Hey ladies! The last three days have been busy busy and the last two days have been full of junk food. :( I made it to the gym yesterday, but ate a bunch of chocolate covered Oreos, I probably had 10 or more and then a bunch of other junk because I was all, "wtf"... UGH.... Then I was planning to get on track this morning, but my boss brought each of us a specialty cupcake from Publix... Mine was red velvet with cream cheese AND butter cream icing... Amazing. Then my co-worker ordered her class pizza today, so I had a slice of that... Then a Poptart, pretzel crisps and random other **** that was totally not worth it.

BUT! Tonight was my work Christmas dinner at Carrabba's (Italian food) and although I didn't order the healthiest menu item (I got a chicken dish with goat cheese and sundried tomatoes), I had only water to drink, didn't eat any of the delicious bread they bring out, I only ate half of my chicken dish, and I got a side of broccoli instead of pasta. I left the restaurant feeling satisfied but no where near stuffed. So while I sucked the rest of the day, I was happy with how dinner went.

Thank God tomorrow is a new day!

elleohelle - LOL, I like your user name, pun totally intended! ;) Welcome to the Feather's Chat! OMG those silly compression pants are rediculous - my husband got me a pair for Christmas last year and I didn't see what the big deal was, especially not for $100 or more per pair! He loves his though, and that was the only thing he asked for, so I had to make sure and get him another set. They definitely aren't something I would normally buy for myself though.

How long will you be in Vietnam? Eating healthy isn't too hard if you set your mind to it... the problem is setting your mind to it! haha right now I'm battling the 'it's the holidays' mindset, I think we all are!

olehcat - Yeah, and I'm taking my own advice too; had a bunch of goodies yesterday and I'm right back on plan today. :)

I really hope he does like his gifts... I always worry about that and put too much pressure on myself.

Ohtheplaces - For all of your aches about what you ate yesterday, your weigh-in went really well! I am hoping to have the same luck tomorrow in spite of last night's treats. I was 119.6 pounds last week so I've got my fingers crossed for 118 pounds tomorrow. That would be amazing!

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Well I got my days mixed up so I don't have to do my weekly weight check until TOMORROW, not today... I'm hoping that whatever extra food is in my body from yesterday will be through my system by then. I'm not stressing the actual number too much, so as long as I didn't gain I'll be satisfied. Key word being SATISFIED... LOL, I'll be HAPPY with less. :D

Today I get to go pick the two pair of jeans I dropped off the other day to have fitted, and I'm super excited! I know it's so dorky but I seriously LOVED both of those pair of pants, and I haven't worn them for over a year because they've been too big on me. I donated most of my clothing but for whatever reason I just could NOT get rid of those two. Why it took me so long to take them in I have no idea, but I'm glad I did... and a little nervous too. I hope they did a good job on them!

Oh, and in NOT SO FUN news; the big plans we had for a super indulgent, decadent, glorious Christmas have gone down the toilet. Our friends who were going to be hosting dinner can be a bit flakey, and I think the last 2 or 3 times we have had plans something has 'come up' and they've cancelled. Last night I shot them a quick message to verify that they were still hosting dinner under the guise of 'do you need us to bring anything?' (sneaky, right?) and they said "oh, well we decided not to do a big dinner this year... I have to work the next day and blah blah blah..." so yeah, no dinner.

Now I don't know what to do. My husband doesn't care and he'd be happy as a clam going to the gym and eating a sandwich for dinner. I am totally fine going to the gym but I bought a new dress and I want to do something at least a bit special for dinner! The problem is that I don't have time to prepare a menu before I get there and all the stores will likely be closed on that day. :( So... I guess we'll just play it by ear. If nothing else I'll eat like normal and that still leaves me some room for indulgences on NYE or something.

