So, I was on track through Thanksgiving. We had all South Beach diet friendly Thanksgiving food. The day after thanksgiving, we went to Great Wolf Lodge (we used frequent flier points and were able to go for free and take family too, great!) and after hiking up stairs for two days, I realized that it would be OK if I had a cheeseburger and fries with my kids today for once in four months (my son is visiting). AND SO I DID! AND I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT!
We'll see how much of a handicap today's cheeseburger and fries will be for me! (haven't had carbs forever and I probably had about 900 calories between the burger and fries...)
I just got on the scale and I'm 208.8 and my goal for this challenge is 10 pounds...198.8 ONEDERLAND!
P.S. I have to tell you all that I have lost 40 pounds since my parents have seen me and they were all OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! my mom was trading clothes with me...she's wearing her "fat pants" right now...and although they were snug on me, they are 14s, and I was wearing them and they looked good, so we're both dieting now, and when I get to their house for Christmas, Mom's going to give me all her "fat pants" which should be nearly too big for me by that point (i.e. our new years resolution is to go down a notch for fat pants!)
And the other thing that happened was, at the water park (indoor), I kept looking at all the women, because I have been overweight or obese for 12-15 years and since the beginning of summer I have lost 50 pounds and gone from a 22W to 14 swimsuit, and I was trying to figure out what women were the same size as me. My son (15) asked me to trade places with him on the stairs (I realized it was because there was a woman in front of him who was very big). I asked him later if I was that big before. And he said, "not to me." and when I pushed him further, he said, "no, one time, I was afraid the roller coaster latch wouldn't close. That lady was like "NO WAY LADY" big. But what is weird is, I have NO CLUE how big or little I am, my clothes fall off that I think will fit, I think I can't fit between things that I totally can, I turn sideways to fit between things that I could walk between with no problem, etc. I finally asked my dad. He was like "you are the same size as your mom but your hips and thighs are fuller by just a few inches! I got a tape measure, and he was actually right.
My mom and I are going on vacation together (see ticker), so my goal is to close the gap with her by then.