Sure, Thanksgiving dinner is a meal that many look forward to year-round, but we don’t really look forward to our New Year’s resolution of burning off the calories from the holidays. If you are moving to Austin after Thanksgiving, you and your Austin movers will already be burning through those calories. If you are not, here are the Thanksgiving dinner items that have the most calories, so that you can cut down on servings or find alternatives.

Burn those Thanksgiving calories in Austin with these thoughtful turkey day hints from All My Sons Austin:

- Turkey and gravy. Yes, we know – how can you have Thanksgiving dinner without turkey and gravy? Well, you don’t have to, but here are some tips on how to cut down on the calories. A three-ounce serving has 125 calories. If you opt for dark meat the caloric count goes up – so stick to the slices of white meat. Love eating the skin? Eating the skin of turkey adds 26 calories.

- Thanksgiving ham. Smothered in brown sugar and pineapple or orange, roasted ham is a Thanksgiving dinner tradition just as much as turkey is. However, a three-ounce serving will cost you 133 calories, but is also higher in fat and salt than turkey, so you may want to just have turkey if you are watching your overall health.

- Stuffing. Let’s be real – stuffing is just chopped up bread with maybe some ground sausage and celery. One cup of stuffing with cost you 350 calories. Austin movers suggest replacing the ground sausage with ground chicken sausage in order to cut some calories out of this Thanksgiving staple dish.

- Mashed potatoes. Another Thanksgiving must-have side dish, you can burn the calories out of this side by using fat-free milk and/or mixing pureed steamed cauliflower to cut the calories while making your potatoes creamy.

For how to cut down the caloric index for all of your favorite Thanksgiving dishes, check out this special article from Carina Storrs and Viola Lanier on healthy Thanksgiving dishes and portions.