It's just funny how worried I was about the big party at the ranch and then a huge decadent dinner the next day, and what that would mean in terms of calories... but now we're staying sober on Christmas Eve at the Ranch and we're not doing dinner on Christmas! haha

I'm thinking I *might* be able to run by the store before we go to the ranch and get stuff to make garlic bread and lasagne for dinner on Christmas, maybe a bottle of wine for me. I'm totally open to any suggestions though! If anyone has any good recipes or ideas for an easy dinner or dessert hook me up. I normally wouldn't have any issues but due to the timing, I'm probably going to have to make a list for my husband and have him to to the store ahead of time.

Or... normal 'healthy' dinner and save the calories? Thoughts??

Anyway, today is my last day of work... yay! Hope everyone else enjoys their Friday!

Heyyy, I'll do personnals later, I am suuuuuper frustrated because I woke up feeling like CRAP this morning. It started yesterday, after I got back from my hairsalon appointment, I just had no energy.. It got worse in the evening, and I was repeting to myself that it was probably because I had to wake up early for the first time foreveeeeer. But still feel weird today, I'm sniffing a bit and my body is just so HEAVY.

I wanted to bake my last batch of Christmas cookies, and there is no way I'm gonna go see my newborn goddaughter feeling sick :(

BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Ok...I'm feeling like crap too. Energy is low and my stomach is off. I feel very dehydrated too. Last day of work today..yay!

I was less than perfect yesterday as well. I weighed in at 114.4 today but I wasn't over my calories even with a couple of treats. I had to get my hair done so I ate a quick sandwich from the deli afterwards. I had a corned beef or rye. I only ate 1 piece of bread. I also had 2 peanut butter balls. One homemade at work and then I decided last night that I could whip some up because I had a craving for them again. I modified my coworkers recipe to make them healthier, but they are DANGEROUS to have in the house. Thursdays are my day off for workouts, so I didn't workout. But I wish I had. Sometimes it's hard to take a break.

Joss...Here's an idea we do when we travel and don't want to put out our relatives. We call a restaurant and we order a meal. We have places that have turkey or roasted chicken meals that they will pack up. But we also have restaurants or catering type restaurants that will do lasagnas. salads buns and the whole works. You can pick it up on Monday in the early afternoon (most places are open Monday with limited hours).

The peanut butter balls are easy to do:

1 cup of natural peanut butter
1/2 cup of icing sugar (I didn't use it though)
1 cup of shredded coconut

1 cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet or milk chocolate) melted

Mix together...make balls...put in the freezer for 20-30 mins.
Roll in the melted chocolate. Add a bit of boiling water to the chocolate if it gets too thick.

Or check out ww.skinnytaste.com for her mini pumpkin cheesecake recipe

HI FEATHERS, I was out sick yesterday with chills/fever and aches and pains (but spent all day shopping and doing stuff around the house). Today I feel like $1 million - I am a miracle of science. I ate a bunch of random crap after dinner so weight was up 0.8 but I felt well enough and hit the gym before work, which has become rare in the cold months.

I came into work today and realized I had left the coffee pot on and then someone down the hall swung by and gave me sh!t about it, which would have been fine normally but I'm short-fused and pre-coffee - DON'T FCUKING TALK TO ME BEFORE I HAVE COFFEE OR I'LL BITE YOUR HEAD OFF GOSHDAMMIT, etc. At least I have a week off and I already cleaned it out/turned it off so if the building burns down it won't be my fault.

Tomorrow night is my Sweet Sixteen (er, 26) party. We put up more Christmas stuff all over our apartment and it looks absurd - two small trees, the big white tree, I wrapped all my gifts and put them under the tree and it looks awesome. Our friend Mike from Chicago is visiting for the weekend and it's going to be a festival of eating - Mike is the friend with whom I deep fried cheeseburgers and double-beer-battered two kinds of french fries. My roommate is cooking a smorgasbord including her incredible beet/eggplant salad and something involving fluff. I can't wait to use my LivingSocial coupon for brunch at this place: City Beer Hall Brunch Menu

Hope everyone starts feeling better soon and enjoys themselves over Christmas!

Bayzee Those peanut butter balls sound delicious. I'm sorry you're not feeling very well today - at least you don't have to work next week and have a vacation coming up, you can rest!

