As hard as you work all year, you should enjoy yourself and your family. Here are a few quick pointers on enjoying yourself while not sacrificing your results.

1) Perform the toughest workout of the week on Thursday morning. Whether you do full body workouts, or you like to split your workout into pushing/ pulling exercises or body part splits.

Performing the workout before the big feast will allow your body to use the feast to it's advantage. A good portion of the feast will go toward recovery of glycogen stores and muscle repair- instead of fat stores.

After the workout, your muscles are like a sponge waiting to soak up all the nutrients. You'll also benefit from ,.

2) If you're hosting Thanksgiving and simply have no time to get to the gym, perform Eugene's 7.5 minute Tabata workout- it's a workout that can be done at home, and is stimulates the metabolism like wildfire. You'll also get all the benefits mentioned above.

3) Drink a whole bunch of water (or as the professionals say, stay hydrated). Keep a bottle of water (or green tea with some lemon squeezed in for flavor) by your side at all times. You're much better off getting those calories from food instead of drinking them.

If you're the one hosting and or preparing everything, it can get hot in the kitchen. You'll also be running around to stores and stress levels can get up there. Water helps quench your thirst and helps ease the stress. Usually, the meal itself will contain copious amounts of sodium and getting a consistent flow of fresh fluids will help you from getting bloated.

4) Eat the vegetables first in the meal. This will help cut down on gorging on the other stuff. The fiber fills you up quick and you'll be less likely to go crazy on the stuffing and pies.

5) Eat the turkey and other proteins first. There's not that many calories in turkey, compared to the to the other goodies on the table. Protein also fills you up quicker. (below are some more reasons for eating turkey before the stuffing and other goodies)

6) Try the green apple trick. Green apples have pectin- a fiber that takes fills you up, as well as a natural chemical that satiates you

7) Instead of the Thanksgiving Turkey, have tofurkey, the tofu shaped as a turkey.

Eat your damn turkey and enjoy it! Don't listen to the fun killing food police. Turkey, believe it or not is an excellent source of protein and does NOT make you tired. Eugene told us why.

Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!