Day Eighty-Five - Weigh in #12 - Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

***I broke today's post into two parts.  One pre-meal, and one post.  I hope you are encouraged and enjoy***
 The aromas of pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls and apple/pear pie are filling our small home this morning.  The turkey is being prepared for the fryer and excitement is in the air.  It's Thanksgiving, and our small family is preparing to celebrate with food and fun.  Today, through the craziness, we still strive to remember the entire purpose of this holiday.  It is a day to remember how blessed we are.  It is to focus on the loved ones in our lives.  It isn't about food (which was delicious), football, and early Black Friday (How can Black Friday start on a Thursday???).  It is about being grateful for all we have and the opportunity to live the lives we choose to live in freedom.


I thought you may enjoy some photos from our Thanksgiving as a family.  I deep fried a turkey today.  It was a great experience.  I don't know that I have ever had a better turkey.  It was delicious (shout out to my coworker Cam for advice on marinade injection and seasoning)!  The skin and juices were outstanding.  Bekah put together a very delicious spread of green bean casserole, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, and rolls.  We were able to pray and thank God for our blessings and then this evening we took time to each share five things we are thankful for.  It has been a blessed day with the most precious people in my life.  I thank God for opportunities like this.


Even though it is a holiday from work, it is definitely not a holiday from my journey.  It is still a weigh in day and that's exactly what I did.  I am happy to announce that I am down another 4.8 lbs.  This brings my total weight loss to 53 lbs. at a weight of 313.2 lbs.  I'm excited to have officially lost over fifty pounds now!  I am nearly a third of the way to my total weight loss goal.  This means that if I lose three and a half pounds per week for the next four weeks, I will hit my next milestone and weigh less than 300 lbs. by Christmas.  So with it being Thanksgiving, I am so thankful that I am still losing my butter half!

Something I am thankful for today is that I was able to stay under calories for my meals (although my lunch was quite a large amount for a single meal).  I also was able to exercise twice today, in the morning and in the afternoon.