TurboMammoth NOOOOOOOOOOOO don't get sick! Good call on not seeing the newborn goddaughter - I have no morals and went to the mall all shaky and feverish yesterday anyway, but gave some pennies to a cashier who was low on pennies so maybe that balances out? Take lots of vitamin C and rest and sleep!

JossFit I get people being unable to commit to everything they planned, but flaking out last minute on a Christmas feast seems almost inconsiderate! Oh well. You'll figure out something fun to do - maybe you guys could do a fancy healthyish dinner (filet mignon with endives? make your own sushi? ahi tuna steaks?) or split a bottle of fancy wine? I hope your beloved pants turn out perfectly and fit better than ever!

OhThePlaces Carabba's is probably one of the most unhealthy restaurants in existence - glad you didn't overdo it there. Oreos and junk and stuff happen, I definitely OD-ed on cookies last night and ordered a side of pasta salad at the bar for no reason (wasn't hungry) - this won't be a hindrance to your progress!

olehcat I hope you are feeling more positive about things than you were the day-after-gumbo. It is hard to fit in gym visits and the like when you're being inundated with toffee and sickness and weather, but you have the power! You can do jumping jacks, Youtube exercise videos, pushups, situps, planks, squats, all kinds of stuff at home. I used to do a Billy Blanks tae bo video like, five times a week for weeks on end!

elleohelle OH HAY how did the enkai go? I'm glad I convinced you that you are a featherweight.

LeilaJey HUGS to you, hope the tough stuff gets easier soon. <3

Alexistrophic Mmmm indoor pool. Enjoy your trip! Don't get tooooo seduced by all the fried food and sweet tea ;)

mottainai Ohhh man binge eating in Japan is hard because nothing is big enough - when I was having issues with binge eating there there were a LOT of wrappers once I was done. Even delivery pizza wasn't big enough to defeat the beast. I'm very glad I haven't been dealing with it in the USA, it would be FAR too easy.

JossFit, I know! I was really expecting to see 132+ on the scale this morning after the last two days of terrible eating (I even felt swollen and full of water weight this morning when I woke up) so I was pretty shocked to see 129! I'm half expecting to see it catch up to me tomorrow though.

Let us know how the jeans turned out! Sorry to hear about your flakey friends canceling dinner, but at least you'll have more wiggle-room for NYE. If it were me, I'd probably just do a normal healthy dinner and save the calories... BUT I'm totally a calorie hoarder. Haha

Turbo and Bayzee, oh no! I hope you both feel better soon!

Bayzee, I l-o-v-e the skinnytaste website, even though I've never actually made any of her recipes.

Krampus, I'm glad you recovered quickly after your sick day. BOO to the co-worker who gave you **** about the coffee pot, especially before caffiene was pumping through your system! Enjoy your week off and your birthday party! I've never had a birthday party since probably 1st grade... I'm missing out! Maybe I can have a sweet 29 next year? Haha

Today I hit the gym hard to relieve some of my guilt about the last couple of days of food debauchery. I did a brisk 30 minutes (walking, 4.2 mph) on the treadmill, then 70 minutes on the elliptical and abs. Then my husband and I took the kids to the mall to see Santa this afternoon. Talk about **** on earth. We get in the (long) line, then about 10 minutes later they let everyone know that Santa is going on a 1 hour break to "feed his reindeer", so I sent my husband off with the kids to get something to eat while I stood in line and held our spot. When we finally got in to see him, my almost 2 year old daughter (who was so excited while in line) freaked out crying and tried to run away. So I ended up having to sit with Santa to keep her from calm and happy. My son LOVED Santa this year though, so it was totally worth it.

This was the final product... Ezra on the left, Ruby on the right. :)
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Hi, all!

OhthePlaces - GREAT pic of you all! :)

Krampus - HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow! omg, I'm terrified about leaving anything on like that at work. We have an illicit microwave that we're not at all supposed to have so we have to put it away every day, and I live in terror of being the one who forgets to unplug it and put it away and then we get dinged by the fire department...

