Overeating on holidays is something many of us do, but diabetics can never take a holiday from watching their carbohydrate intake.

Some key ingredients in the Thanksgiving dinner are packed with carbohydrates.

There are a few things lining the dinner table though that are carb friendly.

"Turkey has no carbohydrates, it's automatically lean, fresh green beans, salads, those non-starchy vegetables can really pile up the plate without using your carbohydrate foods," Skaggs Registered Dietician Valerie Newcome said.

Thanksgiving though just wouldn't be complete without mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pie. Newcome says you can have it all, just maybe not as much as you might want.

"Choose your carbohydrates very carefully, you might want to cut down on some of the dressing or mashed potatoes in order to have some of that pie," Newcome said.

Newcome says one thing not to do is starve yourself the whole day, so you can eat more at dinner.

She says it's important to keep your eating on schedule although it's okay if you go a little over on your carb intake on Thanksgiving.

"One day is probably not going to make or break you. It's really day to day regulation of your carbs that is going to keep your diabetes under control," Newcome said.

If you do overdo it a bit at the dinner table, Newcome says you can help yourself after.

"Planning a walk after Thanksgiving dinner to cover some of those extra carbs you've eaten," Newcome said.

Newcome says the average diabetic man can handle 60 grams of carbs and women 45 grams of carbs per meal.