"H20" 12 Pounds of Christmas Challenge - Week 4

Well done Bru!! Awesome work

Im lost with the whole thanksgiving thing too!?! Its seems like a crazy holiday that everyone just overeats!! What is the point or the history behind it?

Don't stress too much on your new found eating habits for Thanksgiving Day. Remember what you are thankful for, be it family or health or the new lifestyle. Indulging a bit or even a lot for one holiday dinner is not the end of the world. So please stop stressing and remember to think of what you are thankful for!! Celebrate and enjoy your family and friends and you healthy life!!

And as for what kind of food, it varies amoung households. At both my parents and my in-laws we have (not all at one house, 2 separate houses) ham and turkey, mashed and cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, yams, rolls, cranberry stuff, stuffing, veggie tray, pumpkin and apple pie. However, I will only be having a little turkey from each house, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, roll, and a slice of apple pie with whipped cream My whole day ( including breakfast) is roughly 1550calories

What types of food does everyone else have at Thanksgiving?

@Bru - that depends. If Thanksgiving is Thursday, we're having fajitas

Hi all, I'm Joy.
Just finishing a Thanksgiving challenge group - weighing in tomorrow.
Goal is between 10-20 and I made 13, hoping maybe 15 tomorrow.

Anyway, this group looks SO positive and encouraging, I'm wondering
if I could join you for your Christmas challenge.

Thanks and have great days!
Joy

Of course you can Joy!! Welcome!! And congrats on losing 13lbs !!!

Ok I have a very, very silly question, when is thanksgiving/ I keep hearing everyone worried about the food they are going to be having. What kind of food is it? Like xmas dinner? How daft do I sound looool

Thanksgiving is November 25th and the food tends to be like Christmas only MORE of it. lol. Christmas is usually a feast but people tend to go even more overboard at Thanksgiving. There is usually Turkey, Ham, Potatoes, Gravy, Yams, and lots of other stuff, and not to mention the deserts - Pies, Cookies, Cakes. It's a gorge-fest. lol Pretty gross actually.

"In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies." It was to celebrate the first feast after the pilgrims landed in "the new world". The Native Americans came and ate with the pilgrims and it was a celebration of "friendship" and family. To this day we still celebrate it every year - but it's become to mean just the day of "Thanks Giving" - or giving thanks for all the blessings we have in our lives. Some families even go around the table and list all the things they are thankful for.

But if you think about it, the whole tradition is pretty ridiculous considering over the following decades after the first Thanksgiving we proceeded to take the American Indian's land and eventually all but wipe out the American Indians all together.

Thankfully most Americans today don't bother to try and pretend it was all great between the native americans and the white people and Thanksgiving has morphed into a time to celebrate families and all that we have in our lives to be thankful for. The past 2 Thanksgivings my boyfriend and I have forgone the traditional Thanksgiving meal and just had a regular sized dinner with maybe a piece of pumpkin pie. Who needs all the extra calories -ugh. Not to mention the "food coma" and all the guilt. I can't believe I used to eat like then, but then again, we've changed a LOT over the past 2 years. And that is REALLY something to be THANKFUL FOR!

Christmas Challenge SW: 180.8
Christmas Challenge CW: 175.6

5.2 out of 12. Looks like I'm on track!

LOL I love the walking turkey! He's got the greatest expression!


I too am very thankful for this group. You all have helped me so much to realize that my goals are attainable and that even when there are bad days, life keeps going forward. I hope everyone has a great holiday and enjoys every moment of it!

Ugh... So I thought I'd weigh in this morning, thinking it would be better than weighing in the day after Thanksgiving. However, there were two Thanksgiving parties at work this week, and even though I still worked out, I seemed to have overindulged a little too much. From those two parties I have gained 6.4 pounds :-( Which means I am now heavier than I was when we started this whole challenge. I'm so disappointed in myself that I don't even want to eat Thanksgiving dinner.

SW: 186
W1: 183.8
W2: 182
W3: 180.6
W4: 187

Ugh.