@jossfit - May your weigh-in be spectacular tomorrow! :) And that would be disappointing, the Christmas dinner thing! I really hate it when people flake out on plans.

I have a similar story only mine involves a $600 plane ticket. I was supposed to go to Seattle for New Year's with a few friends, but the host backed out and now it's all canceled. It's not the end of the world. I'm out about $100 (airline change fee), but it's more that I was REALLY looking forward to a vacation and now it's not going to happen and I'm stuck by myself on New Year's Eve, blah.

So in other news, I'll be taking a media break to focus on some things I need to get done and seeing family and getting stuff done, so I will not be on this thread for a few days or a week -- I hope you all have a WONDERFUL holidays!!!! It's really been a joy discovering this thread -- you all are awesome.

Just a quick drive-by. I felt better in the afternoon but my energy is still low. I didn't poop today so I think that's why my stomach is off. Not sure though...no fever or anything so far.

Didn't eat all that great today, but nothing I can do about it now. I also missed my workout :(

Let's just say the wine is extra good tonight! Cheers!

I decided in light of our cancelled plans, I'm NOT going to indulge while in Colorado and am doing it tonight instead! Hot cocoa and whiskey for everyone... yay!

(Yes, I'm a drunken feather)

Oh, totally not weighing in tomorrow. :)

Joss...do weigh-in! 4 drinks for me last night...113.4 today! I know it's dehydration, but I like my Saturday weigh-ins! Lol! I know NOT to weigh in on Sunday though...all that water weight catches up! Lol!

Too funny! Enjoy your drunken feather nights, ladies. ;)

Krampus, happy birthday!!

olehcat, I would be really pissed and sad that your friend cancelled plans after your plane tickets were purchased! Enjoy your media break and have a merry Christmas!

We're getting ready to head out of town tomorrow morning for 5 days in my hometown. I'm nervous because my dad is preparing a feast on Christmas and we're going to a chinese buffet on Christmas Eve. I just made it into the 120s and would like to stay here! Haha

I didn't just have some wine though... I had LOTS of drinks, pizza, ice cream, chips and cheese dip, chocolates... I'm bloated up today! hahaha

Today is also a rest day for me, and I'm hungover as heck. I actually am glad I sort of 'got it out of my system' because I think I'll be less tempted to overdo it when I see my husband. I'd rather have a good time and feel fit and sexy when I'm with him.

Now, the hard part is getting back on track today. Ugh, all I want to do is just eat bread, cereal, and any other carb I can get my hands on!

[QUOTE][Now, the hard part is getting back on track today. Ugh, all I want to do is just eat bread, cereal, and any other carb I can get my hands on! /QUOTE]

McDonald's french fries...my hangover cure! LOL! I'm dying for some carbs too!

I'll probably just be doing quick check ins for the next few days due to traveling and the holidays (I'm sure it's the same for you guys too!) but I seem to have gotten into the Holiday spirit alright... can you say Chocolate spoon cake and muddy buddies?! haha

Ironically tomorrow I plan to be back in the gym after my rest day today and back on as clean of a diet as I can muster. Most people will be indulging over Christmas Eve and Christmas and I'll be trying not to!

OhThePlaces I love your son's curly hair! Your daughter looks happy in the picture :) I am sorry Christmas Santa was annoying. Malls around the xmas season can be so EEP.

olehcat I know the feeling of being stuck on your own over New Years. It's no fun. Some good movies or a solo dance party in your underwear?

Krampus Sorry to hear you were sick. I hope you feel GREAT on your bday.

I am doing ok. I binged a bit on some cookies, so I guess I am eating 4 hard boiled eggs during the rest of the day. Feeling a bit lonely in South Korea and my social anxiety issues along with body dysmorphia are creeping up again. BAHHH.

Oh, I'm a bad Feathers! Not posting and personaling (...!?).

Holidays started off in a really busy way for me. We headed off yesterday to finally see my goddaughter, she is SO SMALL. They all laughed about me when I was super stiff when I took her. Meeeeh.

I ate poutine and pizza for dinner last night, but dehydratation only took me up to 136.8. YAY!

The next days are going to be insane, like all of yours ;) Sending good healthy vibes your way!

elleohelle, thank you! My daughter's hair was unusually straight that day... They both have fairly abundant curls while my hubby and I both have board-straight hair... Genetics are weird!

Sorry to hear about your cookie binge... I binged last night on all kinds of crap.. Oreos, chocolate melts, pretzels, pop tarts... Ugh. I'm just doing my best to move on today and eat sensibly. I hope you're feeling less lonely today.

Turbo, yay for meeting your goddaughter!

Well we're in our way to my hometown. I pigged out last night, so I'm hoping to stay really OP today even though we'll be decorating Christmas cookies at my best friend's house tonight! I went to the mall this morning and bought another pair of jeans at Express. This is the third pair I've purchased there in the last month since all of my other jeans are too big. I know their sizes run big but I don't care, it still feels good to fit comfortably in a 4. :)

Adios Amigas...I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
I will drink margaritas, eat guacamole with homemade tortilla chips and coconut ice creamin your honour! These are a just a few of my favourite things in Mexico!

Official weigh-in this morning...114.4. We shall see the damage. My prediction...118-119 range. Oh well...live, love, EAT and DRINK!
CHEERS :)

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Good morning Feathers! It's 9:15 AM on my birthday and I already feel celebrated-out. I went out Friday night, spent all of Saturday recovering, had about 35 people over to my house for my birthday, got wasted and butchered a bunch of Christmas songs on the violin/melodica with my roommate on banjo/ukelele, spent all day yesterday recovering and shoving food into my face (homemade garlic/olive oil/balsamic eggplant, truffle mac and cheese, egg-in-the-basket, bites of turducken sandwich and foie gras burger, tons of dumplings at Chinese dumpling house...), and had Christmas time with my boyfriend.

He got me SO MUCH STUFF - a new digital camera, ski/snowboard jacket, TOTORO SLIPPERS!!!!, American flag knee socks, a shirt I've been lusting after, and probably more stuff - and it all came in the cutest tote bag ever with a kitten on it:

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Plans for today: gym, lunch with friends, walk with my mom, presents, dinner (lasagne and Pepperidge Farm chocolate cake), and trying to read the entire Hobbit so I can finally see the movie with my dad.

HAVE A GREAT TRIP Bayzee! I hope everything is fantastic and delicious and you get a ton of relaxation time in!

OhThePlaces Congratulations on size 4, which in my opinion is a very loaded clothing size (people claim all kinds of things about it). Enjoy cookie decorating, and I also just want to say your family are gorgeous and that picture with Santa is fantastic, even if your little lady has some tears on her face...

TurboMammoth Babies are so squishy and I worry about breaking them too! Better stiff than too relaxed and "oops she fell out of my arms."

elleohelle HUGS to you. I hope my package arrives soon! It will cheer you up.

JossFit Mmm all that sounds great. I kind of don't feel like ODing on food over birthday/Christmas either...got that out of my system yesterday.

olehcat Yeah, for sure I won't be making that mistake at work again. I'm so glad you are happily part of this subforum!!! It's nice having fresh faces!

Merry CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAS!

I see I'm not the only one who has been slacking off! I have totally overdosed on holiday goodies... hahaha so much for all my plans. Im definitely back on plan today though and hopefully some water will drop off with a few days of clean diet and workouts.

I'm all done with seasonal events so it shouldn't be hard to do.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

I weighed in this morning at 127.2 - could be a lot worse. I'm only like 2 lbs over "normal" - this should not feel like or become a crisis!

Birthday and Christmas were great. I of course overate but really, how many people don't? I refused all the cookies and banana bread and cake type leftovers and just brought home a giant tub of turkey.

