Thanksgiving, how did you do?

 Hi Botts,

I hope your holiday was a fabulous one.  How did you do?  Was it a good eating day but you still enjoyed the day. Or did you fall off the wagon?

Me?  I not only feel off the wagon I let it roll over me.  I had several days of severe stress and let my old habits take over and just ate like a pig for days.  Sigh.....  Need to regroup and get back on track again.

So how did you do?  Come share!

Take care,
Kathy

I felt like I did pretty good.  Enjoyed my meal with small portions and decent choices (did slip in some of the goodies).  Did not over eat or feel horrible so I was pleased.  My downfall was bringing home the left over desserts.....  Indulged all weekend in teh desserts  and made some poor choices in other meals so I ended up with a 1.5 lb gain for the week.  But today is a new day to start over.  :)

Felt like I did great.  My eyes were definitely bigger than my stomach and ending up throwing away half of what was on my plate.  Half a piece of pumpkin pie was my indulgence for the day and I enjoyed every bite.

We also had another dinner last night at my house with just my kids and I did good with my choices and did not make any desserts so none of would be tempted to eat them.

 I did really well.  My only sin was I gave into mozzarella potatoes that were out of this world.  This is the first white starch that I have had in 6 1/2 months......I did not indulge in the sweets or the homemade rolls.  I continued to post and exercise every morning and was down 1 lb. yesterday.  I must confess, I did write myself a little note to put beside my plate.  I am sure you have seen it many times but it keep my prospective in focus.  "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels".  That's my story and I sticking to it.

I did.....ok-ish. My downfalls were I had a few too many bites of stuffing, when I should have avoided it altogether and I indulged in a slice of apple pie.  I was prepared to be happy and satisfied with a small slice of sugar-free pumpkin pie but the devil on my shoulder stifled the angel on my other shoulder! 

Today I am back to work after 4 days off...so it's another opportunity for better choices to begin again.  I loved the time with my parents and my kids...that was the real gift of my Thanksgiving so I have nothing to regret.  Just ready to get back on the wagon so it won't roll repeatedly over the top of me throughout the holiday season.

I am grateful to have BOTT to come back to.  Thank you BOTT friends.

God Bless you.

Gaby

didnt do bad. did a a splenda pecan pie. only ate one slice. did good on the real food. only bad thing i did all weekedn was get a mud pie at red robin w/ my boyfriend. brought it home, he ate most i had about 1/4 of it, with in 5 mins threw it up. i should of known better.

Oh man, I did GOOD!! Shockingly so. Because this time a year has always been a guaranteed tossle right off the wagon. Not only did I stay ON the wagon, the next morning I was still on the loosers bench. That felt so good.

I planned for this though. And I'm finding it really is key. When I "wing it", I fall. So, I decided in advance what I'd eat, and how much, and when throughout the day. And I stuck rigidly to my plan. I avoided the food tables, etc and stuck with visiting in the other room! I was lucky enough to be hosting Thanksgiving so I was able to plan with both carb eaters and low carbers in mind. If I'd gone elsewhere I just would have brought stuff I knew was ok for me to have too.

I had an appetizer lunch earlier in the day - veggie sticks and a few cheese/meats, and also made some roasted chick peas so I had some of those as well. For dinner I had turkey and stuffing, which I made low carb (I used roasted cauliflower cubes in place of the bread, and then made the rest as usual - and a few other people who aren't low carbers had it and enjoyed it too! But I did make regular as well, to avoid an angry mob lol). And later I had a piece of low carb/ sugar free pumpkin cheesecake. I stuck with water, tea and coffee and avoided the soda.

The rest of the day my focus was on friends and family, and I stayed in close contact with my best friend who is also on this journey with me, and we supported one another through the day. It was a good feeling. And I'm going to repeat it at Christmas!

PS Down 25 pounds in two months, and last night my husband PICKED ME UP, threw me over his shoulder and swung me around, then put me down and said, "Hey, you weigh less than on our wedding day, huh?!" Wow, that's a great feeling.