tis the season... to stuff my friggin' face!

at least you are realizing it now. step back, take a deep breath, and figure out why you are eating the way you are. you dont want to gain it back right? i did the same thing last yr but i ended up gaining all of mine back! i didnt get on here for encouragement. you can do this! just go workout and track! you will get back into the groove of things.

I am feeling the same way. For now I have not gained but I am sure I will before the holiday season is done. IDK what my prob is. Maybe I should super glue my mouth?

You have to be strong! It took hard work to lose the weight, you don't want to put it right back on! Do your best to stay away from all the holiday treats, whether it is at the office or at home. Only allow small holiday splurges. Find something you can do for exercise in the house such as a video, etc. Stay on it!!

I'm trying hard to stay positive...but I need to lose 20 lbs I've found over the past year. Hard to even bother now that it is Thanksgiving week. I'm going to lower my expectations a bit...don't want to feel like a failure. Gonna hang on tight this week, happy with baby steps. Good luck to you too!

I've been horrible the past two weekends and I'm going to eat like a cow on Thanksgiving.

The only way I've managed to still lose weight is to track EVERYTHING I eat and try to stay at least below my maintenance calories and try to exercise as much as freaking possible to undo all the horrible eating.

Try stuffing your face with a huge salad with light dressing before you eat your biggest meals (lunch and dinner) so you eat less calorie-dense food. Drinking tons of water seems to help, too.

I have no advice on sweets/desserts though, I pretty much ate my weight in cookies yesterday >.>

Good luck on not gaining a ton of weight back; try adding more exercise if you can.

For those of you addicted to pumpkin pie (like me!) Don't buy at the store, make this!! Way better for you!!

Pillsbury Pet.Ritz - Pie Crusts Deep Dish, 1 crust (21 g)
Libby's - 100% Pure Pumpkin (15 oz Can)
Egg Beaters - Scrambled Eggs, 1/2 Cup, 1/2 cup
Mccormick - Pumpkin Pie Spice, 3 tsp
Blue Diamond Almonds - Almond Breeze Almond Milk - Unsweetened - Vanilla, 1 cup
Baker's (Mccormick & Co.) - Imitation Vanilla Flavor, 1 tsp
Splenda - No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated, 1 cup
Salt - 1/2 tsp.

Per Serving: 120 calories, 19 grams carbs, 6 grams fat, 4 grams protein, 139 grams sodium, 3 grams sugar.

I am so with you! I actually started MyFitnessPal last year shortly before the holiday season. I live next door to my mother (see below for my blog post from this morning). So she is this awesome cook and starts making candy, summer sausage, sausage balls, pies, breads.....the list goes on and on. So last year I found myself avoiding my mom's house because I didn't want the temptation. Then I just gave in and decided to wait until after the first of the year to diet.....yeah, well I didn't get back to it until October 2011!!! With a significant weight GAIN! So this year I'm not going to give up. As you can see in my post below, I took mom's fudge recipe and found that each piece of fudge is 81 calories. Although that is not great, at least I know what I'm working with. Hang in there girl! Just think where you will be this time next year :-) If I had been stronger last year, I could be at my goal weight by now!!!

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Posted this morning:

Danger, danger!!! My wicked mother just made her first batch of butter fudge for the holiday season!!!! It's my favorite and before I knew what had happened I wolfed down 1 1/2 pieces. Must.....be....strong........ !!! I did leave her kitchen immediately (after ingesting said 1 1/2 pcs) with her recipe in hand. I have entered it into the MyFitnessPal recipe section. 81 calories each....Ok, I feel better now that it has a number. It tastes like a squillion calories but 81 I can manage. But I will have to be VERY careful for the next 6 weeks!