Anyone else having a healthy Thanksgiving?

Posted: Nov 24, 2014

All these recipes sound great - but I can't eat them. I have to (want to) get my weight down - haven't baked anything since July, food diary, all that jazz. So now the holidays are rolling around - I went and got a small turkey, brussel sprouts (I love brussel sprouts), one sweet potato, an avocado, celery, I already have kale in the house. Also nonfat yogurt (yes, I took the plunge from lowfat to nonfat yogurt and skim milk from 2%). Organic "only peanuts" peanut butter. Olive oil. I notice at work, other people notice I'm eating something healthy, so they give me candy and other junk food. Well okay I'm not going to eat it but I take it. (There's always someone to pass a candy bar on to). I must say nothing is more delicious than my oatmeal in the morning with RAISINS (pure sugar practically! yes I have a sweet tooth), so raisins are the new junk food for me. Also cinammon. Cinammon and pepper, what would I do without you. I also crave fish like crazy. Anyway, it's "healthy holidays" for me. Not trying to be the food police AT ALL to anybody else - I'd love to eat those cheesy casseroles!!! - but it's like, you have to eat A LOT of vegetables to start craving them. Plain old vegetables. Well anyway that is my story. I enjoy (highly) being able to go up and down stairs much more easily - I said to my mom, "have you noticed I'm not complaining about my feet hurting or my legs hurting?" I mean I was surprised to find that actually my feet and legs don't hurt after work like they used to. It's tough. I'd like to work more for more money, but I'm concerned about the stress level (and depression), and there goes the healthy habits out the window. Frick it. Save your own life, nobody else will. ;