Wow did my weight balloon with that party. I guess that'll be a lesson to me. I wasn't horrible really. I filled 2/3 of my plate up with garden salad and then put very small tastes of everything else in. I did have 4 lite beers, but I had a lot of desert. I think I'll be paying for it at least for one week. Oh well, I had a good time and now I'm back on the wagon.

Only One Pound

Hello! Do you know me?
If you don't, you should. I'm a pound of fat.
And I am the happiest pound of fat that you would ever want to meet.
Want to know why?
It's because no one ever wants to lose me;
I'm ONLY ONE POUND, just a pound!
Everyone wants to lose three pounds, five pounds, or fifteen pounds, but never only one.
So I just stick around and happily keep you fat.
Then I add to myself, ever so slyly, so that you never seem to notice it.
That is until I've grown to ten, twenty, thirty or even more pounds in weight.
Yes, it's fun being ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT, left to do as I please.
So, when you weigh in, keep right on saying, "Oh, I only lost one pound."
(As if that were such a terrible thing)
For you see, if you do this, you'll encourage others to keep me around because they'll think I'm not worth losing.
And, I love being around you - your arms, your legs, your chin, your hips and every part of you.
Happy Days!!!
After all, I'm ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT!!!

-Author Unknown
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Happy MOnday Cannon! This will be the start of a kick@ss week!

Hey Cannon, glad you enjoyed yourself! Have a great Monday!

have a great week ahead! nice party it seems......

Hi Cannadoodle - taking mostly salad and then tiny tastes of everything else is a great idea! I'll have to remember that when Thanksgiving & Xmas roll around. Sounds like it was a great party, glad you had a good time... don't worry about the splurge, you'll kick it's ass.

Have a great day!

Hey Cannon,

I just love your attitude, how you see it as having a good time, but not destructive of the process... An inspiration, truly!!
Well, have a nice day, sitting by your side at the wagon

Wow, I'm still up 5.2 pounds from last week--not quite sure how that happenned because I was bad, but not that bad and I'm going to my brother-in-law's birthday party tonight. I'm going to be very well behaved tonight though. I can handle a 2 pound weight gain for the week, but its going to take some work to do even that. Thanks for the kind words everybody, I'm not giving up or feeling depressed over the weight gain, but I do see some hard work in front of me.

Good morning Cannon! *OHD waves*

Thanks so much for stopping by last night. *big hug*

You're a party animal here lately, it appears. Have a good time at the party, you deserve as many good times as you can fit into your schedule!

Hey Cannon!!! Read your last few posts, and when I get on the scale tomorrow I may be in the same boat as you. I didn't have lots of food options on vacation. Don't get discouraged, you can get that weight off.

Its not a race

I'm getting to caught up with speed dieting. That post by Jelly Belly is really appropriate here. I had two big parties and enjoyed myself and wouldn't trade either back for a small weight loss. I will probably gain 2 or 3 pounds this week, but that isn't the end of the world. What I have to do is to continue to make good choices and do what I've been doing since June. The weight loss will take care of itself. I usually remember that. When I saw I was up 6 pounds I forgot it. I've really increased my water intake and I am going to move my exercise time to the afternoon so that I can make sure that I get that working for me again.

*No rocks*

Good for you Cannon! Have a great day my friend....and for the record, I'd never throw rocks at you!

ENjoy your afternoon workouts. Have a good day!

That pharse has gotten me through some of the worst times of my life! "Just keep making sensible choices, live your life the way you see fit and ___________ will take care of itself." I should stitch us up a sampler to put on the the wall!

Enjoy your exercise!!

The weight is starting to come down now, but I still need to remember its not a race and to concentrate on the process. The results will take care of themselves. You're right Peguin--it does apply to a lot of different things