Holiday eating

We're trying to be only moderately strict on the diet with the holidays.  But we are bending a little.  Yesterday, I joined my wife for lunch at a local Italian restaurant. 

While it is possible to make healthy, low-carb Italian food . . . I do not approve of the practice.  :-)  I had an order of beef ravioli in meat sauce.  And bread.  :-)  And cheesecake for dessert.

Of course, there's a price to pay for such indulgences: We've HIGHLY limited carbs for the last few days.

This evening we'll have roasted turkey breast, and the boys will have full servings of mashed potatoes.  I'll take much smaller servings of the carbs.   Yes, as my Facebook followers know, there's fresh-made bread to eat with the turkey.  But we're being good with all of our other meals, and taking a pass on the snacks today.

My peak of weight loss was just before our "Early Thanksgiving" dinner with my parents last Saturday, at 47 pounds of weight-loss.  I've added about 3 pounds since then, and hope to hold the weight gain to no more than another 2 or 3 pounds over the long weekend.

Wish me luck.  This is the heart of holiday eating season -- three thanksgiving meals, followed by a Christmas party on the 2nd, birthday party on the 3rd and another birthday party two weeks later.   Whew!