Thanksgiving

I actually had a pretty good Thanksgiving.  We went to my cousin's for dinner, and then to a friend's house for dessert.  This is the first time I've gone to my cousin's for dinner and was concerned about what might be served.  He is a chef (owns his own restaurant), so I was mostly concerned that most of the food would be "restauranty" kind of food and very high in sodium and fat.  I started stressing out about it and wishing the day was not all about the food, and that it would be more about visiting with relatives.  So....I made the decision that it was NOT going to be all about the food, and I would MAKE it about visiting.  How to accomplish this I thought....planning!

So that's exactly what I did!  I planned to have a good, filling breakfast shortly before leaving the house for my cousin's.  I also planned to bring food to leave in the car in case I didn't want to eat what was offered and was hungry when I left.  I also planned to bring a dessert that I knew the points plus value for.

I had three eggs, 1/2 cup of black beans, 2 strips of center cut bacon and an apple with 1.5cups of skim milk at about 11am.  It was more food that I usually eat, and I was little fuller than I like, but I figured it would keep me from eating more than I wanted to eat at lunch/dinner.  We left around 12 to head to my cousin's, where lunch/dinner was going to be served at around 2. 

All my planning paid off, as he had made traditional Thanksgiving food and it didn't look overly fatty (yeah!).  I had what I estimated to be about 5oz of turkey, about 1/3 cup of stuffing, a 1/3 cup of carrot/turnip, 1/3 cup of squash, 1/3 cup of macaroni & cheese (homemade), 1/2 a piece of cornbread, and two mini cupcakes that I had made.  Surprisingly, I was not stuffed or full after eating all of that.  I was quite satisfied however, so that made me happy.  It also made me happy that everyone else was moaning and groaning about eating too much and I was quite content and satisfied!

I was hungry later when we got home and had a serving of pasta, sauce and 1.5cups of skim milk for dinner.  I also had an apple later on for a snack.

All in all, I was happy with Thanksgiving and feel I had a good day.

I did end the week having gone over my Weekly PP by 11, but that was not solely due to Thanksgiving.  I tend to eat my daily PP and about 6-7 of my WPP on a typical day anyway.  I could never survive on 29 Points a day and I don't know how people do, lol!  I would be starving all day long.

I will try to post tomorrow with the results of tonight's weigh-in!

~Chelle