I think a lot of us are worried about the "big feast" day. While I personally have been planning for this day, I am still worried that I will "pig out" and thus begin the downward spiral of regaining what I've lost.

however, with this round of weight loss (as opposed to the other 6 times I've lost 30+ pounds) I feel something different. THIS TIME I took the "calorie deficit" approach to losing weight. THIS TIME I have cut back on sugar & salt and have NOT given up my favorite foods. THIS TIME I feel differently because I'm NOT THINKING how I can "eat stuff again" once I reach my goal.

So I have been psyching myself all month for today. I have been planning to eat turkey, stuffing, gravy, glazed carrots & my all time fav t'giving treat... "PUMPKIN PIE". :hungry: I can hardly wait!!! - and I haven't even had breakfast yet!

BUT I TOO SUFFER FROM THE FEAR OF OVER-DOING IT TODAY. I am afraid I'll eat way too much and then do it again tomorrow, and the next day & the next & then find myself having gained 5 or 10 pounds by January 1. :o Then I'm afraid I'll say "WTF" & just go on a crazy binge & regain all I've lost plus more... :dizzy:

So I ask myself (constantly!!!!) "But what makes THIS TIME so different??" well, for starters, I have been eating MUCH LESS food for 2011. My stomach has shrank! - anytime I have eaten more food than I've needed, I have felt bloated & disgusted & therefore remind myself that "I only need X amount of food"... THIS IS A GOOD THING. I have treated it as "training" myself to STOP the insanity of overeating. THIS IS A HUGE STEP FOR ME. And not one that has come easily or overnight. It's been almost a year in the making. I'm much stronger than I was in, oh say... February. :carrot:

So, I go confidently into today's eating festivities. I may overeat, but I already know that I won't do it by much, because of how it makes me feel. And I already plan to take a nice after-meal walk to help digest said yumminess.

I'm STILL a little afraid. But I KNOW I can conquer this! AND SO CAN YOU. This doesn't have to be "the end". It CAN BE a new beginning.

Cheers to you... and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! :thanks1: