MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES DECEMBER CHAT
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Digger61
Weigh in day: Saturday
Week 3
PW: 215
CW: 2150 -
@raleighgirl09 how did the party go? I admire how deeply you're looking at hunger cues! I've been trying to eat slower so I'll be more likely to get the full feeling. Some days I think ourbodies just need more calories.
@AustinRuadhain now that you mention it I haven't seen pumpkins in awhile! I saw them with kombocha right before Thanksgiving at a higher end produce department and went with kombocha as I like it more. I only bought two this season. Trader Joe's had them but for a short time, Winco for a month, and Sprouts not at all. The delicata was awful this year too, I managed to get 1 good one and that was in a produce box. This is pie pumpkins only, ornamental are still around!
I get asked to bring salads to everything because I have the patience to put a lot in them. My Thanksgiving salad was red lettuce, Anjou pear, persimmon slices, pomegranate seeds, maple walnuts, feta, and dried cranberries. I'll probably do just pear, maple walnuts, and dried cranberries for Christmas. Love pears! Those maple walnuts are deadly, I only get enough for the salad.
@hinemoa2088 impressive loss, especially this time of year!0 -
@digger61 great job maintaining!
Saturday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- dancing, strength, stretching
5 for 90
1. Gym 3xs aweek- done
2. Exercise 30minutes- only reason I finished my workout was because of this!
3. Decluttering- none
4. Trigger foods- today was great!
5. Upcoming goal- go to gym Monday
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Apple852hk
Week 4 - Dec 2019
Sunday
PW 160 (72.9kg)
CW 162.4 (73.7kg)
Put on all the weight again over these two weeks. It's all the mince pies and then not being mindful.
Sense of hopelessness and binge eating. Yesterday was bad. It is not that I am hungry. Trying to imagine eating snacks as i eat them so quickly i don't appreciate them
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WEEK 3 RESULTS
THE WINNERS ARE...
TEAM % Waist Aways 0.25%
INDIVIDUAL % @reflectionsofme 7.09%
TEAM LBS LOST Waist Aways 7.6
INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST @reflectionsofme 9.5
As a whole we lost 25.6 pounds or 0.11%!!
PLACE TEAM PERCENTAGE
1st Waist Aways 0.25%
2nd Weight No More 0.21%
3rd Shrinking Assets 0.14%
PLACE TEAM LBS LOST
1st Waist Aways 7.6
2nd Weight No More 6.9
3rd Shrinking Assets 5.9
PLACE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE
1st @reflectionsofme 7.09%
2nd @christys03 2.67%
3rd @kayla7303 2.52%
PLACE INDIVIDUAL LBS LOST
1st @reflectionsofme 9.5
2nd @kayla7303 5.2
3rd @christys03 4.2
HONORABLE MENTIONS
@Jactop
@amytriesww
@Freeglerock
@Luciicul
@raleighgirl09
@kmfeig87
@jcgator2016
@Connie7355
@matthewsfive
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2020 and our vision is clear!
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Welcome to ONEDERLAND
@amytriesww
@Freeglerock
WELCOME TO GOAL!!!!
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January 2020 Registration link is LIVE!!!!!!Invite your friends! Let's make 2020 the best year for FAT 2 FIT!
2020 and our vision is clear!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10776263/january-2020-registrations#latest
Hey there, fellow Slimpossibles!
If you are game, post something on your profile or on the chat boards, inviting people to join us in the Fat2Fit group!
If you are like me, then the question is what to say. Here is my current draft. Anything you would add, subtract or change? And feel free to grab this and edit as desired, if that is helpful.Hey, MFP friends, I am part of a group here on MFP, the Fat2Fit group, that might appeal to you, too! It's a monthly challenge, and registration is now open for January. We have weekly weigh-ins (totals tallied to see which of 6 teams did the best that week), optional daily check-ins with your team, optional challenges, and lots of really great supportive conversation! The people on your team, like you, are people that are up to working on their health, and they share challenges and victories. It's a great support for me, for sure. If it appeals to you, here's the link. And whether or not it appeals, have WONDERFUL HOLIDAYS and let's have 2020 be our BEST year YET!
