Holidays are approaching fast!!

So I was going through my calender today and marking out some appointments and it hit me!!  Thanksgiving is next week!! WOW, where did the time go??  Since I am 6 months out this will be the first time that I'll be seeing some of my distant family members since I had my RNY.  Some have only saw me at like 3 months out so I am pretty excited to see them and see their reactions!!  However, I wish I could get like 5lbs off before then so that maybe my new jeans would fit a little better around the tummy!!

So, does anyone have any "tricks" or ideas that they use when they need to re-start their weight loss?  I have heard of the 5 day pouch test but I am not sure exactly what is it people do.haha  I had GB surgery 3 weeks ago and I've been slacking this past week and not working out, so starting today I am getting back to working out so hopefully that'll help me drop a few pounds!!

Enjoy the holidays everyone and don't let the food choices overwhelm you!! 

I know how you feel! By the time Christmas gets here, I'll be more than 100 pounds down, so it should be fairly noticable to people who I haven't seen in months. I plan on finding the tightest pair of pants that will fit and not rip to wear to the Christmas Eve family events. lol 

Whenever I have a day or two where anything goes for eating, I usually just go back to the basics to start losing again. I keep everything really simple and easy. High protein, low carb foods like meats, cheeses, low carb yogurt. 

I plan on eating what I want on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and Day. It's the other days that'll be tough, if people have candy just sitting around! 

I'm really happy that I haven't exactly craved any type of sweets since my surgery.  I find myself craving like really good food, which isn't too bad!!  I don't plan on depriving myself of anything that I want to try on the Thanksgiving, I'm just not going to allow myself to graze. <-- always a big problem for me and I'm sure many others!! 

 I'm going to go into the holidays armed with my digital food scale.  I don't believe in deprivation and a time like Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays are not the time to start because if anyone is like me, I'll end up binging on food if I tell myself I can't have any.  I'm going to try to be realistic and eat healthy like I always do but make room for those other foods that you only have once a year.  This year I'm going to attempt a sugar free pecan pie and a sugar free sweet potato pie.  A few small bites of each and I'm sure that will be enough.  

I think what's going to be hardest for me to keep in check is the snacking.  If I can stick to just eating at mealtime with one or two healthy snacks here and there, I'll be fine.  

~Emily~

eh i shouldn`t be saying this but....... anyways.
1th wanna make clear that the healthy way to do it is to eat all kinda foods u know veggies, fruit, proteins, carbs and so. but when i have like a really bad weekend what i do is.

1:  protein shakes:  u can drink for 1 day  shakes. maybe 3 or 4.
or have 2 protein shakes and 1 small meal. chicken of fish with some salad. ( do this for 3 days). or if u want for a week lol.
2. this u will lose but this u just can do it for 3 days.
just protein all that u want  nothing else but protein. u just can have some lime and cofe. but no fruit veggies or greavy or anything like that.
n if ur excercising reagulary. change ur excercise for 1 week it will work.


and liquids!!!! lots of water.

good luck!!
ps. u didnt hear that from me lol
hugs

Thanks babe!!!  I just need something give myself a kick-start into dropping a couple pounds!!  I'm almost into the 100's and I want it soooo bad!!