Thursday, December 5, 2002

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Thanksgiving was fun, Shawna and I took Quake over to my nephews place for dinner. I took the day off from counting fats and salt. I ate anything I wanted and that culminated into a few hors devours from a meat and cheese tray and a heaping plate full of turkey and all the trimmings. I had one of each dessert and went back for seconds of my wife's pumpkin pie cake. It felt good to cut loose and enjoy anything I wanted. This was the first time in ten years that my wife and I did not host Thanksgiving at our house for the family. As long as it takes for me to accomplish my weight loss goal, we do not plan on doing anymore either. Having all that food around is the best way to sabotage yourself when trying to reduce. We will have Christmas dinner here. But we will use common sense and be disciplined with our menu especially the amount of food we have on hand. We will try to have just enough to get by without having any leftovers.

Just to prove a point to myself, I went for my walk the very next day and followed through with my normal workout and eating schedule as if Thanksgiving had never happened. The point, was that often after letting go for a holiday like that. I have not been very successful at going back to my healthy regime. This time I was NOT going to let myself do it. It was not easy to get motivated, and it never is. But this is important to me and I refuse to let myself down. As I get out among the public more and see friends and family. I am receiving many kudos for what I have been able to accomplish so far with my weight loss. It's encouraging and it helps me to stay motivated. Everyone always say's “ keep it up”! I know they mean well, but, to me it's also their way of saying ”we've seen this before and don't feel confident that you can keep it up”. But I will, because I am committed to it and have accepted this as a goal that I really want to accomplish.

Next week I go in to see Dr. Wisse to weigh in and talk over my recent blood lab results. I will also see my new nutritionist and then see the food disorder people for a six month followup of the study I participated in.

One holiday down and two to go.


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