Hey, everyone is invited to my place for a polar bear dip on January 1st! I'll make sugar free hot chocolate, I promise. We can all drink a small glass of wine the night before and get plastered. Lori

We're all human, aren't we? It's like me with chocolate chip cookies. I can eat one without dumping, so I indulge a couple of times a week! Oh well! Traci

Im going to try this tonite! I was going to make SF jello pudding the other night and realized I had no plain/vanilla soy milk only chocolate!!! I have the Cheesecake flavor at home so I bet it will be super yum!

I'm going to my sister's (with the whole extended family - about 35 - 40 of us!). I'm planning on helping with the preperations and cleanup as much as I can and concentrating on socializing the rest of the time. I've been to some large family functions a couple of times already and once I got over my initial nervousness, I found it wan't a problem! Actually, I found it easier than in past years when I felt that certain family members were watching disaprovingly at everything that I ate thinking "She's just getting fatter and fatter..." I've mostly gotten uncomfortable with people who haven't seen me in a while going on and on about how good I look. I appreciate the quick compliment, but some people don't know when to stop. Good Luck Carolyn

Hi Cyndi, It wont be as hard as ya think, I have been to one thanksgiving dinner already. I was worried, but I got my plate and got several different things, I tasted each thing with just the tip of my fork. I ate the food that tasted the best to me, only about 2 tablespoons of it. I didnt feel deprived and I didnt feel left out. I was full and happy. I got about a tablespoon of banana pudding, I didnt even eat all of it. I think it helped seeing food in my plate and knowing I couldnt eat all of it if I had tried. I hope this helps. I guess it helped knowing if I did try to overeat, I might vomit in front of everyone. That kept me right in check.