Thanksgiving down, Christmas to go

Ok - one major holiday has now passed and the grand-daddy of them all is coming in 25 days.
WW meetings start back this Friday for the new session. It will be two weeks since the last weigh in. TWO WEEKS. Do you know how much damage you can do in two weeks? A lot. As of this morning, the scale says ONLY two pounds up. I guess I didn't do as bad as I thought. But here is where the two pounds came from:

I made FIVE batches of Chex-Mix last Tuesday. It is simply the best snack ever. And I make it as low calorie/fat grams as I can. Well, not actually that low, but it is made with low-fat margarine, pretzels & ChezIts. But because that damn cereal comes in huge boxes, I make the entire stash all at once. It is not worth keeping as cereal. (Have you ever seen anyone actually eat Chex cereal as cereal? Neither have I). So I make this huge vat of delicious buttery, salty carbs and I try to sabotage my family with it. That way, I can't eat all of it. I left two containers of it at our house, and 5 days later, there are mere crumbs of deliciousness left. This whole weekend, I've woken in the middle of night thirsty as hell. I just can't help myself - as if it is a drug. And in I'll be making more for Christmas. Help!

As good as I am with Chex-Mix, my Mom is the best for Thanksgiving. No one comes close to her turkey. No one. And she had potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes with goo on top, cranberry relish, big fluffy rolls with butter and fruit salad. Two pies were for dessert, too.

I took no seconds, except for the fruit salad. I barely tasted the gravy, potatoes and stuffing. And I skipped the rolls entirely. That way, I could sample both kinds of pie. Ok, they were really, really slivers, not pieces. And I didn't eat the crust from the pumpkin pie. But I did have one of my Dad's pecan squares instead to compensate.

We ran around alot the rest of the weekend - finding time in-between meals to snack on the Chex-Mix. I really have a problem. I'll have to figure out how to make it delicious to others, but not me.

So tomorrow is Monday and only five days until my weigh-in. I have a lot to make up for, but I know I can do it. First, I need to get the Chex-Mix out of the house. I also have to get rid of the Thanksgiving goodies and make room for the Christmas ones...