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A huge congratulations to @kayla7303 , @amytriesww , @Freeglerock and @kayla7303 ! Congratulations on reaching Onederland!
Several people on Team Slimpossibles have their names in lights on this week's Fat2Fit leaderboard. Congrats to @kayla7303 , @Jactop and @raleighgirl09 !
@Apple852hk - Big hugs on the number not being what you want. The great news is, you know what's up. Be kind to yourself.
I think mince pie season is over after Christmas? So this food that seems to be a trigger food for you will soon be less of a thing? Holidays are a challenge for us all! Maybe just see if you can do damage control over the next few days? What advice would you give to a friend that was struggling?Sense of hopelessness and binge eating. Yesterday was bad. It is not that I am hungry.
In case it offers something, here's an article on Battling the Holiday Binge that I came across. Maybe be kind to yourself about mince pies for the next few days. Maybe as a bonus, see if you can add in a health-positive thing for a few minutes each day (5 minute walk, meditate for a few minutes)? Just ideas. Anyway, hang in there! Holidays will be over soon, and this may all seem easier then.
@Katmary71 - Thank you for the great ideas! I may take a Katmary-style salad as part of my holiday offering at the in-laws. Their standard salad is iceberg and tomato only, so we'll see how it goes over. My husband and I, at least, will be excited! All your ideas sound delish!
@digger61 Woohoo! Great job maintaining! That's an ACCOMPLISHMENT during holiday season!
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Saturday Check-in
Calories: under and all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: martial arts class (2+ hours)
Steps (target 7500): under! I was zonked after class, and walking time turned into napping time. I got up and did things and then soaked in some Epsom salts and went back to bed.
Daily Goals
1. Meditate ✔️
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day ✔️
3. Hydrate ✔️
4. Martial Arts Practice ✔️
5. Thankful ✔️ for my health and for having made progress on office cleanup!
Goals and Improvements for Sunday:
- Stick with my food plan, measure and log everything, stay at/under calories (despite holiday baking plans!)
- Martial arts practice at home
- Outdoor walk or platform stepping
- Gift wrapping!
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raleighgirl09
Sunday check in
steps 12/20 11,994 - 12/21 6,737
Losing a lot of weight has always been very stressful to me and I have begun to feel some of it again, at a 45 pound loss and down to a size 14 and a lot of people noticing and commenting. Back when it was 130 pounds, I had some anxiety that was, at times, barely manageable. It's better now but I was surprised to realize that it's still there, even now. It may seem counter intuitive because losing weight is a result I am seeking, actively pursuing, so in many ways it does not make sense. I'm not sure what to do about it aside from continue thinking about it and looking to be honest with myself while I am examining it.
I ended up not doing my list yesterday, I instead journaled today about the party and thoughts about the food, etc. I have copied today's list below my post-script note.
Post note on 22Dec2019. Attended a party that I had planned for and had left calories for. When I got there, I felt like I would not really be able to easily just eat a few bites of some things and then stop so I opted to not have anything; that was ok as I had eaten before I left home and was not hungry. Once I decided that, it was pretty simple to just not eat any of the cookies, candy, meatballs and cheesy things, among other choices. I just didn't - and aside from thinking it was odd (liking the decision but feeling a bit out of skin to be doing it), it was fine. I did have several drinks and enjoyed the time and we left late. When we got home, I realized that I was hungry and decided to eat another bowl of dinner (soup). Before I stopped to ask myself if I should leave it at that, I had a bunch of other things, although I was aware and careful to keep them in reasonable portions, for those things. Well - nearly 450 calories. Now, the drinking more than planned added calories, in more ways than one, but I'd have still been over even if i had had only the planned 350ish cals for wine (cosmos instead). The drinking may have helped that all do down but then again, I can get to eating unplanned when I have not had 5 cosmos so, no blame there. I think the past few days I have been trying to stay low to compensate for events and gatherings and maybe not eating enough food. I need to honor myself and either decide to be over calories and take the consequences or drink less or something. But planning less food is not really helping me. Also - I think I actually got hungry while I was at the party but my initial trepidation kept me from eating any of it while the food at home is something I think of as 'safe' in terms of the choices available to me because I tend to not have food on hand that I'm not comfortable eating. I think there was an underlying fear of eating those kinds of foods and thinking I would be out of control.
