So how did everyone do on Christmas?

[kimbat06]

Man, I should've thought twice about allowing myself to cheat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! I have a carb hangover now lol. Over three months without sugar or carbs and then succumbing my body to a lot of it in a matter of 48 hrs was not the smartest idea. I will be avoiding the scale like it has a warrant out for me for at least a week lol. Anyway, back on track tomorrow!

How did ya do? By they way, hope everyone had a lovely holiday

[blakeich]

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I actually didn't do bad. i measured my veg and thought green. I had a little gravy but i checked the back and there wasnt that much carbs in. For started i have prawns with mayo and garlic. followed by my christmas dinner which was mainly meat with my veg and gravy. then later on for dessert a had an atkins bar. So i did great.I am going for a boxing day all you can eat today. which is gonna be tough but they do have steaks and stuff. I weighed myself this morning and i didn't put any on.

[Chef Kevin]

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I just stayed with the turkey, ham, chicken, and greenbeans.

Stayed in ketosis. I just don't even want sugar anymore. Plus, being new to diabetes, I am overly fearful of carbs. I ate 3 meatballs, then realized they had breadcrumbs in them. When I tested my blood sugar it was 157 (usually it is nailed between 90-110). So just the breadcrumbs in the meatballs made my sugar jump. It just ain't worth it.

[write2thepoint]

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I did pretty horribly and gave in to a few sweets and cookies and even ate a potato. I only gained one pound though, but feel like Chef kevin, like crap from the carbs. It just isn't worth it to go back to the other life because now I feel like I need to detox again.
Karen

[DLS]

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I am proud that I did so well. I only gave in to extra snacks that are carb friendly like cheese clouds and peanut butter fudge. And carb smart ice cream.
So I'm back to the old regular today!

[clogger]

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I stayed on plan for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!!!!!!!! I've fallen off the wagon before and always felt like crap afterwards so I had my mind made up going into Christmas that I was going to eat well because it was to my benefit.

It feels great not to have any regrets. I didn't feel bloated and tired like the rest of my family. The bonus was when I hopped on the scale Christmas morning and was down a pound. How many people does that happen to?

I thoroughly enjoyed what I ate and didn't feel deprived at all. There were so many good things I got to eat ~ prime rib, sauteed mushrooms, herbed green beans, deviled eggs, shrimp cocktail with a low-carb cocktail sauce, and lutefisk with melted butter. Yummy!

[Chicklady]

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I didn't even eat the sweet potatoes I was planning on. We had ribeye, salad and mixed veggies, and roasted white and sweet potatoes for the carb eaters. I did make a pan of low carb "magic bars" ....no illegal sweets in the house.

Now, I would say I ate too much!!!!

[kimbat06]

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Great job everyone! Unfortunately, my mom's main dish on every Christmas Eve is lasagna. There was really nothing legal for me to eat. But I did watch my portions and had a salad to help fill me up as well.

[Chicklady]

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Introduce your mom to Dreamfields pasta. Noone will ever know the difference, and your eating it once a year at Christmas won't set you back

[blueberrylady]

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I didn't do too badly either although I did eat too many cashews on Christmas Eve and too much Green Bean Casserole last night but the good thing is that I got up this morning with diarrhea from the beans so everything I ate in the past 2 days is gone now!
( I'm on pre-maintenance so I have a little more leeway than most people).

I hope Santa was really good to all of you!

[liv]

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I was pretty good - probably too many carbs but stayed away from things illegal so I am happy. And I had a good time.

Clogger -lutefisk - really? Any Scandinavian ancestors?

[steady as she goes]

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I was good, except for a square of salted caramel that my niece made. it was good beyond belief! I kicked off today with devilled eggs, to try to minimize cravings.

[MommaRuthie]

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congrats to all of you who stayed on plan! I did really great with the exception of 3 large peices of butterbrickle. that stuff used to be my favorite. I realized that it is too sweet and not as satisfying as i remember it being

[clogger]

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liv, you guessed it...Norwegian ancestors. My grandpa was talking about getting lutefisk out of the barrels that sat if front of the two grocery stores in town when he was a boy. My grandpa, my mom, an uncle, and I were the only ones in the family that ate the lutefisk yesterday. My mom rolls it up in lefse. My grandpa and I ate it with melted butter poured over it and a dash of salt and pepper. It reminds me of crab meat...interesting, huh?

[not2late]

Re: So how did everyone do on Christmas?

I stuck to my Pre-Maintenance Plan without any problem. But then, just watching my overweight/obese relatives stuff themselves with cake, pies, cookies, chips, etc. is enough to make anyone lose their appetite for those things. And what's incredibly disgusting is that a few years ago, I was just like them, in terms of weight and appetite. Just watching them....just the sight of them eating those things, puts me off. That's why I kind of like family gatherings because it gives me more encouragement to stay on my diet because I don't want to be like them: overweight/obese with diabetes, high blood pressure, on dozens of medications, so heavy they can hardly walk 20 feet without stopping to rest, etc.