Rethinking Holiday Food....

Yesterday was my favorite holiday...Thanksgiving....probably because I love food. Several years ago when I was 100% Weight Watchers (meaning, I all but made it my god..), I could not enjoy the holidays, it meant everything to accomplish and stay at that "goal weight".....I'm on WW again, but not as diligently and I have only one God and that is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ....so that said, I have to look at holidays different now then I did when I would make myself sick on holiday food, and when I would deprive myself of something. Yesterday, I took a break from logging in my food journal and just simply enjoyed my family and food. I put one large spoonful of anything I wanted to try on my plate and I savored it. Today, I am logging in my journal again. I have to look at food different now....it is not something to gorge on or deprive myself of, it is meant to be enjoyed but in moderation. As usual, I am not patting myself on the back...every day is a battle for me...and while eating good comes fairly easy for me (because I love fruits and veggies), exercise doesn't and that is equally important.

NO MORE CAMI CAKES!!!!

As I typed the title to this post, I was reminded of the scene from "Mommie Dearest", where the mother snaps and yells at her daughter, "NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!"....I hope you can tell by the exclamation points that I am yelling this "NO MORE CAMI CAKES!!!"....My oldest child has started a bad habit at our house lately....she recently fell in love with "Cami Cakes"...for those of you that aren't familiar with this delicacy...it a small family owned chain in Tinseltown near her college campus. They make gourmet cupcakes. When she first told me this, I wasn't impressed. After all, a cupcake is a cupcake. She said that one day she was asking one of the older women that worked there just how many calories a cami cake has. The woman stopped, looked at her and chuckled, "Chile...these cami cakes are not made with calories but with a whole lot of love..."...so I would estimate that in the weight watcher world, one of these cami cakes are worth anywhere from 6-12 points which is equal to almost a half days worth of calories. So....every Monday...my dear daughter brings home these gourmet cupcakes....I tasted a bite the first time and thought, "That's not too bad", then the other day, she brought home one called "Elvis". I was in cupcake love! I said all that to say this, "NO MORE CAMI CAKES"!

Tommorow is a brand new day....thank God!

I have felt this week spiraling out of control with my eating as I have went from one doctor's appointment to another, then a wedding early this morning....then to top it off, the Florida/Georgia game was today and Mike and I had our own little party, complete with snacks (plenty of them)....so...tommorow is a brand new day and I am ever thankful that it is...I have not had time to blog over the past couple of weeks and that too is therapeutic in my weight loss endeavor....