Remember what you are thankful for, be it family or health or the new lifestyle. Indulging a bit or even a lot for one holiday dinner is not the end of the world. So please don't stress about the small things and remember to think of what you are thankful for!! Celebrate and enjoy your family and friends and your healthy life!!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!

Sasperilla, enjoy the holiday and go have fun! Since you don't know how many more holidays you'll get, you have to just live life y'know?

Well i felt i wasnt being stricked enough with myself I had a day i pigged out a bit. It made me feel kinda like is this worth not losing weight? I decided it wasnt. I just felt i was kind of weak if there was a chance to eat bad. So i just kept remembering what someone had said, SKINNY TASTE BETTER THEN FOOD, so i kinda made a strickt tiny goal to not go off for 2 weeeks. I stated it on monday and been doing really good for almost 5 days straight. I hope i can keep it up for that long because as a treat I am going to get In n Out burger lol. It is strange when you give in once its easy to give in again then before you know it you gave in to many times in a row lol. I look in the mirror and am liking what i see and its like a surprise because i am so used to seeing over weight much more. I would see my reflection in windows and hate what i saw but now that reflection doesnt look so bad. And yes its true i keep thinkin about the finished product and that makes me refuse the bad food.

I hope you all are happy with your reflections you are seeing. They keep shrinking lol. Its also so amazing how Americans are the number 1 over weight society and then you see what food is promoted everywhere and when you know how many calories or fat or carbs etc are in that item you really understand how we are. And then on the flip side all you see in magazines are skinny girls such a mixed message wouldnt you say?????????????????????????????????????????????????????/

So lets keep this up and send ourselves the right message we are doing this for our health and comfort of clothing lol and comfort of being able to move around better.

April i hope toby is doing better

Decided at the last mintue to go out of town with my mom and brothers, we're headed out soon. Just thought I'd pop in and tell you all to try and have a great weekend. If you are shopping out there, be careful, there are some crazies out, including drivers, so be careful! And for those working this weekend, I hope it goes quickly for you so you can spend some time with the family. Didn't weigh in this morning, didn't want to set myself up for a sodium gain the day after Thanksgiving, so I'll have to wait til Monday. Enjoy your weekends all and see ya Sunday night/ Monday morning. Bru

I am thankful for everyone in this Challenge! I feel so stupid for posting about how upset I was about my weight gain, and you guys helped me get past it! My clothes aren't any tighter than they were before I gained that weight, so I must still be doing something right. I had a great Thanksgiving with my family and am looking forward to getting back on track today! Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Afternoon all, hope Thanksgiving treated everyone well. I did not feel the best so was not much of a go getter. Feeling a little bit better today, so I think I will head to the gym here soon. So I think my birth control pills are having an effect on my weight loss. I take a pill for 3 weeks straight and the last week is a placebo. I have noticed that I do not lose much of anything during the three weeks, but the week I am on a placebo, I lose more weight. This should not be right as it is TOM and I should be retaining water. But oh well, I will take what I can get.

starting weight- 153
week 4 weight- 149.4
total loss- 3.6

Down below 150 and feeling great about that, never thought I would actually reach that goal. MFP and all of you guys keep me motivated and going. Did not hit my Thanksgiving goal, but only missed by 4 lbs, so not compaining.

Even though I went over my calories a little yesterday I still managed to wake up another pound lighter. Not too bad for the day after Thanksgiving! I'm very proud of myself for not going over board! I know it's SO EASY to do and wow, in the past I would have eaten until it was uncomfortable to move! lol But yesterday I didn't eat much at all (maybe 1/3 or even 1/4 of what I used to do during the holidays) and I still felt super full - Oh wow, it just makes me realize how far I have come and how much my stomach is shrinking.

So as of this morning I've lost 68 pounds! I'm so jazzed and even though I still have far to go I'm pleased as punch with my progress so far!

I hope you all had a kick@ss Thanksgiving! Love you guys!