i'm in! i haven't cheated since i started in august and am too close to goal to throw it away on one day.

i'm looking for a great whipped cauliflower recipe for Thanksgiving, Rosemary...Please, please, please post!

This is also my fourth start. I am going to do it this time. I am committing to be cheat free through Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season.

Kristin

I don't plan on cheating either. Smoked turkey breast, green beans, asparagus, some salad. I guess dessert will be Vanilla IP Pudding. I'm cooking for my husband and dtr the usual - cornbread dressing, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. Just another day for us. No big plans this year.

For all you non Thanksgiving cheaters I know how you can get your pumpkin pie or egg nog fix. I had the vanilla boxed drink with pumpkin pie spice. It tasted like a cross between pumpkin pie and egg nog. mmmmm delicious.

I use the vanilla pudding with tea insead of water and pumpkin pie spice for breakfast almost every morning.
I think that DaVinci makes sugar free egg nog syrup too.

I am on week #6 of IP and I am down 19 lbs! No cheats yet and I am not going to let Thanksgiving or Christmas ruin that! Im just going to have turkey and trunips (my new favorite veggie!) I want to be at my goal by new years eve so I can indulge in a couple cocktails : )

Since the day I started this diet (9/13/10)...I haven't thought at all about cheating. Not even a bite or lick of anything. I plan to stick with that. I really want to weigh at least 30 pounds less than I do right now by the end of February and that will only happen if I don't cheat at all. I am not concerned about being tempted. It is just another day. I am spending that night at Foxwoods so I will not look at all the yummy cocktails being served.

I am flying to Vegas on Christmas Eve and home the 30th that will be a tough week...but our first stop will be a grocery store for celery, lettuce, and dressing fixings.

I want to start phase two regardless of my scale number on January 20th. So that I will be on Phase four when I leave for my cruise on February 20th.

Go girls:carr ot:

Count me in! I did my first cheat 3 weeks ago since starting the diet on 9/11. I gained 3 pounds and it took me a week to take off the 3 pounds. Totally wasn't worth it! Just experiencing that will definitely keep me from cheating Thursday. I am on a mission now to be thin by my birthday in March :-) Good luck everyone!

I'm experimenting with the mashed cauliflower tonight in preparation for Thursday...

I'm in - that will be week 3 for me!

Sooooooo.... I made mashed cauliflower for dinner tonight as a trial run. IT WAS GREAT! Even my tater-lovin' hubby thought they were good. I boiled 2 1/2 c. of frozen cauliflower till it was very tender, drained it and used my brand-new-purchased-for-this-very-purpose immersion blender to puree it. Worked like a charm. They seemed a little wet though, so on Thursday, after I puree them, I'm going to put them back on the stove for a couple of minutes to "dry them out". I'm also flirting with the idea of adding garlic... Mmmmm.... garlic. Add a little IP chicken soup/gravy, and we'll be set! Mashed potatoes? Who needs them! We've got mashed cauliflower!

how fun! what kind of cruise? you're totally going to be a bombshell on your cruise!!!

Try not cooking it as much. That will help it stay thicker.
Also, I add to mine
Packet of chicken soup (it's like mixing the gravy in)
Garlic Powder
White pepper
Sea Salt
And if you don't mind going slightly off protocol, a tablespoon of butter makes it taste a lot richer.

I use a stick blender and mix it all in the pot I cooked it in. Easy clean up.

Mrs Diettrich - garlic is very good in the mashed cauliflower! Along with some pepper, paprika, EVOO and sea salt. It is deeelicious! And you can add just a smidge of milk (like what you'd put in your coffee). I find that helps a bit.

Good job everyone for not cheating! If I had Thanksgiving here right now I'd definately be down this track. I did have my birthday last Friday and did not cheat at all

I am going on NCL out of Miami to St. Thomas, Dominican Republic, Tortola, and Great Stirup Caye. We are going with about 10 family members. We go every February and have a blast....but we definately party alot so it will be bootcamp the day I come back.

Vegas is usually a party trip for hubby and I...it will be so weird to be there and not have a drink....but so worth it to get to my goal.

The last weekend in March I have a wine tour "Cruisin the Tropic" on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail in western NY so I will have to be good when I return from the cruise so I can enjoy that too.