A complex result from what I felt was going to be a simple solution. On the way home, I was telling hubby some of this and he said he hoped I would not develop an eating disorder and I said - I wished that I could. Now he might actually worry and even though I know I don't actually feel that way, there is obviously a lot of fear in me for what my future with food is going to be.
22Dec2019 list:
Prelog 3 meals? no, all logged after but mindful of choices
Times? B skip, L 1230, D 630
Non-planned eating? all on plan
Thoughts during overeats?
Thoughts? started the free CC training today, happy to learn more about it! I'm pretty sure I can bring the effort of asking if I am hungry before eating and stopping midway to ask if i have had enough. Lunch achieved, forgot to at dinner but was no-doubt hungry as we had just gotten home - what I missed was asking midway if i had had enough
Mood? reflecting on the food feelings from last night
Obstacles? Car ride back home, 3 hours
Hunger? pretty hungry by lunch because we got delayed with a visit with someone. was still mindful and didn't overeat at lunch.
1% effort today? left some bites behind at lunch
Things that went right? happily satisfied at both meals because it was all food I really like, did leave some behind at lunch, planned a drink with friends after dinner, pre-logged it
Exercise? a walk along the waterfront, 1.25 miles [steps logged the next day] (steps 21Dec2019 6,737)
Sleep? 1a-830a [log the morning after]
Nighttime eats?
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apple852hk wrote: »Weigh in
Apple852hk
Week 4 - Dec 2019
Sunday
PW 160 (72.9kg)
CW 162.4 (73.7kg)
Put on all the weight again over these two weeks. It's all the mince pies and then not being mindful.
Sense of hopelessness and binge eating. Yesterday was bad. It is not that I am hungry. Trying to imagine eating snacks as i eat them so quickly i don't appreciate them
@apple852hk Huge hug, I know this can be so difficult. I think this time of year is extra hard with the stress of the season and facing temptations. It's hard to be mindful when your emotions want you to mindlessly munch! I've dealt with this more than usual lately too, I'm hoping once Christmas is over it will be easier. I decorated cookies today and attempted to not stuff myself but still ate more than was mindful. I wish I knew the answer but I think if we aren't going to ban foods completely there's going to be a temptation to overdo it whether it's conscious or not.1 -
@AustinRuadhain I like that from the article where she says " by January your body is waving the white flag of surrender". As for salad, I've turned into such a salad snob! I have the same vegetables in my salad every day that's based on a salad from a Mexican restaurant and only switch up protein and dressing/salsa. When I'm at restaurants they're rarely as good and no comment on other people's salads! I actually prefer being in charge of salads and vegetables as I know they'll be to my liking, though I miss being asked to bring desserts!
As far as advertising Fit2Fat I have no clue how to cut and paste on my phone and I'm studying a subdivision of IT, pretty sad!
GO SLIMPOSSIBLE team, congrats @Jacktop @kayla7303 and @raleighgirl09 !
@raleighgirl09 I think you're doing an amazing job at analyzing your reactions to situations and how you eat. As for feeling uncomfortable with people noticing weight loss I feel that way too, it's awkward and unsettling, like you're going through something personal and private and suddenly it's being commented on.0 -
Sunday check-in
Calories- even or over, I have dancing at 1 calorie so I have no idea what I danced off it 2 hours
Exercise- bike, core, dancing/cleaning
5 for 90
1. Gym 3xs a week- going tomorrow
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day- done
3. Decluttering- yay, recycle can is overflowing, garbage is halfway, and grow table is almost clear-now I just need new seeds!
