Week 11 ~ weigh in

Week 11 ~ Weigh in

-1.8lbs

Well, not the best loss but I suppose if you consider that I was off plan for the week then I did pretty good? We had pizza for supper on Thursday and it was amazing!!! Then I went to my Grandmas for lunch on Sat and didn't have my salad. I think I might have snuck a Christmas cookie in there somewhere too (and got a immediate headache from it). It's so cold out that I have been drinking coffee like it's going out of style but I have also been trying to up my water intake to make up for it so needless to say .... I'm peeing A LOT!! hehe

I have one more week to be on plan and hopefully loose another 2.4lbs to put me under 180!! But after my weigh in next week I plan on going completely off plan, I am not going to go crazy stuffing my face but I will enjoy some of the simple things that I may have been missed if I stuck to plan. Like stuffing and cabbage rolls!! YUM!! Maybe even a slice of pie!! ;)

We are hosting Christmas at our hose this year, we did it last year too but this year there will be more people then I have ever had! I'm a little nervous about it, which is nothing new - I always worry that the turkey won't turn out and all my guests will starve or we will run out of food. This year we are going to try and deep fry the turkey, I know it sound so unhealthy considering I'm suppose to be watching what I eat but we have tried it before and it really isn't that greasy. I just don't have a big enough oven, I also plan on doing a ham, cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes and stuffing (these all need to be in the oven). I am also planning on setting up the basement for dinner and then moving everyone upstairs for when Santa comes. This way we don't have to worry about cleaning up too much of the mess or moving a table, etc. I just need to try and plan the best seating arrangement and maybe move a few things out of our living room to make room for chairs (like the TV and my hope chest). I'm worried that we are going to be bombarded with gifts, not that I'm complaining, just trying to plan where to put everyone and everything!! We are thinking that we will have to pile presents in the front doorway!?!? LOL It should make for some good pictures!! :)

I still have some wrapping to do and I need to pick up a few small things for our extra guests. I just feel bad that they are going to sit there and watch us open piles of gifts so I wanted to get them each something small. I know it probably doesn't matter and that they are probably just happy to be with family on Christmas but I feel it is necessary.

Above is a pic of Jacob, we went to the Festival of Trees where he decorated a gingerbread cookie, got a Santa hat, trimmed a mini tree, went "fishing" and colored a tree ornament. It was fun but I'm not sure I would go again next year. I ended up doing most of the crafts for him and he seemed more interested in the Polish dancers on stage then doing the actual craft? I will post more pics of what we did next time.