What a neat holiday! How was yours???

Hey there all! As far as what I ate on Thanksgiving, I ate small scoops of of cranberry sauce, stuffing, Tofurkey (tofu "turkey"), green beans, mashed potatoes, yams with a nutmeg sauce, and Splenda apple pie! Later that night I had a slice of a spicey low fat pumpkin pie with Fiber One crust, it rocked! I was a sous chef for my boyfriend who was chef, and luckily, he was an executive chef in a former life so everything turned out great. Breakfast was a small 1/2 cup bowl of protein cereal, we were too busy cooking to eat! I pushed water and vitamins though. I am sure I went over on portion size that day overall, but I didn't eat until I was sick, I enjoyed the day with my boyfriend's kids and family, and overall, couldn't believe how different life is now than it was one year ago for me!!! I cried that night about it when it all hit me, and my boyfriend, sweetie that he is, just held me, told me how proud he was of me, how amazing this holiday was for him having me around & that I was able to get to know his family, that there was no drama (we've both dealth with that in the past with ex's), and how glad he was that he met me 8 months ago. I can't think of a better holiday I have had in a LONG time. How was yours??????? Take care y'all! Megan

Megan I am so glad that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine was nice also all of my sisters and brother was home for the holiday. As for eating well I probably could have done alot better but considering what I ate last Thanksgiving, I don't reckon I done too bad. Oh and also I lost a pound through the holiday too (which suprised me). Have a good day Mini me

Megan, great to see you had a wonderful holiday. I too had a great holiday which was not centered around food. Yes, I ate but in moderation and the right foods. I am so looking forward to Xmas and New Years!!!!!!! Bea

SO i think that i want to spend next Thanksgiving with you and your pies. There were no splenda pies at my house only the real thing. I am PETRIFIED of sugar so there was no sweets for me. I did make some FF/SF jello pudding that i had in lieu of pie--BUT i love punkin pie....... Sounds like you have found a fabulous guy and i am so happy that you had a great Holiday. I remember how awesome "firsts" are ...first christmas, first birthday, first thanksgivings......good for you- no more bad drama.......only the good kind from here on out!

Mine was very pleasant too. My family is spread out so we get together every other year - this year it's on Christmas, so we had a dinner with my mother-in-law (my husband's an only child). We went to a local hotel's buffet - which I was a little worried about - but they had a lot of things I could eat without guilt. I piled my small plate with lots of turkey and roast and took a few bites of the stuffing, gravy and yams - totally avoiding the mashed potatoes and wild rice. They also had fresh fruit to nibble on - but I really got full on the turkey. I did have a bite of pecan and apple and pumpkin pie because I knew it would keep me from sneaking something bad later on in the day. Then, at the last minute, my dh convinced me to take the 6 hr drive to Austin where my parents were visiting one of my brothers. Which was really a good idea because I didn't have to sit around watching tv snacking on pie or ice cream or who knows what all day. My son went with me and we had a great time visiting for a couple of days. My brother had only seen me via pics, so it was cool to show off the new look Plus my mom took me shopping - which is alway$ a good thing I didn't stress at all - which was sooo wonderful. I feel like I am truly enjoying my new life for the first time. The vicious cycle of eating too much because I can't control myself-then feeling guilty for losing control-then eating because I feel bad just doesn't come around anymore - and I am so very happy to exercise that demon. I am glad to read how everyone else had good experiences too. It's great to read all of your posts. Your boyfriend sounds like a really great guy Megan - what a blessing! Take care! Kerdeeya