Thanksgiving

Thursday we packed up and headed up north to my family's get together for Thanksgiving. Just about every one was there. April had a blast with the girls and with my sisters. She did great. The food was pretty good. We celebrated my cousins birthday since it falls so close the holiday we combined it. We had birthday cake which was super good too. April tried to help her open her gifts. April got a spit and spin from my aunt which she had a blast on. She actually figured out to operate it. I just have to keep an eye on her because she's trying to stand up on and spin now lol. She has another tooth coming in I believe. She's been chewing on her finger non stop today. Anyways, Thanksgiving was a blast. It was good being around family. I can't wait until Christmas. We're going to have so much fun. I'm proud to say that I didn't gain any weight this week even with the extra amount of food and salt intake. I'm very proud of myself. I stuck to my smaller portions so that I could eat a little of everything. I was afraid that I would gain, but I didn't. So it's safe to say that this new life style is really helping and it's getting easier. I have come to the conclusion though that I need to make some more changes. For health reasons and personal reasons I'm kicking red meat out of my diet. I have cut down on it already but it's time to cut down to nothing now. It's a choice that I've made and I'm going to try to stick to and hope to get some relief and comfort. I've also cut back on my pop again and this time it's going a lot better. My headaches aren't that bad. Things are going pretty good for the most part. I'm pretty happy with everything right now.