How did everyone survive thanksgiving?

It was a breeze for me considering the 2 weeks of hell I have just had (haven't weighed myself in these 2, but I'm sure due to the stress *fingers crossed* I've lost something.

I almost choked on my turkey (which actually turned out awesome), stayed away from the mashed potatos (which I don't eat to begin with) had 1 scoop of stuffing, and Made the green beans with low fat/low sodium cream of mushroom.... Made the turkey with sugarfree Apple juice concentrate, a fresh apple, Margarine instead of butter, and fresh herbs..... it was splended... Also managed to find a sugar free pumpkin pie.... 1 plate of food, and I was full!!! and the family didn't realize all the "Good stuff (fats & sugars) was substituted"... I survived thanksgiving despite all the BS that was thrown my way..... Just don't have a lb report for you guys... I will tomorrow.

How about you all??? happy belated btw:wub:

Hey, Sarah, glad to see you! :smile:

I got some turkey stuck right away on Thanksgiving :frown: and for the rest of the weekend, everything I ate got stuck. This morning I woke up with reflux, so I called my PA, and she squeezed me in with the surgeon for an unfill. :frown: He wanted to take out .5 cc, but I convinced him that I wasn't vomiting, just very uncomfortable with everything I ate, so he only took .25cc. I hope that does the trick. Ugh!!! This is the second unfill I've had to have because of food getting stuck and causing swelling. This is no fun! And I'm angry that I let it happen. When will I ever learn???! I hope I don't lose a month of progress this time like I did with the last stuck experience. That should have taught me! But, we are quick to forget when we are hungry that we need to eat teeny tiny bites all the time.

I hope your Thanksgiving meal went down better than mine.

My husband and I were on a cruise last week and had great food all week. I had a 1/2 dessert every evening. I excersized every day and walked a lot, but drank a lot and gained weight (about 4 pounds). Hopefully it will go away fast too. I only do this once a year and it would have been difficult for me during Thanksgiving anyway, so I'm okay and had a very good time. Gaye

Some of that 4 pounds is likely water retention ..... somebody else preparing your food, salt added where you might add none, or less than they did. Drink plenty of water and don't weigh for 3 or 4 days.....