Starting weight:  285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):  1600  / 40.0
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:    Thanksgiving - no counting!
Yesterday’s exercise:    5 miles real bike!
Weight Yesterday:: 242.4    Today:  245.4
Change today::  +3.0 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  39.8 lbs.

Three pounds.  THREE.  In one day, I obliterated ten days of progress?!  Yes, I ate yesterday.  Yes, I ate whatever the hell I wanted to eat yesterday!  Yes, I totally enjoyed all the tastes I experienced but was it worth three whole pounds?!?  Three pounds seems a bit extreme, especially since I was feeling all proud of us for doing this:

We brought our bikes with us to my brother’s house and after our Thanksgiving feast we (Hubby and I plus our two sons who brought their bikes on the back of my older son’s car) went for a five-mile ride!  The first half of the ride we took our time, meandering through the unfamiliar neighborhood, but then on the way back we stepped it up and raced back to my brother’s house, worked up a sweat and everything.  It was wonderful and I’m thinking we should bring the bikes to every event which includes such a big meal (Christmas and Easter, too).

Still, though… three pounds?

Well … I haven’t ridden my bike in a while - I just went and looked and the last time was October 19, and the time before that was September 1st - so yeah - I’m a little rusty - and yeah - today my knees are feeling a bit swollen.  So maybe just maybe some of that three pounds is water.  Maybe.  Regardless, I’m definitely going to put in some time on the elliptical today.

I spent some time catching up on my blog-reading this morning and some people posted lists of the yummy foods they indulged in yesterday - those were fun to read!  I’m almost afraid to post my list because OMG I did indulge … but I will say that I took much smaller portions this year than I ever have before!  And at lunchtime ,with the exception of one extra helping of baked beans (and also a bit of dressing), I didn’t go back for seconds.  Anyway, I’m going to relive the experience while I write my list.  =D

Breakfast - two cinnamon rolls, fresh and hot from the oven.  Oh, and one glass of real milk.  I do miss real milk, a little.  (By “real milk,” I mean 2%.  The only milk I’ve had for 4 months is low-carb.  Urg - not the same.)

Lunch - turkey, gravy, dressing, baked beans, broccoli casserole, cranberry sauce, fruit salad, small helping of mashed potatoes, two dinner rolls, and a slice of chocolate-pudding-pie.

Snacks (throughout the seven hours we were there) - another slice of chocolate-pudding-pie, one mint oreo, one thin chocolate cookie, four cashews, and four dark chocolate m&m’s.  (In previous years I would have been grazing all day - my brother puts out snacks all over his house!)

Supper - turkey, gravy, dressing, baked beans, broccoli casserole, fruit salad.  No potatoes, no rolls (I decided to just stick with my favorite favorites).

Late Night Snack - I saved one last slice of chocolate-pudding-pie to have just before midnight.  (I left the other five leftover slices at my brother’s house so I wouldn’t be tempted beyond that!)

*Sigh*  It was fun while it lasted.  And I guess I’ll just have to wait to see what kind of impact it will all have in the long run.

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