Thanksgiving was interesting. My family came in to visit, which was great. But when my mom, mother-in-law and I arrived at Costco last Tuesday night, I knew I was going to be screwed. It started innocently enough, with a shrimp tray. The whole fiasco lasted for over 2 hours and finally concluded with adding four pounds of unsalted butter to the cart.
Wednesday was a nightmare because I lunched with one of my favorite people in the world – my best friend who lives in Dallas – had arrived to spend the holiday with his family. Despite the fact that he is in awesome shape, insisted (okay, actually, he agreed with me) that we indulge in Italian food. And, because we’re food whores, Italian dessert. Whatever, chocolate mousse is just flavored air anyway.
I returned home Wednesday afternoon to take a nap to recover from my fattening Italian feast and was pleasantly awoken in the early evening by Mr. Beauty Queen who informed me that his mom had made cream puffs and no-bakes! I dodged out of bed and sprinted downstairs (which burned at least 5 calories, right?!) to partake in the treats. It was divine.
Thursday was the big feast, and I think that I got exercising preparing the flipping thing. While my mom and my husband’s mom helped, we cooked for hours and hours and prepared everything from the turkey and a ham (since Mr. Beauty Queen HATES turkey on Thanksgiving) to stuffing and green bean casserole (along with like 300 other side dishes) and several pies. I topped the whole thing off with about – umm, I estimate 7 glasses (maybe?) of champagne. It was fun.
As hellish as the Thanksgiving ordeal was, I did stick to only one plate… which was exciting. And a first for any holiday. But I really was exhausted after spending all that time preparing dinner, and my table which was SO gorgeous!
The next day I took the moms out for English tea which consisted of several pots of tea as well as a cornucopia of savories, breads and treats. Of course I forgot my Splenda, so I, unfortunately, had to use ACTUAL sugar to sweeten the 30 cups of tea I had. I practically had to be rolled out of the tea room. It was not fun.
Anyway, the last few days have been spent eating the leftovers. I am finally getting rid of everything this weekend so that I can make room for healthy foods again in the fridge.
I originally was not going to weigh myself this week, but I did and I didn’t gain as much weight as I thought I did, which is great, but I’ve gained about a pound and a half. I’m still better than when I started this process, so I really need to stop beating myself up.
You’ll be glad to know that my family didn’t react at all to my weight – I was so thrilled with that. And as far as the pageant I judged this past weekend, it went great. I really enjoyed myself. In addition to learning to watch what I am putting in my body, I’m trying to learn to be more kind to it with my thoughts. I don’t want to be accommodating of obesity or an unhealthy lifestyle at all, but I do want to learn to be confident in any situation and remember more often to give myself credit for just trying to be the best I can be.
Anyway, as I mentioned before, I am working with April Showers Blog Design for my Christmas cards and I am hoping to be working with her soon to fix the design here within the next few weeks. My goal is to have my little corner of the world be a little more visual appealing. So anyway, in case you’re needing graphic design help as well, you’ll be happy to know that April Showers Blog Design is having a HUGE giveaway and celebrating her OPEN waiting list that starts January 1st! April not only does blogs – but also invitations, announcements, calendars, cards, business cards, custom illustrations and so much more! Just by pasting this paragraph on my blog I’m a winner!
Anyway, check her out at www.aprilshowersblogdesign.com.
So for now I’m off to get rid of these “leftovers” on my thighs. How I’ve missed Debbie! Okay, I’m a liar. But time to burn!
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