OK, so technically I have 1 more holiday festivity left to get through, it is tomorrow and I am hosting it. It involves a good deal of cheese. For most though, the holidays are over.
If you remember, I hit a weight loss goal on the Friday before Thanksgiving week and my next goal was to not gain any weight back over the holidays (*NIH estimates the average American gains 1 pound between Thanksgiving and New Years -- I was never average). I am happy to report that since November 20th I have lost 7 pounds.
I monitored my weight over those 7 weeks and had some ups and downs, but the official weigh in today is 7 pounds down. I'll take it.
Never once during the holidays did I feel deprived of anything, I ate what I wanted, took part in lots of festivities, exercised when I could and tried to slip in healthy meals whenever possible.
What was most reassuring this week was my ability to get back into a good schedule of eating healthy and working out after a 2 week vacation over Christmas. It is so easy to fracture good habits and it takes so long to re-cultivate them that often giving up is the path of least resistance.
I don't feel that desire to slack at all right now and it is kind of amazing!
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