4. Trigger foods- well, I made and decorated cookies and made lemon bars, I figured a cookie an hour wasn't bad but I was there until 10 and had way bigger meals than I'm used to! I bought the yearly (fav or tied for fav) peppermint ice cream for Christmas Eve and it's in the fridge. I cleaned and danced for 2 hours and totally forgot about it but it could be because I'm already on a simple carb high! I'd also die of embarrassment if I took it on Christmas Eve and it wasn't full so be strong darnit because you're not going to eat it all and buy a new one!
5. Upcoming goals- gym Monday, fill garbage by Wednesday if there's time, fine-tune goals for next year, decide on what to winter sow for gardening and get grow table cleared.0 -
Good Morning!!! Sorry, but not sorry, that I have been MIA this weekend. I took a much needed break to unwind. My whole little family went to the city to do some last minute shopping, then to eat Buffalo Wild Wings ( I had the naked tenders), looked at a possible new ride, and then to see Star Wars! These moments with all four of us are getting harder to come by so I really cherish them all the more when they happen. I have been eating at maintenance this weekend and not regretting it. For the past 3 years I have averaged a loss of 12 pounds, this year I am sitting at 15 pounds and I am ok. I call the year a success already! My plan is to eat at maintenance for the next week and then back to a deficit and a stricter workout plan. My only resolution is to lead the fullest happiest life I can and I feel this group is really helping me with this. I have put in place habits I want to track and even a reward system when I accomplish certain goals. I may be sporadic this week posting but I wish you all a very Happy Holiday week!0
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Good morning!!
I have just read through the posts and I am so happy to be a part of this group! You are so generous with each other as you give support, advice, and the much-needed pat on the back when things like too many mince pies find their way into our lives. 
I also so appreciate how willing you are to open yourselves up and let us into your thoughts and struggles. I know that together we are stronger and we are going to have an amazing year! 
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TEAM MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES
Please welcome:
@Gumuks
@mcarnley78
I will put your two new team members on the Support Team for the rest of December, but they are welcome on the chat right away! I'll move them up to the regular team for January. Tally ho!1 -
Hey there @Gumuks and @mcarnley78 !
We are so glad you have joined us! Please feel free to jump into the conversation!
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apple852hk wrote: »Weigh in
Apple852hk
Week 4 - Dec 2019
Sunday
PW 160 (72.9kg)
CW 162.4 (73.7kg)
Put on all the weight again over these two weeks. It's all the mince pies and then not being mindful.
Sense of hopelessness and binge eating. Yesterday was bad. It is not that I am hungry. Trying to imagine eating snacks as i eat them so quickly i don't appreciate them
@apple852hk there are a lot of things here that went right. You showed up for yourself coming in and posting, acknowledging the mince pie challenge. You reviewed your food, your reactions, your hunger, your mindfulness and saw room to improve. You recognized binge eating and called it out, you turned around to stare at hopelessness instead of turning your back. You singled out yesterday - and today and tomorrow are new days.
If you can pick something, just one tiny part of that day to change, what could it be? All of these things that were right are more than 1% and you can look for something to do again or something new. It does not have to be a big change but we encourage you to keep staring that beast down - the good, the bad and the indifferent. That's what you can do to make the bully of hopelessness start to ease away. Keep doing these things and we'll be here to encourage you to see what you did well and do that some more.2 -
Sunday Check-in
Calories: under and all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: platform stepping (46 min)
Steps (target 7500): over!
Daily Goals
1. Meditate ✔️
2. Exercise 30 minutes a day ✔️
3. Hydrate ✔️
4. Martial Arts Practice ❌
5. Thankful ✔️ for my friendship with my mother, and that she is still healthy and mentally alert and fun to talk to!
Goals and Improvements for Monday:
- Stick with my food plan, measure and log everything, stay at/under calories (despite holiday baking plans!)
