cndgoose's Journal, 18 December 2007

The holidays are hard. I decided to have a free day on Christmas, and to do my best to stay with the plan until then. I have three Christmas parties, and that makes it hard. I have one under my belt. I did fairly good, but had a couple of treats. As far as enjoying in moderation, I totally agree with that, and I find it is easier to enjoy treats in small portions if you first fill up on protein and veggies. At my last part they had croissant sandwiches for the main food, so I discreetly threw away the white bread and just ate the meat and cheese, and ate plenty of shrimp. I wasn't perfent, though! I had some candied pecans(way too many) and 2 no-bake cookies. But I didn't gain because I did'nt go hog wild and I went right back to the plan. A lesson I had to learn was that one slip won't ruin you as long as you don't give up. The week after Thanksgiving I went hog wild crazy and kept saying, "I'll start back up on my diet tommorow", and gained 5 pounds that took me two weeks to lose in the first place. You definitely will feel better and gain less weight if you do your best throughout the holidays, and pick and choose which treats are most important to you, rather than waiting until the new year. 

Welcome back!! Moving is always hard but glad you are back and settled. Hope you have a merry christmas!! 

You'll get IT back once you have settled down; have patience as you have gone through alot of moving around, right??? 

WELCOME HOME FRIEND! you were definitely missed!! I checked every couple of days to see if you had written in your journal...so now you're a Louisianaan huh?? Coool...Nothing as peaceful as the good ol' USA!!