[Mudpie]

My body has decided it will no longer tolerate ice cream. I had quite a bit on Wed. night (usual response to usual stuff - SIGH) and my body reacted quite strongly and is still reacting.

I think?

Dagmar

[alinnell]

Our Thanksgiving went well despite the fact that the two turkeys decided to cook WAY faster than ever before. I can only surmise that fresh turkeys cook faster than previously frozen ones.

All the food was wonderful and I did a good job of choosing the right things to eat. I was so full that I skipped pie and cheesecake. Of course we have a lot of leftovers. I made a turkey tetrazzini casserole last night as it's my DD's favorite and she's heading back to school tonight. Yesterday was too much food (IMO). I had pie for breakfast--I guess I couldn't pass it up, but it was small. Then my sister decided they wanted to take us to lunch. I had soup and salad and felt good about that despite the fact that I was not hungry. We came home and I immediately started the casserole and got it in the oven a little earlier than I wanted because we had the Blue Man Group concert last night and we had to eat and get going. The concert was great. We came home and most everyone had pie, but I skipped it.

Today we're going to my cousin's in OC for dinner. We're having build your own tostadas and I imagine pineapple upside down cake for dessert.

With all this food, I would think that I would have gained at least a pound, but I'm holding steady--which is good. Now to re-motivate and start losing again!

[Megan1982]

I'm very frustrated with myself. No matter my good intentions I just cannot seem to keep my hands off the junk food that is here in my parents house. The weird thing is the different items don't sound that good to me. Chocolate chip cookie? Doesn't sound irresistable... but my hand is in that cookie jar. Etc. I even tried suggesting to my mother yesterday that we didn't need another dessert made when she asked my opinion about what kind of cake she should make for dessert. You know, we'd finished the pies so we needed more dessert. She didn't listen to me. My sister made oatmeal for breakfast this morning. She's discovered a new method where she first sautees the oats in butter before she adds additional liquid to cook. Butter! Poor oatmeal. And then she says to me "I made you some oatmeal!" all excited b/c she knows I like oatmeal, and was just trying to do something nice. I know it is totally my fault if I eat the junk but I feel powerless when it's nearby. I miss my safe house full of veggies and only a few carbs, relative to this house.

But I want to congratulate other maintainers. I sounds like we had some pretty good Thanksgivings here! Allison, way to hold steady! Bill, sounds like you did a great job eating lots of veggies and getting your exercise in. Jessica, way to limit your plate size!

Yesterday I went into NYC to meet a friend I've known since we were 2. We had a great time catching up, but unfortunately didn't get to Uniqlo before we ran out of time. Hopefully next visit. This afternoon a friend from college is coming to my parents to visit. I'm not sure what we're going to do... I guess I should go ask my mom & dad what there is to do locally.

Ooh, I just heard my mom leave her room - I was waiting for her to finish showering/getting dressed so I could go use the Nordic Track. I can't eat while I'm on the Nordic track, right???