- Martial arts practice at home
- Outdoor walk or platform stepping
- Martial arts practice
- Cooking day!
- Gift wrapping! (did NOT get this done yesterday; must complete it today)0 -
@raleighgirl09 - I so feel you on the stressful aspect of losing weight. @Katmary71 's comment ("As for feeling uncomfortable with people noticing weight loss I feel that way too, it's awkward and unsettling, like you're going through something personal and private and suddenly it's being commented on") has been right on for me.
Eating and body size and the state of one's body feel so personal, and they both are and are not.
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A variation on that -- I was not totally prepared for people to ask me if I still had loose skin after losing so much weight. Um, do we really need to talk about what I look like under my clothes at a party? When did this become a thing you asked people? Or maybe I just have an off sense of what is appropriate? I can't tell. But at a certain point, I don't want to talk any more about my body. Thank you. Glad you noticed. Not glad. Arg!
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And since I am now thinking about social aspects of this journey, there's also "You are doing so well, but why don't you do it my way?"
I had someone recently at a social event go through a series of questions about what I ate, clearly mapping it against how HE eats, and I just had to keep letting it go.
"Do you eat/ do X? I am eating that and it works really well for me."
(me) "Well, no, I eat/do Y."
"But don't you...?"
(me) "No, but I certainly do not think everyone should do what I do. Not at all. It's great you have something that's working for you! You do what works for you! It took me a long while to figure out what works for me, and now I am doing that. Everyone has to figure out what works for themselves. "
"But what about ... don't you...?"
(me, smiling and feeling awkward) "No... oh, look, there's so-and-so. I need to go say hello!"
Okay, enough venting. Must get to work on today's cooking tasks so I am ready to go to family shindig tomorrow!1 -
nbbaby
Week 4
Monday
PW: 225.1
CW: 218.62 -
This is my weigh in from yesterday:
Name its cleo
Week 3:
Previous weight: 157.8
Current weight: 158.6
Disappointing as I was on track with calories so I'm not sure what the issue is. But I'm just focussing on my other goals.
@Katmary71 I think you mentioned your cats- I use earplugs too. I also have a fan and I turn it on as a bit of white noise. It helps.
I hope everyone has a good Christmas!1 -
TEAM MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLES
Please welcome:
@Gumuks
@mcarnley78
I will put your two new team members on the Support Team for the rest of December, but they are welcome on the chat right away! I'll move them up to the regular team for January. Tally ho!
Welcome to the Slimpossibles!! We will do lots of introductions in our January thread, but please make yourself at home and feel free to start posting right away. I look forward to getting to know you both!
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raleighgirl09
Monday check in
steps 12/22 8,052
Had dinner out with the grandbaby, gave the family a few gifts! What fun and ended with a nightcap of eggnog and bourbon - quite yummy! Lunch tomorrow with another kid's family and tomorrow's dinner with yet a 3rd - seeing the last of them that we'll see for the holiday for Christmas dinner. Lots of fun family time coming up, all food centered. I feel like it will be fine overall but I can't really predict what I'm going to eat, except that I am taking a few things so that will help. Just gonna work on making good choices among the choices available. Without making myself insane, I think this is my best course of action. Plan but don't be inflexible. =>
Prelog 3 meals? none prelogged
Times? B skip, L 230, D 630
Non-planned eating? all of it was unplanned but not hard to stay 'on-plan' as far as choices
Thoughts during overeats? was running around and then busy when home. I was careful to make good choices for the meals, I'm not unhappy with the overall day of food composition
Thoughts? thinking still about the Friday night party, being mindful on choices and mindful of being mindful
Mood? cheerful Christmas mood!
Obstacles? it feels that time was an obstacle but I was happy to have been doing everything I did. It was rainy all day.