It's really snowy here and still going. My parents (who live 15 min away) got 10.5 inches of snow and thankfully the nice neighbors came by with a snowblower - my lower back is hurting again from lots of heavy seated cable rows yesterday at the gym. I borrowed my roommate's more durable car and went into the office for a bit to put some stuff in the mail, stopped at the local old-timey cemetery to take some snow pictures with my new camera, and am just relaxing in my living room with a cup of coffee after a wholesome (2 PM) breakfast of a mushroom and green onion with gorgonzola omelette. I did notice with my daily routine all shaken up it felt a bit harder to wait until usual "feeding time" even though I definitely had some beer-fueled nibbles going on late last night!

Hello Feathers!
Just checking in after the Christmas madness.
Made it home to NJ from visiting the sis in Nashville (great trip). Just getting back into the swing of things now. Didn't do too badly with food.

Weighed in at 156 this morning. (ugh) but not half as bad as it could have been.

Back for personals later!!!

Good morning feathers! I had a great time visiting family except that I went BATSHIT CRAZY with food for 5 straight days... I'm not talking about a bit of over-indulging, I'm talking about loads and loads of food, feeling uncomfortably full the entire trip. I am FINALLY back on track today and logging food into MFP. I won't dare go near a scale for at least a couple of days... it wouldn't be pretty.

Krampus, it sounds like you had a great birthday! Yay for awesome gifts from your BF.

Bayzee, have a great vacay in Mexico!

Hola from Mexico! Having a blast and weather has been amazing so far!
There are no buffets here which is great...I'm not pigging out, but eating way differently than at home of course. It's more 3 meals a day and way more carbs than I'm used to. But really...It's the drinking that doing the damage! Everyday I swear it's my day off! Lol! And I' ve only made it to the gym once so far.

Well a margarita and guacamole are calling me or lunch! My favorite bartender has mastered the way I love my margaritas. Fresh lime juice, triple sec and Don Juilio..no sweet mix for me!

There is suppose to be a scale in the room...so glad there isn't!

Happy new year! Cheers!

I'm with OhThePlaces... pretty much went Batshit for days and I gained some serious weight. I've been back on plan for few days and I'm still huge... a lot of actual fat gain, not just bloat!

I'm glad everyone else seems to be doing okay! I have one more social event to get through and it's probably going to be pretty ugly... lol.

I'm not one for resolutions but I am determined to really buckle down in 2013.

I went and met with the admissions counselor for the school I'm planning to attend in August earlier today, and I'm really excited! My husband and I also ordered our first furniture and it's being delivered tomorrow. We went out and found a five piece bedroom set and then purchased all new linens. I'll post pictures when it's set up tomorrow!

I'll also get back for personals tomorrow... I'm posting from my tablet now so it's a pain.

Wifi on the beach...priceless!

Joss...I will be with you for some serious buckling down!
I'm having so much fun but I am starting to feel like I could easily slip back to old habits...it's so much yummier than protein and veggies! I could easily be eating clean here, but i'm choosing not to!

And why is Mexican food so darn tasty??? Because it's so fattening! Lol!

There are many beautiful women here... But the most impressive are the 50 yr olds with amazingly fit bodies! I'd love for people to think that about me one day!

I cannot let myself feel guilty for enjoying my holiday...but I know there is some serious damage and work to be done, just to get back to per-trip weight!

And that goes out to all of you...don't let the holiday guilt consume you! Get back on track as soon as possible, knowing full well we are not perfect! More so...you deserve a break once and a while!

Cheers ladies!

Did I say 5 days of going batshit crazy? Make that 6. I couldn't get on track yesterday and had tons of junk including obsene amounts of cookie dough, M&Ms and then out for BBQ last night. Yikes. Today I hit the gym in the morning and have been eating well without much struggle... thank God.

I did step on the scale and it says I've gained 9 lbs in 6 days. WTFBBQ?!?! I know some of it is water weight (I hope!) but like Joss said, I can tell that a lot of it is actually fat gain. I felt like Santa on the treadmill today... a bowl full of jelly. Blergh.

Joss, that's so exciting about the new furniture and linens... and getting a start on school stuff!

