I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgivng!!

We did. We spent the first half of the day at one brother's house and the other half at my other brother's house. My anti-social daughter was whiney at the end of the night, but she made it through.

I did Black-Friday shopping online this morning. My best find was a Fit*****arge for my younger daughter for Christmas, regularly $130, on sale at Target for 90-4.50 with my RedCard, plus a 20% off coupon for my next shopping trip. We wear Fitbit Zip's right now and wanted to upgrade after we were sure we would actually wear them 

I ate a ton yesterday and made the mistake of getting on the scale this morning. Up 2 from yesterday, but it's all good. I will lose it this week.

Happy Thanksgiving :) I am 2/3 done with Thanksgiving celebrations. I had one for my Mom's side last Saturday which was drama filled and had me in therapy on Monday (seriously) and then had a nice calm one at my house with just my husband and I, my MIL and her BF and my parents yesterday and then this Saturday and I have my in-laws. Since I'm still in my weight loss mode I don't want to eat outside my comfort zone so turkey, some veggies and later on my crustless, SF pumpkin pie for dessert has been my food at each celebration so far. 2 down one more to go!

I did online shopping too - getting clothes since I desperately need some! I got cheap jeans and sweaters at Kohl's and got Kohl's cash so I can get more next week :)

Awe. Sorry about the drama. I hope you do not have to see your mom's side of the family very often. Thankfully there was no drama for us this year. I was worried because usually I deal with family holidays by drinking lots of wine, but I no longer drink so I did not know if I could get through the day 

I broke down and bought a new anorak jacket and sweater from JC Penney for myself. I needed both and got a good deal.

I worked all day ****il midnight) Thursday and Friday. The wonders of working retail this time of year. But at least I didn't have to fight the temptation of the Thanksgiving Feast. Glad you had a great holiday!

Wow. I hope the crowds were not too bad for you. My nephew had to work all day Friday. I did have to venture out of the house Friday afternoon and the crowds were still crazy. I am a teacher and had the whole week off.

Great deal on the Fitbit. I shopped a lot on Friday.  My biggest splurge was on an Apple Watch. It was actually my planned goal gift... But I've been wanting a heart rate monitor and didn't want to shell out $100+ on one only to later buy the Apple watch that has the heart rate monitor. I too got it at target, used my red card and they gave a $100 gift card. 

Holiday was quiet/low key for us. We didn't visit any family, so no drama :-) As long as the memory of the holiday sticks with you longer then the weight, it's all good.

No family drama is always a good thing. Awesome deal on the watch. My friends love their Apple watches. I am a google/android girl.

My next big purchase will be the Fitbit Aria scale. I am hoping my mom will get it for me for Christmas.

My husband and I love the Aria Scale!  We get good, accurate readings and all of the stats are on our FitBit app. It has been worth every penny.

I felt extra-thankful because my 3-year surgerversary & Thanksgiving landed on the same day this year with a 55th birthday a couple days later.  I prepared and served a meal in a private dining room at my 90 year-old mother's second day living in an assisted-care facility.  My 95 year-old MIL was one of the guests who made a cute comment saying, "it's nice not to have so much to eat."  (Oops, to me it was a lot)  I have high hope to experience more freedom now.  It's ironic to find out the manager of the facility is an RNYer herself and senses my personality all too well pep-talking me to LET GO of caregiver burdens I've been shouldered with since a pre-teen.  High hopes--what we share on OH often.

I was surprised that this week I lost 5 pounds (still in the honeymoon phase but I've never lost weight during a holiday before!!!) and didn't feel like I was missing out on Thanksgiving!  I ate my turkey and green beans and a forkful of stuffing and I was good!  I made a sugarless pumpkin pie even mom loved it and ate it- telling me I'll have to make it again....soon