Thanksgiving sucess!

So I am still on my diet and extended phase one an additional week due to the Thanksgiving holiday (and also because I just haven't prepared for phase two yet).  All is very well! I've lost weight, I feel some of the t-shirts and jeans that were not fitting quite so well are looking a lot better, and on T-day I didn't overindulge, although I still had all the good things I wanted.

I decided long ago that there would be no diet on Thanksgiving.  That is just wrong. So I let myself have whatever I wanted, and thanks to my cousin's very healthy meal with lots of fresh vegetables I didn't even feel bad about anything I ate.  While I did have stuffing and mashed potatoes, I also had broccoli, which normally I hate, but tasted OK to me (perhaps because I no longer have my sweet tooth?), a lovely salad of cashews and brussell sprouts (which I also normally hate), some cranberry sauce that was sweetened with agave instead of sugar, and asparagus.  So it was a veggie-filled delicious meal. And of course there was turkey, but that's always been on the diet anyway.  For desert I had a slice of apple pie ala mode.  And, I have to admit, the had some nuts covered in white chocolate from Sees which I had to try (twice).  But I still felt pretty good. I didn't even go back for seconds on anything (except a tiny bit of stuffing. I love stuffing).

And I think most importantly I resisted the urge to take home leftovers.  A container of mashed potatoes was offered, and I briefly was like "oh yes!", but I quickly changed my mind. So I didn't bring home ice cream or pie or anything to tempt me.  And this morning I'm only a half a pound heavier than yesterday. I feel ok with that.