Days 87-96: Thanksgiving Vacation

But first a confession to my faithful blog flowers (yes, all three of you!), the last two weeks have had more packed into them than should be allowed by one human being. Mostly all good things mind you, but nonetheless, things that took my attention away from posting on 12percentJohn. And I wonder if not having to sit down and really think about what I was eating, showing you pictures, telling you stories about my journey made it easier for me to cheat.

And cheat I did on Thanksgiving vacation.  That wouldn’t have been so bad if the vacation had been a few days, but our entire family went to Florida to spend a week at my parents home. Dad decided that he was tired of 80 degree weather and casting into the surf, so he had headed to the cold North and went hunting for turkey, deer, and bear – oh my!

John, Katherine, Deanna on the water

They say that when you go back to your family of origin you also go back to old habits and patterns of relating. Well in my case that means back to old habits of having dessert after breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And I’m not joking. The first night we arrived we went to a great deli called TooJays. www.toojays.com after consuming a piece of killer cake for dessert we took home a box of Rugalach to have for breakfast.

Ben with his Nan at TooJays

That set the tone for the week and I mentally threw in the towel and decided I was on vacation, I had good food available to me, I wasn’t going to stress about it, and I’d still control how much sweet I ate. Hmmmm, well that last point didn’t happen. To say that sugar is a drug is no exaggeration. Man that stuff gets in my system and I just crave more of it. You know I’ve been really good on this diet in that regard, but not Thanksgiving week!!!

The Pumpkin Chiffon Pie I made for Thanksgiving Dessert

I came home with 8 more pounds than I’d left with and because I was not working out as actively I’m sure that weight gain was both muscle loss and fat gain. The fun was over…it was time to get back on track! And finnaly a picture to leave you with that will paint the picture...

lunch dessert! Chocolate Ganache filled cupcakes and more!