Christmas Eating

Woo hoo!! For the first time in more years than I care to remember, I actually LOST weight over Christmas week. I went to my Weight Watchers meeting this morning and I was down 2.4 pounds this week. I even had two holiday luncheons with which to contend this week and still managed to pull off a great loss! I guess that thing about mental rehearsing really works. Who knew?!

I also thought I would share a few food pics. Since I live alone, I definitely didn’t have the big spread that most people enjoy on Christmas, but I was pretty happy with my holiday meal. I cooked up a couple of small ground turkey breast patties that I seasoned with a bit of salt, pepper, and rosemary. Along with that, I had a baked sweet potato (topped with brown sugar & cinnamon) and some peas with mushrooms & thyme. A little bit later in the afternoon, I had one of my pumpkin pie smoothies for dessert. Here are a couple of pics:

After I finished my meal, I settled in with some knitting for the rest of the day. I still have lots of the Noro Kureopatora yarn in my stash so I decided to whip up a pair of socks that I can wear around the house or with my Birkies. I’m more than half done with the first sock, so they are coming along nicely. The worst part about knitting socks is losing one’s motivation after the first sock is finished, so I’ll have to keep a close eye on myself to make sure I don’t end up with an orphan.

I know it looks like I have some holes in a few places, but I really don’t. There are some pretty nubby parts of the yarn that are a cream color, so that’s what you’re seeing.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday with their friends and family. Here’s to a safe, healthy, and happy 2009 for us all!