Bayzee, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself and please don't put a damper on your vacation by feeling guilty about your food choices! I'll be on a cruise to Mexico in February and I'm sure I'll fully enjoy all of the fattening dishes as well. ;)

FEATHERS!!! I know I've been a flaky feather not posting but I've been lurking and keeping up with everyone!

I also indulged a little too much! From 12/20 (my son's 1st birthday) until the day after Christmas I gained 5.2 pounds, sadly I was kind of pleased it wasn't more considering the volume in which I ate. Went from an all time low of 139.6 to 144.8! Luckily between TOM and a lot of it being water weight, I'm down to 140.6 already. One more celebration tomorrow night and that's it. I've enjoyed all of it, but I'll be so glad when it's over to join you all in Buckle-Down-January!

OhThePlaces - That's gotta be a ton of water! I know what you mean being able to tell some of it's fat. I'm always astounded that even 15 pounds at a much heavier weight can almost go unnoticed, but a couple pounds at a lower weight can make you feel so miserable! Won't be anytime before you get it off!

Bayzee!!! So glad you're having a blast! I'm excited for you that you've been able to just kick back and enjoy it. You deserve it!

JossFit - Sounds like you've had a productive visit aside from all the fun too! I'm excited for the new month and the new year and to put all of this indulgence behind me. Well, after a good amount of indulgence tomorrow night!

Alexistrophic - Isn't it funny when a gain of quite a few pounds, when put in a holiday context really doesn't seem that bad at all! I was actually fairly relieved to get through it all with 5 pounds. A couple years back my brother in law (a big guy and a really big eater) gained 35 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Krampus - 2 pounds is SOOOO minimal. Great job! I can't even fathom that much snow. I live in Phoenix, so we never see snow. Well I take that back, in my lifetime of living in Phoenix it's snowed twice, and it didn't even stick and it lasted for all of a few minutes and the city practically shut down and it was the top news story for weeks. I actually think sirens went off lol.

*waves* Hi everyone! I am BACK! Feeling icky, but back. We got home late Thursday night from our Christmas travels, I worked all day Friday, then yesterday woke up feeling like crap. My sinuses are mad, and I can't get them to just chill out. I really need to get to a doctor but my schedule with work just got PACKED. But I know that I'm not actually sick, and this is not going to stop coming back because my sinuses get chronically inflamed and I need a prescription spray to fix it.

I see that most everyone jumped up a bit on the scale over the holidays. I didn't get a good morning weigh in until yesterday, my evening weigh ins before then were up about 3 pounds, but my mornings these past 2 days are between 149 and 150, so I managed not to do much damage. It helps that I am the pickiest eater EVER and I just don't eat a LOT of sweets, so I can control over indulging pretty well. Also we did Christmas eve at my sisters so we didn't have the usual spread of my parents home made fudge and caramels. The worst was probably my mother in laws, with the bacon and waffles! But for the first couple days there my body was so shut down from the crazy week before that I wasn't even feeling hungry. At all. I didn't eat until midnight last Friday.

Now it will be time to get buckled back down and start taking some weight off again. I need to try and get more exercise so I can pay a little less attention to what I eat. I've been good with maintaining without counting, but I just don't feel like going back to counting so if I eat the same and up my exercise that should work. Guess we'll see!

~Katy

Hi Feathers, I shat out the equivalent of a small child this morning and still weighed in at 127.4 O_o which is prob the burger and fries I had at midnight on Friday night catching up to me, plus like a million cookies and pieces of candy yesterday during my stoned venture to see The Hobbit (I loved it!).

TOM came this morning, which couldn't be worse timing - BF and I got an expensive hotel in Montreal for NYE tomorrow night, I don't feel like taking it in the butt (sorry, that's really graphic), if I'd known it was going to be my heaviest day I would've been like "let's get a cheap one" - ARGH.

Friday I got in a minor car accident, slipped on some ice and fishtailed into a foot of snow and got stuck and had to get towed. Somewhere in there I bent a couple of my wheels and that will need to be addressed. Also had to replace a ball joint that was dangling by a thread - I'm lucky it didn't break off while I was driving. Figure $135 for the ball joint and maybe $500 to replace the two wheels. Not what I like spending my money on thanks. I'm SO SICK of winter!!!!!!!

