Not like that super-uncomfortable-I-just-ate-enough-food-for-5-people kind of full (the kind that I have often felt during Thanksgivings past), but rather just pleasantly full.
So, the strategy I had laid out for today:
- Exercise by doing the Newport Pie Run 5K
- Eat a good breakfast/lunch before heading over to my mother-in-law's house
- Wear fitted jeans rather than my usual skirt with elastic waist.
- Allow myself one small plate of appetizer type foods and then don't eat anymore appetizers once I've finished what's on my little plate
- Chew gum for the rest of the afternoon so I don't eat until dinner is served
- Use a salad plate for my dinner so I can have a little taste of everything without feeling too bad about it.
- Eat one slice of the pumpkin pie that I made because I know that it is within the boundaries of my eating plan
- Newport Pie Run: check!
- Good breakfast/lunch: check!
- Fitted jeans: check!
- Eat one small plate of appetizers and no more: yeah...ummm...not so much. However, compared to prior years I did GREAT
- Chew gum: check! (and then spit it out so I can have a few more rice crackers with cheese)
- Use salad plate as dinner plate: not so much on his one. However, I filled the plate mostly with various vegetables (low fat cole slaw made by me, brussel sprouts, butternut squash, broccoli, mashed cauliflower and asparagus) leaving just a little room for turkey and homemade cranberry sauce.
- Eat one slice of pie: Oops...not so much on this on either...I did indulge a bit at the dessert table.
I also feel OK because I know that I am heading to the gym and for the rest of this weekend to undo some of the damage that I have inflicted upon myself.
Tomorrow: hitting the gym HARD.
Best wishes for good health and a Happy Thanksgiving,
Jennifer
Check out this workout!
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So you think you’ve got big dog problems? Check out the small dog problems Steven Kotler, author of A Small Furry Prayer, which hits bookshelves this month, deals with on a daily basis. Kotler, who also wrote West of Jesus, and his wife, fellow author Joy Nicholson, moved from Los Angeles to Chimayo, New Mexico, a few years back to start Rancho de Chihuahua (www.ranchodechihuahua.org) as a sanctuary for small dogs. Amazingly, they’ve managed to preserve both their sanity and their relationship. The book is a sidelong look at the world of dog rescue as told by a novice—Kotler—who fell into animal activism by falling in love with an activist. If you’ve ever thought the world dog rescuers live in is probably a kooky place, Kotler and the bazaar culture of northern New Mexico don’t disappoint. When you put 30 chihuahuas and their L.A.-transplant rescuers in the black-tar heroin capital of America, crazy things are bound to happen. When I asked Kotler whether all of the stories—from the coyote that wanted to play with his pack to the altruistic lesbian dogs—he responded: Not only are these stories all true, but there are a dozen others that are even crazier. I didn’t include those because nobody would have believed them.
Actually, I think you did a great job. So, you indulged a bit on dessert....so what? Look at what else you did! Most importantly, you had a plan and you followed through. Good for you!
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