Hunger? very hungry by the time I got lunch. I have been able to become accustomed to being hungry when it happens but I recognize that it can (and has sometimes) gone south on me so it is not a sustainable plan
1% effort today? mindful and healthy choices, was able to leave food from both meals once I was satisfied by what I ate
Things that went right? started the day with intentional thinking about my current life choice to be pursuing weight loss, took the time to read both support group posts and be supportive in turn, did not 'graba**' eat when hungry and out and about, pausing during eating to assess hunger level
Exercise? uhhh - no on the exercise - I need to be more intentional! [steps logged the next day] (steps 22Dec2019 8,052)
Sleep? 115a-9a [log the morning after]
Nighttime eats? no!
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AustinRuadhain wrote: »@raleighgirl09 - I so feel you on the stressful aspect of losing weight. @Katmary71 's comment ("As for feeling uncomfortable with people noticing weight loss I feel that way too, it's awkward and unsettling, like you're going through something personal and private and suddenly it's being commented on") has been right on for me.
Eating and body size and the state of one's body feel so personal, and they both are and are not.
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A variation on that -- I was not totally prepared for people to ask me if I still had loose skin after losing so much weight. Um, do we really need to talk about what I look like under my clothes at a party? When did this become a thing you asked people? Or maybe I just have an off sense of what is appropriate? I can't tell. But at a certain point, I don't want to talk any more about my body. Thank you. Glad you noticed. Not glad. Arg!
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And since I am now thinking about social aspects of this journey, there's also "You are doing so well, but why don't you do it my way?"
I had someone recently at a social event go through a series of questions about what I ate, clearly mapping it against how HE eats, and I just had to keep letting it go.
"Do you eat/ do X? I am eating that and it works really well for me."
(me) "Well, no, I eat/do Y."
"But don't you...?"
(me) "No, but I certainly do not think everyone should do what I do. Not at all. It's great you have something that's working for you! You do what works for you! It took me a long while to figure out what works for me, and now I am doing that. Everyone has to figure out what works for themselves. "
"But what about ... don't you...?"
(me, smiling and feeling awkward) "No... oh, look, there's so-and-so. I need to go say hello!"
Okay, enough venting. Must get to work on today's cooking tasks so I am ready to go to family shindig tomorrow!
@AustinRuadhain and @Katmary71 - I've actually never met others who have expressed discomfort with this before but it makes sense to me, both of your comments. It is so personal and yet so visible that it can't actually be private. And - I'm happy for others to notice, but it's a fine line on where it becomes uncomfortable.
It's on the other end of the spectrum of being stared at for being so large so maybe in some ways, it almost feels the same, like I cannot escape my body being an object of assessment by others. Anyway -in terms of discomfort, I most definitely prefer this way, it's just something to learn to navigate. =>2 -
Username: Jactop
Week 4
Weigh in day: Monday
PW 211
CW 2111 -
@nbbaby great loss!
@Gumuks and @mcarnley78 welcome to the group, I look forward to getting to know you!
@raleighgirl09 what a great day!
@jactop great job maintaining!
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Monday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- aerobics, strength, bike, Total Body HIIT
Tried a new workout app a friend recommended after not going to the gym, it was a fun workout plus I lifted weights at home, I'm going to be sore!
5 for 90 (can't believe the 90 is almost up!)
1. Gym 3xs a week- failed
2. Exercise 30 minutes- done
3. Decluttering- cans are full for Wednesday
4. Trigger foods- well, I bought 1 cup of walnuts to make maple walnuts for my salad tomorrow, some stuck to the pan and were too ugly for the salad so I ate them and don't care! It was just a little, but they're so good it would be easy to eat them all! Still have peppermint ice cream untouched in fridge. I fully plan to eat a healthy dinner and a lot of dessert but not to the point of feeling sick.
5. Upcoming goals- don't eat so much the next few days that you feel like vomiting!!!!! You can always have cookies or ice cream, they may not be the same exact ones but that's no reason to disrespect your body.
Happy holidays everyone!1
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