Holidaze recap

Made it through the Holidaze period fairly well! I thought it'd be more challenging, but since I dropped out of a couple of  friends' pre-Christmas parties due to having a bad cold and was able to avoid some temptations. 

While at my Mother's place, using the exercise equipment every morning really helped both with stress levels, making wise food choices, and generally feeling better. Although there was a lot of chocolate flying about, not much of it ended up in my mouth. Meals were healthy: Roast turkey, roast veggies, green leafy salads. Ham. Roast beef. The tourtiere, a French-Canadian meat pie, has a nice pastry crust which is quite carby, so that was one exception to my low carb plan I decided to make! But my Mother is also trying to slim down, so fresh fruit was always on the table and she had tons of healthy options for us all.

My in-laws and out-laws get togethers were more problematic in terms of food choices, but I did my best without offending anyone. My Sister-in-law is now more health conscious, so meals at her place were very much less junk-filled than in years past. In fact, no junky bowls of chips were in evidence anywhere! A big change.

New Year's Eve was interesting! No chips in sight, but my friend (who had WLS two years ago) really fancied the evening up. For apps: Cold cuts like prosciutto and salami, cheeses, crackers, french bread grapes, walnuts. I stuck to the grapes and walnuts.  Supper: pasta shells, so cheese again. She also made chicken breasts, so I had a couple of those. Desserts were everywhere afterwards! A minefield of them. I went back and had some grapes and indulged in the alcoholic cider I brought along. My man had a blast since he is a big mouse who loves cheese!

For New Years goals, aside from getting healthier, I'm continuing on decluttering paper, and stuff around the house. It's a continual process. Stuff comes in, and I get bogged down with other things, then go on decluttering sprees. Marie Kondo inspo can only go so far! :) 

Weigh-in yesterday was 180.7 lbs, so down about five pounds since last month.