge in fattening Thanksgiving foods once in a while. There is always Black Friday to begin burning it off.