Three things I learned over the holidays (so far)
(1) I'm more comfortable in my daily routine where I control all the variables related to food. While I made all the correct choices during the week's travels, things like not having a scale, and not having more precise calorie counts, left me nervous. I suspect I tended to under eat at times due to those uncertainties.
(2) Late nights do not work well for the process. While up late on Christmas eve, wrapping packages, I definetely had to deal with a lot more hunger than normal and had to go as far as breaking out a snack (turkey pepperoni) which that I usually don't need.
(3) Gooey chocolate chip cookies might as well be heroin. Given my current position, I opted to eat one of the cookies left out for Santa Claus this year. The minute it was in my mouth it was like a bomb went off in my head. I could have easy devoured the rest of them without even noticing and only avoided that fate by exercising absolute self control.
Just a few thoughts which might benefit the crowd.
HW: 255 (6/5/13), SW: 240 (6/19/13), CW: 169 (9/16/14)
M1: -26, M2: -17, M3: -5, M4: -13 M5: -12 M6: -11 M7: -8
M8-10: Skinny Maintenance (10k Training) M11-13: On Break
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Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
Can't help it - I just have to piggyback on this theme :-)
THREE THINGS I LEARNED (AND RE-LEARNED) OVER THE HOLIDAYS:
1. Recreational sugar is my crack -- doesn't matter how it's packaged. "One" of something is too many and a hundred will never be enough. I. CAN'T. DO. SUGAR.
2. Getting the stomach flu for 4 days running will get a girl to goal weight really fast (more to come on this later...)
3. People seriously don't give a **** what you put in your mouth as long as you make them feel good about themselves. I have become the queen this season of focusing on others and then surreptitiously discarding food gifted to me (only necessary if my, "sorry I'm diabetic" tactic doesn't work). I can palm a piece of peanut brittle and get it in the garbage with the grace of a magician. Or switch plates with my nephew and have him eat all the cheesecake before anyone is the wiser. I can draw out the eating of 4 oz. of prime rib and make delightful conversation while others are cleaning their plates. And I can "ooh" and "aah" with the best of them over some delicious concoction without ever taking a bite. Did it work ALL the time for me this holiday season? Nope...but it did 90% of the time!
Honest-to-god....I'm already tired of all the weight-loss commercials on TV but I am GLAD - GLAD I TELL YOU! - that the rest of the world will be in weight-loss-mode the next month or so.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 
Tracy 5'3" HW: 235 SW: 218 CW: 132 M1: -22 M2: -13 M3: -12 M4: -9 M5: -8 M6: -10 M7: -4
Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!
Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15
And I hear you on the 30 day collective focus on weight loss. My trainer and I were taking bets today on just how bad its going to be, and for how long. I am hoping the crowds disappear by February 1. Is that evil of me?
Laurie
Sleeved 6/12/13 - 100 pounds lost to get to goal!
Amen! I've found since my surgery I can indeed "ooh and aah" at the sweet delicacies without tasting them!!! How cool is that....and now I can actually sit and talk through a dinner without my mouth being crammed full of food!!! Way cool and as far as the weight loss commercials go....we are all on track while everyone else is trying to figure out what "losers" method they want to try this year! We've found something that works and we're sticking to it. The outcome is fascinating to say the least. Oh the beauty of it all. In a few months .....let's say 90 days....whose gonna be smiling?????
