How Many Calories Are in Your Thanksgiving Dinner?

Before you pick up your fork, know this: The average American will consume more than 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat on Thanksgiving Day alone, according to the Calorie Control Council. Add that to the fact that studies show the average person gains an average of 10 pounds during the holiday season, and well, you get the picture.

So rather than be a statistic, know the facts and arm yourself with information about what you're eating—and how much of your favorite food will set you over the edge when you hop on the scale. Read on for the calorie details >>

Serving Size: 2 large spoonfuls (about 1 cup)
Calories = 350
Fat = 17 grams

About the same as eating:
1 chili cheese dog

Fun Fact: About 60 million boxes of Stove Top Stuffing are sold on Thanksgiving, according to Kraft foods.

Serving Size: 4 slices (3/8 inch thick)
Calories = 320
Fat = 12 grams

About the same as eating:
1 McDonald’s Grilled Honey Mustard Snack Wrap and Side Salad

Fun Fact: More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten every year at Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Serving Size: 3 small ladles-full (about 1/2 cup)
Calories = 100
Fat = 8 grams

About the same as eating:
4 heaping tablespoons of guacamole

Fun Fact: Fear of lumpy gravy is common. The two main reasons gravy gets lumpy can both happen during the thickening process: 1) adding flour directly to gravy and 2) adding liquid to a roux too quickly without proper whisking.

Serving Size: 2 large spoonfuls (about 1 cup)
Calories = 237
Fat = 9 grams

About the same as eating:
1 regular-size bag M&Ms

Fun Fact: The average American eats about 124 pounds of potatoes per year, according to the Idaho Potato Museum, while Germans eat about twice as much.

Serving Size: 1 large spoonful (about 1/2 cup)
Calories = 150
Fat = 10 grams

About the same as eating:
2 poached eggs

Fun Fact: Popeye the Sailor Man is well known for becoming strong by eating spinach. However, this portrayal was based on incorrect calculations of its iron content. German scientist Emil von Wolff misplaced a decimal point, making the iron content 10 times more than what it actually is.

Serving Size: 2 large spoonfuls (about 1 cup)
Calories = 350
Fat = 17 grams

About the same as eating:
1 Celeste Original Pizza for One

Fun Fact: Green Bean Casserole was created 50 years ago by Campbell's. The famous soup company came up with the idea when it was making new recipes for its annual cookbook.

Serving Size: 1/4 cup
Calories = 110
Fat = 0 grams

About the same as eating:
5 1/2 Dum Dum lollipops

Fun Fact: Only 5 percent of cranberries are sold fresh. The remaining 95 percent are turned into cranberry juice, cranberry sauce, and other cranberry products.

Serving Size: 2 store-bought refrigerated biscuits
Calories = 340
Fat = 12 grams

About the same as eating:
1 large Caramel Mocha Coffee with Cream from Dunkin Donuts

Fun Fact: The word biscuit is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and the French word coquere, coctus (to cook, cooked). Biscuits were originally cooked twice when made—first baked and then dried out in a low-heat oven, according to the Oxford Dictionaries.

Serving Size: 2 large spoonfuls (about 1 cup)
Calories = 285
Fat = 7 grams

About the same as eating:
1 Chicken Alfredo meal from the Lean Cuisine Market Collection

Fun Fact: Sweet potatoes are the official vegetable of North Carolina.

Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8 of 9-inch pie)
Calories = 320
Fat = 14.5 grams

About the same as eating:
22 Mini Oreos

Fun Fact: According to the University of Illinois, 90 percent of the pumpkins grown in the United States are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois. Most pumpkins are processed into canned pumpkin and canned pie mix. A Libby’s® processing plant in Morton, Illinois, (near Peoria) cans more than 85 percent of the world’s pumpkin each year.