Didn't go over cal limits THXGIVING DAY success stories

Honestly, I feel like if you stayed under your calories on Thanksgiving you're doing it wrong. One day of enjoy some good food won't hurt your progress. I'm not saying you should stuff you face, but treating yourself isn't a bad thing.

Who says it’s just one day, though? We could use the same reasoning for:

New Years
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Church Picnic
Pastor's Anniversary Dinner
My wedding anniversary
My Birthday
Best friend's wedding
Vacation to {insert awesome place}
Parents 50th wedding Anniversary

And on...and on...

I used my holiday to experiment with several different vegetable recipes. My dinner clocked in at 700 calories. I did not feel deprived because I went against the traditional fare. I thought the holiday was meant for thanks. I gave thanks to the Lord for a change in my habits and the good sense to get started before my body completely fell apart. I gave thanks for the fact that I can actually RUN at well over 200lbs. I would never contradict that sentiment by splurging on food that I don’t even want just for the sake of tradition.

We could use the same reasoning, but we don't usually. And even if we did - that's say 20 days out of 365 - no biggie.

Sarauk2sf, girl...it's all good. That's what makes this ole world go around and filled with such diversity. I truly believe that variety is the very spice of life. How boring this world and this battle of the bulge we're in and on would be if we all marched to the same drum beat. Well, it'd be super boring and bland to me anyhoo---it's wonderful you don't use this type of reasoning and it's wonderful that she and I do. It's what makes us ALL so beautiful...our differences. We're not better nor worse than one another--just blessed to be, think, live and eat and drink differently. I think it's wonderful! :drinker:

Not saying it is bad for you - just that the logic applied does not 'sit' with others and is not necessarily the case for others. I personally like food - I eat in a way that I can have what I want and still lose weight.. I also like to celebrate certain days without worrying about my food intake.

Someone laid some logic out - I disagreed. Simples.

Simples...that's cute I personally far more than like food...I LOVE me some food, so much so I can honestly say that I can(and for years and years have indeed given myself over to being a glutton). Since I have and can so very easily give in to my gluttonous tendencies and have previously done so for so long with reckless abandon (especially with the "excuse" of celebrating and holidays), I personally have chosen to change my "logic" in terms of the way I think about food and drinking. I can and do still eat and drink what I want to, just like you. The difference is my logic on eating and drinking has changed, as my entire lifestyle has. Now instead of thinking of or using the popular and logically way of thinking about eating, and holidays, celebrations and rewarding myself with food and drinks--the way I always chose to do in my gluttonous past, now I use moderation, wisdom and my choices of the amounts of foods and the types of foods and drinks are different and I'm so very grateful and thankful for that too. I now see that for me, food is NOT my enemy...as one wise poser wrote in this thread...I have conquered the enemy and the enemy is me. It's NOT food that's the problem. It was my "thinking" about food, my overindulging in food and drinks, my looking to food as my source of comfort, joy and reason for living (living to EAT and DRINK....instead of eating and drinking to live--if that makes sense to you) it's my previous former way of thinking/logic that type of logic (living to eat and drink) that helped me super-size my body and grow into a typical unhealthy, unattractive/fat and flab laddened overweight/obese westerner.

I'm glad that your relationship with the logics of food is good to and for you and many many others that think as you do. I honestly am thrilled for you. I am equally thrilled with the new lifestyle of my way of thinking, eating and drinking and living that I have. I started this thread in hopes of reading about others who have this mind-set and way of thinking/logic that I have success stories...for inspiration and motivation. As I said previously...my "logic" isn't any better not one whit superior to yours and visa versa. You way/logic is not better than my way logic--you and I are NOT better/superior to one another in this business of life and battle of the bulge, period--it's just different. I can and do learn from difference/disagreements, I can and do respect it--difference/disagreements isn't the enemy either--at least it's not for me