I made it!

Okay so one Thanksgiving dinner down one more to go!  Today at the Thanksgiving brunch, I walked through the doors and there are pastries and stuffings and a galore of different kinds of potatoes and waffles topped with strawberries and whipped cream, it was almost too much to take, but as soon as I sat down got some coffee in me and then by 2 relatives asked if I had been loosing weight because I was looking thin, I decided this whole thing was totally worth it!

When you get to the point where people start noticing your progress it makes you want to keep going and not stop till you reach your goal.  It is so nice to be fitting into the clothes that I couldn't 25 days ago, and this Thanksgiving I think I am truly thankful that I have the ability to do something like this, change the way I do something so that I can inspire myself and others by accomplishing something that I never thought I would.  I know, I know, your thinking well how hard can it be to just discipline yourself to eat the things and only the things that will help you lose weight, but until you've done it my friend, well let me just say it can be harder than you think.  Oh yes it may be all jolly and motivational within the first 7-12 days, but let me ask you something, what the heck do you do when you absolutely cannot fathom having another bite of something "good for me" that even grandmas fruit cake is starting to look appetizing.

The point I am trying to make is, what do you do when you reach that moment when you forgot why your doing this in the first place, then you start to talk yourself into stopping because I mean c'mon it's not like your obese or anything, or 20 extra pounds never hurt anybody it's just extra padding for the organs.  So what do you do when you are at your lowest, when you don't have an ounce of motivation or determination left, when your snapping at everyone around you because all you want is a cookie and nobody gets hurt! : D  Yes, yes you may think it's no big thing to discipline yourself to eat right, but it's a whole other story when you have to do it for a long period of time and then some.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and you realize all the things you have to be thankful for, like bread :D  Have a great night and I bid you all a farewell till tomorrow!

Warm Regards,
Candace

Sugar free Pumpkin Pie

4 oz. of Cream Cheese softened
1/3 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
3 Eggs
15 oz. can of Pumpkin
1/2 cup of Brown Sugar substitute (I use the splenda brand or you can use a sugar sub. and molasses)
1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 cup Pecans ground
1 stick of butter

mix cream cheese and pumpkin, add brown sugar sub., eggs and heavy whipping cream and pumpkin pie spice, blend on high till smooth. For crust, mix pecans and melted butter and pat into the bottom of a pie pan for the crust pour pumpkin filling into pan and bake at 375 for 50-60 minutes, enjoy ;D