AWOL - Thanksgiving Anecdote

On Thanksgiving, I usually spend the holiday with my dad's side of the family and my mom's side of the family. My parent's, my sister and I would drive to Dumont, New Jersey to visit my dad's side where most of the food is homemade cooking. We would stay there from 12pm-4pm. After four hours, my family, just the four of us, would travel all the way to Nanuet, New York where my mom's side of the family lives. Over there, most of the food was bought from the store, where the food was already made.

This year none of that actually happened. This time on Thanksgiving, my family only visited my mom's side, where I surprisingly did not eat as much- which is not common for the 'average American'.

According to the New York Times, "The average American consumes about 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat throughout Thanksgiving Day". On Thanksgiving day, the most i probably ate was a dollop of mashed potatoes, a small slice of turkey, that I didn't even touch, and a small square of lasagna.

Americans consume a great amount of food that their body cannot handle. One of the major concerns in the American way of living is a person's own weight. By eating so much in one day does not help balance his/her diet. Though the food may be delicious, Americans are ignorant to prevent themselves from eating fatty foods--most Americans at least.