1) What are your plans? Who with? My mother is doing most of the cooking and sy sisters are bringing dishes. My sole contribution to the meal will be some baked acorn squash and a tossed salad. 2) Are there any special traditions associated with the holiday or the weekend? Yes, enjoy dinner then spend the rest of the weekend hitting the books to prep for final exams. We do have a special Thanksgiving church service that's always noce. 3) Do you fix any special plates to share? not quite sure what you mean... 4) What is your strategy for getting through it sane and without compromising your eating plan? Getting all leftovers out of the house. I've already bought 3 packages of Gladware containers to pack up the leftovers and send them home with my sisters. I'm also planning to get up extra early and workout first thing in the AM because I know that I'll be too busy or too tired to do it later. 5) What are you thankful for this year? God has blessed me beyond belief. I am extremely thankful for my relationship with Christ, my family, my health, and my 160 pound lighter body! I'm not as thin as I would like to be, but compared to my heaviest weight of 319, I'm literally half the person I used to be! Hugs, Tracy

1) What are your plans? Who with? We're going to my sis's for Thanksgiving. She's been having dinner at her house since my mom passed away many years ago. It will be me and my family, my dad, my sis and her family, my brother and his family and maybe a couple of friends of mine who have no family nearby. All in all, it will be about 25 people. 2) Are there any special traditions associated with the holiday or the weekend? Not really. In the past, my sis had to work on Thanksgiving (she's a nurse) so my BIL does all the cooking. I usually go up early and help out, but this year she's off. I'll still probably go up early, though, just because. After dinner, we typically play cards - poker or euchre. 3) Do you fix any special plates to share? My dad is usually in charge of bringing pies, which he orders from a local restaraunt. I usually bake one or two, as well. This year, I'll be making my SF Oreo pie that has become so popular. 4) What is your strategy for getting through it sane and without compromising your eating plan? Dunno. I'm eating like a horse this week. I think this is the singular worst case of PMS I've ever experienced. Acne like I've NEVER had it before in my life, swelling, you name it. My goal is to not eat the plates and napkins... I'm probably going to concentrate my time on the kids, keeping them entertained. There'll be a bazillion of them so hopefully they'll keep me on my toes and out of the food. 5) What are you thankful for this year? There's lots of things I'm thankful for, of course. But if I had to name just one, it would be my sis. She has been a great source of support for me this year with everything going on with Aaron and I don't know what I'd do without her. She's 13 years older than me and since my mom died, she's the one I kind of go to when the going gets tough. She's always a good listener but good about calling me out when I need it, too. She knows me better than pretty much anyone else.

Congrats, DC! Hugs, Tracy

I hope you complaine about the way you were treated. That was outrageous. Anyway, you and your family continue to be in my prayers. If a slight revision will alleviate some of your health problems, it's something for you to seriously consider. God bless! Hugs, Tracy

Hey all, glad to see all my wonderful friends! I will be at 18 months on 11/24. My weight bounces between 157 and 164 depending on my water and carb intake - the more water, the lower my weight and the more carbs, the higher my weight. I am doing Weigh****chers to get off the last 10-15 pre-plastics pounds. I want to go into plastics around 145 and finish up at around my 135 goal (I'm 5-2). I am over 140 pounds down from my starting weight of 303 and more than 160 pounds down from my highest weight of 319. I don't have too many problems with foods, but too many sugar alcohols make me sick. I still don't eat sugar, bread, pasta or rice. I did have a little brown rice a couple of times when I first joined WW since it is encouraged, but it filled me up too quickly and I'd rather save my pouch space for other things. I am still a hard core exerciser I am incredibly blessed and am excited to begin the reconstructive surgeries maybe next summer. Anything I haven't lost by then, I will tell the plastics guy to lipo off. May God continue to bless you all!