Hi to everyone! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving day!! I had an good time with my family and then up shopping with them early this morning. I was able to stay OP by pretty much followed the suggested menu my center provided. It felt good not to be stuffed and I didn't really feel deprived at all. On top of that, I stopped to WI today amongst my other running around and have lost 4 lbs since Monday which makes it a 5 lbs week. My best yet! The icing on the cake is that I got to sign the 40lb board!! I'm so excited!

Congrats! That is awesome.

I had a pretty good day. I stuck with the majority of my foods being OP but did have a small spoonful of mashed pot, sweet pot and 1 lf. jello salad. Then caved to a thin slice of pumpkin & Cheesecake. But was never stuffed and felt okay with my choices. My plate was over 1/2 full of OP foods.

Hope everyone else had great days and are happy with what they ate! I go to weigh in tomorrow and will be happy with staying the same!

Tina

they have some specials coming up for December a couple of them include 4 free weeks hang in there a check them out.

HELLO everyone...i have been trying to catch up on all the threads...you guys are all doing awesome...i love this support group. i am trying again....my contract now ends the beginning of march. i lost 1.6 pounds this week...even after 3 thanksgiving meals...must of made decent choices. i read somewhere..forgot who was talking about it....about the ribbon to keep track of your progress....i want to know more about it. i also read about collecting rocks or marbles in a glass jar for progress...does that work for anyone. This time i am going to the tuesday classes for support...i have been to 2 so far. looking forward to posting more and reading more.

Traveling
 

Our center uses the ribbon, too. I've only gotten one so far, but it certainly is motivational. I love the idea of putting them on the refrigerator!

I did really well on Thanksgiving, with a .4 pound loss showing on the scale on Friday. However, the leftovers got to me, and I'm up a pound. I hate this see sawing back and forth!

This week will be a challenge, with a three-day road trip, hotel, meals in restaurants and at my cousin's house.

Any hints for sticking with the program while traveling?

Thanks!
Meiho

Congratulations!!! That is great!!! :hug:

Mine are all on my refrigerator also!!! It's great to have them all there and be able to compare.

I DID IT! Last week I made it to ONEDERLAND!!! WHOA! And, I got to sign the 155lb board! What a great "Thanksgiving"!

Thanks for everyone's support! You all are wonderful!

Bad Thankslgiving :(
 

aaaaaaHHHHH I am rather ticked at myself. I'm afraid to even look at the scale after this past week.
I had friends stay with us and we drank way too much and ate even more! I was a total carb freak.
Thank God it's Monday and back to the regular routine!! Did anyone else fall off the wagon over the holiday??:?:
Should I do the first menu or just go back to the green one to get back on track?? I almost feel like I need to detox!!
Why do I do this to myself...after all the hard work I put in?? uuugggh!! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

At the center they'd tell you to go back to your maintenance menu & be strict with it - you could go to the green menu if you really want to detox, but the maintenance menu should get you back to normal in a few days - that and a LOT of water!

WHOO-HOO!!!! :cheer::cheer::cheer:
Denise, that is FANTASTIC news!!!

Yes, me. I fell off the wagon as well. We were on vacation at the beach and I started out pretty good and really made good choices when eating out, but I did stray and have some drinks and did not stick to plan. To top it off, we ate at PF Chang's on the way home and I know that didn't help!
Sun morning I got on the scale & I was up 4 lbs. I drank lots of water -128oz-and got right back OP (without detox--just using the green menu) and today (Monday morning) I was down 2 lbs.
I am visualizing Denise's U-turn big time and getting right back to staying OP.
I'm not going to beat myself up about it. It was a vacation and we had a wonderful time. Old me would have eaten a LOT of junk during that week--New Me didn't. Old me would have continued the bad habits and I am not doing that anymore. So this indicates that I have learned something over the last 11 months ;)

Wow! What a reward for staying OP...your best week yet! Congrats!!

I love your picture!

Thanks! I figured it was about time for an updated pic. It was taken on Thanksgiving night. I'm finally getting to where I'm not afraid of the camera anymore :) I guess that's an NSV for me!