In fitness news I've been slaying it at the gym (I guess all these extra calories are helping), so at least I haven't slacked in that regard. I've also been eating well if you discount the huge amounts of candy that magically make it into my mouth every day - still having lots of protein, huge salads, and the like. Yesterday six of us moved one of our friends into a new apartment in just over an hour (she moved a couple blocks over so there was only ~5 minutes of transit time in there!). It was pretty amazing teamwork on our part - four in-shape ladies and two strong gentlemen got all her furniture and belongings up and down stairs without even breaking a sweat.

Awkward self timer picture in which I look four feet fall (this is just a self-serving reminder that even though I'm 2 and a half pounds heavier than "normal," I would have to do a lot worse to be "actually fat."

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kakers I'm sorry your sinuses are being such a pain! Awesome you didn't gain over vacation, being a picky eater is a good self-control tool :D

LockItUp Woooo for debloating so fast! That's impressive and ALSO it's awesome you got to < 140 during the holiday madness period!

OhThePlaces Eughhh I feel like jelly too. I hate that feeling of going to sleep and waking up full and then overeating like a zombie because my stomach is stretched out - hope you feel better soon!

Bayzee LOL stop thinking about your weight on vacation! Who knows, maybe you'll lose weight without realizing it. There are a lot of obese people in Mexico - I would be really struggling if I lived there, no doubt.

JossFit Looking forward to seeing your new furniture and all that! I hope you feel human again soon, sometimes when I'm out and about I feel like apologizing to people who see me "I'm not usually this bloated!"

Alexistrophic What was the highlight of your Nashville trip? I'm glad it was a good time!

Krampus - OMG is your door HUGE!?!?! You look about as tall as my 3 year old! I LOL-ed about your TOM issue, though I understand. Back in the day PV (pre-vasectomy) I would skip my periods with my bc pill when I knew we'd be on vacation or had a special night. STUPID periods, hate them! And seriously, you are tiny, 2 pounds definitely isn't visible to ANYONE but you.

Kakers - Nice to see you! I'm with ya on the exercise, I've sucked SOOOOO bad lately in that department!


Well, last day of the year! Drinks and bad food planned for the night. My SIL and her family are in town and I always DREAD seeing her and her husband. They're just sooooo snobby and always make me feel bad, or I should say I always allow them to make me feel inferior. The one thing that I'm happy about is that I haven't seen them for a long time and I'm small now, and she's bigger. I know that's terribly awful of me, but I feel smug as all h3LL.

Hope you all have a fun and SAFE new years eve!!!

Krasnoyarsk (omg hahaha... My phone just autocorrected Krampus.) You're adorable and your door is humongous! I was a total food zombie last week. I'm glad you realize that even if you're up a little bit, you are by no means heavy. Sorry to hear about your car! I hate pouring money into car issues... It adds up so quickly. We had to replace the wheels on my SUV this year and spending that kind of money made me sad.

Kakers, I hope you're feeling better soon. Yay for being too picky to do much damage over the holidays!! It's awesome that you're able to maintain so easily without counting... I think I'll have to loosely calorie count forever because my portions and snacks jump up so quickly.

LockItUp, I hope the time spent with your snotty ILs wasn't too bad last night. Embrace your smugness, they sound like douches.

We got together with some friends last night and I ate more than I had planned (what's new!) but I at least had a good cardio session earlier in the day. I'm still up a few pounds from vacation (131.2 this morning) but I'm giving myself a week OP before I change it on my profile. I am so happy to be done with all of the holiday festivities and get back to a normal routine. Of course these next couple of months are going to be crazy. I'm flying to Dallas a week from tomorrow to be in my best friend's wedding and will be out there for 5 days, then the first week of February we're going on a week-long cruise to Mexico. I expect to have some off plan eating during both of those weeks, but I want to be super OP and add in extra exercise to counteract it. I would LOVE to be at goal by the cruise.