Weightloss Challange Week of Dec. 17-24

Here we go, into the last week before Christmas Day. It has been a difficult time for many of us because of illness and parties. So many calories out there just begging us to consume them. BAD CALORIES!! Most have little or no nutritional value but taste so good. We have become so accustomed to high sugar and salt contents in our foods that we easily accept a higher level of them in party foods. We can do ok at home and maybe even when eating out, but at get togethers those not eating healthy bring in all those goodies and then get upset with us when we don't partake.

We had a little snack bar thing at work last night. One person brought in a delicous date roll type dessert that wasn't too bad in calories if you didn't eat much of it. Mostly graham cracker crushed with milk added, then lots of marshmallows and dates mixed in and served with Cool Whip. I ate about 1/3 cup of it. I took the reduced salt venison summer sausage, a cream cheese/Ranch Dressing mix with black olives and pimento and spred on tomato basil tortillas. I didn't realize that the whipped cream cheese already had salt as the second ingredient so those things were much more salty than I or anyone else liked. I think the dogs might be getting lots of snacks this week. I made a small batch of fudge and took about 1/2 of it to work too. Actually no one did much snacking. I took some orange flavored chewable fiber type laxative tablets with me and ate a couple of them to help curb my appitite. It worked quite well. There were lovely delicous cookies too but I only ate one whole one and just a few bites of the other 2 kinds. So I think I did ok. I had a large bowl of green beans, a couple pieces of fried catfish and a bite of meatloaf for supper. When I got home I did eat a fair size piece of pork steak with gravy and some left over veggies.

This morning I made malto meal with Jack's sf cocoa mix and p. butter. Not sure of the calorie in it but I do know it is nourishing and tastes good. We haven't had it for a while.

I need to get this house cleaned up more this morning before going to work this afternoon. I have told Jack he is required to get out from in front of that TV and help me today. I will be very hard to get along with if he doesn't. The kids will be here for part of our Christmas tomorrow morning.

GOT to go and get work done. The dog blankets are in the washer and I have spot mopped the kitchen floor in prep for a total mopping.

GOD bless and keep each of you.