• pay close attention to my food (i.e. what I am eating, how much am I eating)
• drink 10 glasses of water a day
• get in those workouts 5-6 days a week
• tuesday and thursday 5am jogs on the treadmil
• weigh in at 190 or less on the last tuesday of the month (12/30/08)

And that comment brings me to now - a horrible few days of eating and non water drinking. Booo on my part.

Thanksgiving came and went and with that TOM paid a visit. Had a few days of sheer depression. I ate what seemed like any and everything, no exercise in site and water I guess I thought it didn’t exsist.

NO! I am not looking forward to tomorrows weigh in.

Hope your Thanksgiving was a blessing!

It all started lastnight with brownies I baked him and the vanilla ice cream I served with them. Today will consist of his birthday lunch at Sticky Fingers ( we love this place) and his birthday dinner at Sakuras ( can you say sushi!) - Who knows if my mom will have him a Carvel ice cream cake which by the way is his favorite.

As you see this day is gonna be a tricky possibly weight gaining day.

I have listed a few people and things I am thnakful for that I feel have gotten me to the point of sucess I am at.

1. God first and always - my strength, ability and determination come from none other than God
2. My husband who is and always will be my biggest fan. My push when I need it.
3. My good friend Double N as she was sooo kind to give me a great treadmil that has now gotten me into the love of jogging/running
4. My mom cause everytime she comes over she comments that I never have anything sweet to eat - my sweet is differnt than heres
5. My brother cause he always says all you have is healthy stuff - thats a great thing!
6. Myself for the days I do it when I know it would be so much easier to give in even if I didn’t give up.

So on this Thanksgiving be sure to give thanks in all areas of your life. Enjoy your day, your food and of course your time with your family and friends and may God Bless!

Employing a plan to avoid eating too many unhealthy foods on Thanksgiving is a good idea, but there’s one strategy that’s actually a recipe for failure: fasting before the big meal. Total deprivation actually leads to extreme hunger, cravings, and, inevitably, overeating at mealtime — everything that the South Beach Diet principles work to prevent. Fortunately, there are alternative tactics you can use to avoid overeating on Thanksgiving and throughout the year.

• Eat healthfully throughout the day.
• Engage in physical activity.
• Enlist help.
• Bring snacks along to parties.
• Allow yourself a few indulgences.

After a weekend of birthday dinners, birthday partys and football with out of town guest, family and friends I began to wonder what will I see on Tuesday. I then said to myself “it will be bad cause of my lack of working out due to the foot and calf injury”.

So without further ado

• very Begin weight - 215.4
• begin weight of challenge - 205.4
• todays weight -  193.4
• up from last weigh in - .4
• overall loss - 22
• how much to loose til goal - 28.4

1. snack (cheese sticks, hard boil eggs etc.) Never go without a snack as it will cause you to overeat/overindulge

2. water water water - be sure to drink lots of it to flush out any of the off plan eats

3. portion control - if you want something off plan be sure to be mindful of your portion size (small scoop is all you need)

4. everything in moderation - have a lil something off plan but not all day off plan

5. exercise - move your body to burn up those extra calories

Hope these tips are some help to you.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!!

This is a pic of me from the Jags game last week - boy do I look different

I guess I still see myself as the “fat” me