"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast." -WS

I slept better last night than I have in the past 2 months or so. I was out for 8 solid hours, and I feel absolutely, ridiculously rested today. I was beginning to forget how this felt...
This past weekend, we took a trip to Florida for the JSU-Florida game and it was a blast! We left Friday afternoon and returned around 12:45 Monday morning. Of course, I got basically no sleep the whole weekend, but it was totally and completely worth it. Confession time: I ate like crazy for most of the weekend. I don't feel as terrible as I normally do after a weekend like that for some reason, though. Usually, I feel gross and heavy after that, but I'm OK this time. That doesn't mean I'll do it again anytime soon, but I'm glad that I'm not suffering this time.

Major test time: Thanksgiving.
I've been thinking about it for months. I've been a little worried about it for months. I've been looking forward to it for months. My plan of attack: Eat really small portions of everything in order to actually be able to eat everything that I want. I will definitely be eating Pumpkin Pie. After the months of eating pumpkin everything, I'm ridiculously excited to eat real, yummy pumpkin pie. I. can't. wait.
The real problem here is that I get two, yes TWO Thanksgiving dinners. I have to plan, resist, and strategize for two days....this is not going to be easy, but it can be done. I can enjoy these amazing foods while still keeping myself under control.

I will NOT let myself give in and ruin all of my progress. I set myself back a little with this past weekend, but not enough to really discourage myself. I absolutely have to keep all of my past progress in the back of my mind and remember how I've gotten here. I have to not let all of my willpower fly out the window. I have to control myself. I'll just keep repeating that until this week is over...