Oops! Forgot it was Monday.

Are they (holidays) over yet?

Happy Holidays! Good luck with all of the holiday eating and we'll see you all in a couple of days!

Dagmar

I know. Doesn't it seem like Sunday to everyone? This week will be all out of whack.

The family went out to my favorite southwest restaurant last night. The seafood enchiladas did me in and my weight is up. But I don't care! Wednesday I am re-committing to active dieting and I'll make goal in 2008!!

I'm proud of myself on the food front last night. Ate just raw veggies/shrimp/ one salmon roll for appetizers. Was very careful at the buffet and the dessert table too. And no alcohol at all.

When I got home my DH told me that he'd overheard a conversation between my crazy father and my cousin Alan in which my dad revealed that he had blown all of his money ($100K) in some stupid venture in Estonia. Half of that money was supposed to be my inheritance from my mother. Merry Christmas.

We had all sorts of holiday food gifts around and alcohol plus DH had ice cream stashed. I took a sleeping pill and went to bed instead of bingeing.

I will deal with my father tomorrow. He will be very, very sorry that he lied to me and did this to me. But I will not overeat at my DH's sister's today or tonite after we get home. I will treat my body with respect. I deserve that.

Dagmar

Dagmar, so sorry to hear! If it's any consolation, my Christmas was full of family battles as well. My mother came down to Manhattan to visit, and we had lots of big plans, but unfortunately not all of them happened. One of my big ideas was planning an amazing (but healthy!) Christmas Eve dinner and then Christmas Day breakfast, but that got derailed. Fortunately, we were able to salvage it: Mom stayed an extra night, so we did Christmas Eve dinner last night and then watched a movie (Spanglish - really cute). This morning, I got up super early (4:30!) and made brunch so we could have Christmas Day this morning (presents, brunch etc - we had done Christmas mass already on the real Christmas Eve) before I put her on the train and got to work. Pretty much everything my mom gave me was some kind of health-oriented present (running gear, Misto Olive Oil Sprayer, weight lifting book, etc), so I was really thrilled, and she loved her present (new set of pots and pans). The beginning of our visit was lovely, and last night/this morning were great - it was just that unfortunate sticky time in the middle...

The big thing that is really cheering me up is that I am WAY down in weight - 2 pounds since last week! And it's not water weight; it's been constant for a few days now. Yippee!!! If I can lose just one pound this week, I'll reach my January 1st goal... however, that will be tricky with the leftover cookies and goodies I have. We'll see!

Hope others had a merry Christmas

Personally, i am very happy to see the holidays gone. Back on track today, though.

Hi. i'm boundndetermined.

Have about 20 lbs to lose to start with, and then go from there.

Hope to meet all of you.

boundndetermined. We're quite the fun bunch usually . Holidays are a little hard . So much of the sulking and whining (what, someone call me? ) will be gone by next week.

Dagmar

I'm back on track today. Oatmeal for breakfast, soup for lunch.

Only I've caught a miserable cold and didn't sleep well last night. I just want to go home and curl up in my new blankie.

I wonder if I'll feel well enough for my run tomorrow. It's supposed to be very cold (below 40) so I might skip it because of my illness.

I left work a bit early today so I could go running while it was light out... and I did NINE miles!!! I'm proud of myself, especially since I'm just a teeny bit sick (above the neck though, so it's okay to work out). I am going to start 2008 with a bang!

Hi guys! I know this isn't the intro thread but I'm new here too! Just wanted to say hello and chat with the other featherweights (what a cute name! lol)

Glad the holidays are over with, quite frankly! No more temptation. Next obstacle is New Years Eve! Best friend asked me to make 5 dozen chocolate covered strawberries to go with champagne... if it wasn't her, I would've screamed NO! But of course, I said yes. It will be hard to avoid eating those (both while I make them and after!)

Today was my first workout with my trainer since Dec 5! They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and it was definitely touch and go there for a while. I'm also fighting off a head cold and my lungs still haven't completely cleared out from the last illness. I'm off this week and really hoping I start to have some more energy tomorrow, so I can start to enjoy my time off.

My eating has been terrible and still isn't completely back on track. I've decided I'm just not going to worry that much about it until next week. I'm at least eating better than I was at my parents, where there was an inordinate amount of refined sugar--friendship bread, magic bars, pie and cake. I picked up some yogurt, Fiber One cereal, bananas, and lean cuisines, so I had some healthy foods to eat, but I still ate a lot of sugar. But I did manage to work out every day, so at least that's something.

Dealing with family is always wrought with tension. I become a raving lunatic around my Dad. I can't even explain why he makes me so mad. Well, actually, he was a pretty bad father and there are a lot of crappy things he did that he can never take back or make right. But despite this, I know that for my own mental health I should just let go of the anger--I just can't seem to do it. Luckily, even when I am home, I don't have to spend much time with him. And my sister and I had a great day together. She has been exercising and dropped a couple of sizes, so we went shopping together. I normally get discouraged very quickly when shopping, but with someone there encouraging me, it was a lot more fun. We both bought a ton of really cute clothes that looked great on us. We had a lot of fun and I felt closer to her than I had in years, so that made the whole trip home worth it (and now I have a cute new outfit to wear on New Year's Eve).

Morning!

My daughter talked me into playing "Scene It" after dinner yesterday ... far away from the dessert table ... best move of the season!

It also was far from the tension causers at that particular festivity.

Got the huge argument with my father over and done yesterday . He now "owns" a house in Estonia ( no bill of sale, deed, etc. but he "owns" it) and has wiped out his remaining retirement fund. What a knob! At least we didn't get into it on Christmas eve at the party. I tend to keep at least a room's worth of distance from him at these events.

Then went for a long walk down at the lake and had a tea, paid for with my cute little Starbucks card that Stella the mastiff gave me for Christmas. No munchies and no binge when I got back home .

Getting on the scale today was quite nerve-wracking but I'm maintaining at 132 . The Christmas Day event with DH's family only served to reinforce my weight loss goals. They, except the 14 year old who's only moderately overweight, are all morbidly obese and all have major health problems. Two of these people are young men (19 and 21 years old) and I feel so sorry for them . DH came home and just ate everything in sight. He's well aware of what could await him if he keeps following in his family's footsteps but he's not quite ready to stop yet.

I didn't nag . Seeing all of your family that ill as a result of excess weight is depressing enough. I will start encouraging the dieting/exercise again when I finish this dog sit Jan 2.

I'm off to do some Boxing Day shopping and then I'm going to make a big lab ecstatically happy by driving him down to the lake and running around like a fool with him for a couple of hours. There will be cookies involved but they're DOG cookies. I will have another tea as my treat.

Dagmar

Good morning!

I think today might just be a normal day. I'm going to work, there's no where to go after ... I might even make a nice healthy supper. Wierd ... it feels like weeks since we've done that.

Good morning SusanB!

That sounds nice - ENJOY!

I'm still in the disconnect of not knowing what day of the week it is (and not caring much either as I don't have my regular sched until Jan 2.)

Dagmar