Last week I wrote about how I survive Thanksgiving dinner (and the rest of the day) without gaining weight.  I wrote that little ditty thinking that if I wrote it I would remember to do everything I did last year to get through Thanksgiving Day (and the rest of the weekend) and not gain weight. 

Sometimes I’m not so great at using my own advice and seem to be really good at sabatoging myself.   The food I cooked was healthy.  I just ate too much of it on Thursday; went to another Thanksgiving party on Friday where I didn’t eat so healthy; had yet another party on Saturday where I really went whole hog on eating everything in sight; and then decided to keep overeating on Sunday because I had ruined the weekend anyway.  

I didn’t feel so great when I woke up really early (anytime before the sun rises is too early for me) Monday morning.  I wasn’t surprised since I think I ate my yearly quota of sugar over the 4 day Thanksgiving weekend.  In addition to huge meals I found myself unable to resist the junk food that I kidded myself into thinking I had purchased for my kids while they were home and consumed nearly an entire bag of Funyons and Cool Ranch Doritos by myself (my kids did manage to wrestle the bags away from me long enough to get a few for themselves).  I also ate a whole box of chocolate cookies and a box of Cheetos Asteroiods cheese balls but I ate those in secret so I wouldn’t have to share (sad but true).     

Lying in bed in the dark yesterday morning feeling like pooh warmed over wasn’t any fun.  Then I decided I had enough of being back in my old habits of not eating healthy and exercising regularly so at 6:30 am me and my dog were out walking (pretty darn quiet on the sidewalks that time of morning because most people were smart and were inside where it was warm and where there was probably some delicious hot coffee).  

It took every ounce of my resolve to actually get dressed warmly and walk.  The walk wasn’t too bad.  The dog only pulled the leash out of my hands once to chase a squirrel and she chose to not poop (yeah, no poop picker upper duty – it makes me gag) although she did decide to pee seven times (yes, I counted) and of course it had to be right in someone’s front yard each time in plain view of their picture window so she had an audience several times watching her (and obviously watching me to make sure I did do the doggy doo-doo pickup in case she decided to produce some).

After the walk I took my butt to Curves and worked out and then finally to Starbucks for a desperately needed jolt of caffeine (sometimes I wish I could just inject shots of espresso directly into my veins). 

Then, because I was on a roll I decided that I was going to have a green salad for lunch (and was going to have one every day).  Yesterday’s salad was: baby spinach (the entire 5 ounce container), sliced mushrooms, sliced sweet onion, sliced water chestnuts, 2 slices of crumbled center cut bacon, a small handful of slivered almonds, 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese and a couple tablespoons of hot bacon dressing made with half the sugar.  Super delicious! 

And, the best part of yesterday was that it wasn’t a “one day wonder” of eating right and exercising.  I managed to get my sizable rear end out of bed to take the dog out for a walk again this morning (not quite as early though - the sun was actually coming up); went to Curves again this morning; and am currently blissfully enjoying a nonfat latte (extra shot of espresso) at Starbucks. 

Today’s lunch salad is going to be: spinach, sliced sweet onion, dried cranberries, 1 or 2 slices of crumbled center cut bacon,  a few slivered almonds and a homemade poppy seed dressing that I’ll make with half the recommended amount of sugar.   

I’m getting hungry.  Time for me to get to the store and see if I can snag a container of organic spinach.

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1. How I Survive Thanksgiving Dinner (and the rest of the day) Without Gaining Weight