Week 21

Last week was such a whirlwind of shopping,cooking,packing the kids for grandmas, and more shopping!  It might be selfish..but the shopping I did was for myself!  Can't beat a few good deals on some clothing items.

On Wednesday, we went to my in-laws for Thanksgiving.  I just had to make a corn dish. Corn doesn't agree with me so no problem not having any.  All I needed was about 2 oz of turkey and some gravy to get it down with.  Turkey that is cooked for 7 hours does not go down very well for anyone! I was hungry 2 hours later and really wished that I had brought a protein shake or something.  By the time we got home at night I was starving.  Lesson learned.

Since my kids stayed at grandma's, and my husband had to work, I hung out at my sisters all day on Thursday.  I made some great sausage stuffing,low carb pumpkin for my sister, cherry pie bars, and loaded cauliflower casserole.  She is low carb too, so I wanted to make things that she could have.  Everything turned out fantastic, but once again I had about 2 oz turkey and even saved room for a few green beans.  I am livin' large!  We spent the rest of the day just hanging out and planning a shopping trip that night.

I felt amazing that I made it through all of that food without even caring about what everyone else got to eat.  I got to chit chat with my great aunt about my weight loss and she was so supportive and encouraging.  My only sadness is that I wish my grandma could be here to see me.  She was my world, and she would have been so proud that I was changing things for the better finally.  I was so scared of becoming her-living a life of diabetes,amputations,infections,skin ulcers,and kidney failure.  She went through so much over the last 20 years,but never could change or knew how.  I am thankful that I have this tool to help me avoid all of that.  I do miss her so much.  She was always so proud of me and my family.  She made me feel loved when nobody else did.

Yesterday, I measured myself and compared the measurements with my original ones.  Holy Smokes.  I am rid of 48.5 inches all over!  That is a good feeling.  The scale is moving very slow though!  I don't mind.  It took me 25 years to get this way.  Maybe being a little bit slow is a good thing as far as skin goes.  I don't feel like I need to make any changes to my diet.  It is what it is. Almost 2 pounds for the week. Not too shabby--just hoped for more. And someday I will get around to painting my toenails! I am sure it will be a lot easier.

I am glad to get the first big holiday over and done with...on with the next! I got this holiday thing!