Oh I didnt make it. I even indulged in spiked egg nog last night and I am so paying for it today. I feel like my stomach is punishing me. Im really looking forward to an extra healthy day and working out. The last 3ish days have been a disaster.

I survived....it helps that I did not go home for Christmas this year and as such was better able to monitor my food. I ate on plan throughout the day and hen went for dinner in the night. I had 1/2 rack of ribs, a medium baked potato and some veg. I planned to eat a slice of cheesecake (250 cals) but was too full so I will eat it today.

I am up 2lbs but I am not worried about it as I figure it is just water retention. Back on plan today!

I drive my dh to distraction with all the calorie counting I do, so I promised him I would relax and not count calories on Christmas. Dh made whole wheat pancakes (I had two small ones with light syrup). We skipped lunch due to a late breakfast. For dinner, I made pizzas for everyone, but for my pizza I used a whole wheat crust, no sauce and topped it with fresh tomatoes, leeks, artichoke hearts, black olives, EVOO and balsamic vinegar. It was sooooo good! I did end up eating too much of it, but it was so yummy. Finished up the night with air-popped popcorn and Dr. Who. Scale is up 2.5lbs this morning, but I expected a gain, so not that worried.

Glad everyone had a nice Christmas!

Andrejean, thankyou for that fantastic insight! I did get sweeties this Christmas (again) and it was so nice to think that they were kind gifts from someone who'd thought about me, not deliberate sabotages from people who hadn't thought about my diet.
Honestly, you've made my Christmas!

You're welcome Rosinante! My gift to my friend was a quite a few year back, at least ten, and ever since then, I remember how I felt when I bought her that set, and her reaction. She LOVED it, even though she could not use it. I suspect she gave it to her sister or mom, but I think it made her feel special that I completely forgot about her handicap. I like to look at things that way now. What was the intention. Most times the intention is wonderful!

I was over on Friday. We stayed home yesterday, just DH and I so it went well. Have a supper tonight and then the holidays are done. Gonna take a walk and save up for this evening.

One good thing, we will be incredibly busy tomorrow at work with the holiday boarding dogs, so I should log about 6 WW activity points, that's what I logged on Thurs and Fri. I had the weekend off. Yay.

All in all it's not been that bad and I'm fine with my indulgences.

Back in the saddle tomorrow.

Sadly my chocs are more likely to be sabotage as this same person is the one making continuous comments on how I shouldn‘t be dieting at Christmas and tries more than 3 times to get me to eat every single treat itme, secretly puts more food on my plate when I turn my back like I won‘t notice...

It is possible it is an honest mistake, though still quite annoying to make that mistake after I said “please don‘t buy me chocolates as I not only shall not be able to eat them but I will be really upset at not being able to eat them because I‘d love to eat them and don‘t want to sit there looking at boxes of chocolates that I havee to give away“. I reckon that is tough to misunderstand if you are bothering to listen to what people say to you.

Have had a few more accidents today involving chocolate cake (darnit) but should still come well within maintenance.

We (mum and me) did quite well over Christmas, most of the stuff was quite low-cal and I must highly commend Mum on her wheat free mince pies. MUCH nicer than normal ones and way less greasy!

We've had quite a protein-packed Christmas. Fillet steak yesterday, then veal roast and sausages today. Carbs have always been our downfall so we're actually quite pleased with ourselves. We have had potatoes but only in small amounts.

Although I did totally cave and eat half a bar of Galaxy earlier today, but someone made me cry so I think I was justified.

I did pretty well, given the fact that it's a holiday. I took a break, but still found myself choosing this over that and avoiding the "bad" stuff. I wasn't depriving myself or anything. I just picked things I would feel good about eating later.

About family, I'm guilty of the "bad" gifts. My MIL used to be diabetic, and unfortunately, on more than one occasion, I would bake her something when she visited or take her out for something sweet. As bad as it sounds, I was just thinking about what I would like if I was her. I try not to, but I show love by baking something. It's a habit I'm overcoming, I'm happy to say. My first thought is ALWAYS "BAKED GOODS" or something sweet when I gift, but I'm becoming better and better about choosing something else.

Oh, I didn't plan for Christmas, I just ate until I was satisfied of rich foods, and loaded up on my veggies first, one helping of dessert, etc etc. It went well, I can't complain. Today has been perfectly on plan, so I am proceeding on as always.