Instead of letting the leftovers sit around as a temptation or throwing them away, I decided to divvy everything out in small portions into freezer containers and put them away this morning. I left out enough for one leftover meal each for today and that's it. The rest is in the freezer. Since I cut all the portion sizes in half they will be great for David for lunch now and then and we may even have them for Christmas instead of cooking another gigantic meal.
I did cut down on what I was cooking but still ended up with way too much food. I've learned some lessons for next year. Here's what I'll do differently next time a holiday meal comes around:
* make my own stuffing from bread so I can easily control the total size of the side dish
* use only 2 large potatoes instead of 4
* make a small chicken since I realized I'm not too crazy about turkey to begin with
* make more vegetables and salad
* add a fresh fruit salad to the meal
* make my own dessert so I can get the blueberries I want without having to deal with a whole pie
* remember that it's not worth all the points that it takes to eat that much food
* nothing tastes as good as losing weight feels!!
So I'm back OP and looking forward to the rest of the day now that all the food is taken care of and put away. I'm going to have my regular lunch today and probably won't have much in the way of leftovers (I do have one piece of pie left out that I plan on having later today).
I hope everyone has a relaxing day with friends and family and that you are able to stay OP (on plan) for the week.
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