I haven't blogged since before Thanksgiving because my blogs would've looked something like this "I ate and then I ate some more...and then I ate some more". Now...my Thanksgiving goal was to be 40 pounds down; here's a look at how this went...
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| cheesy broccoli & cauliflower |
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| cheesy creamy potatoes |
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| stuffing |
My Thanksgiving was wonderful. My family packed up and drove down to Kansas City to spend the holiday with my brother. Of course I was cutting my goal close (because that's how I roll) so I literally packed up my scale and headed down south. The important part is Thanksgiving morning I woke up, hopped on the scale and realized I made my goal. Yay!!! And then I went to my brother's for Thanksgiving at which point in time I proceeded to partake in what can only be decribed as Butterfest 2010! (It was awesome - in a bad way) Here's a sneak peek at what we had
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| cornbread |
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| sweet potatoe casserole |
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| turkey (of course!) |
Needless to say...sticking to a healthy eating plan was out the window! Then the next day guess what we had for our meals?? LEFTOVERS!!
AHHH! But it was soooooo good!
By the time I got home I was up 4 pounds. Ironically, I felt like Thanksgiving was a raging success mainly because I remained aware of what I was eating. I allowed my self the weekend to be looser than normal but still stuck to one plate of food and opted out of a dinner roll w/butter just because. I also made sure that I didn't have access to too much junk on the 9 hour car ride there and back. Just water and peanuts to snack on instead of soda, chips, and a candy bar.
So with my 50 pound goal (1/1/2011) looming ahead of me I once again tightened the reigns and trudged into December. I dropped the 4 pounds I gained and started making headway again. Then the Christmas weekend. And I mean WEEKEND. We had a Christmas meal Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Why did I choose January 1st as my 50 pound mark??? Once again, I stuck to 1 plate of food with minimal desserts and truly did not feel as deprived as I thought I would...and trust me...I took what I wanted on that one plate. So here I sit...days away from January 1st and cutting it too close for comfort to reach my goal. I have a few pounds to lose yet by Saturday but I'll do it because I GOT THIS!! Attempting a few days of just liquids (failing miserably today) to kind of cleanse the system and put food back in its rightful place.
I read statistics of how on average people will gain 10-15 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Year's and I think of all the years I did that and didn't even care. This year I didn't gain 15...I lost 50!!
