And a Merry Christmas to you, my brother. Hope your days are filled with nothing but good cheer!
Already dropped 20 lbs since last Monday morning. I walked down the stairs this morning, and my wife said she can already notice. I'll probably lose another 10 between today and tomorrow, I'm sure my metabolism is going to skyrocket, salivating over all the food I can't have. My wife is half Italian and half Irish, so there is the seven-fish dinner tonight, and lasagna, ham, turkey, pork roast, homemade chicken soup and all the accoutrements of an Italian Christmas.
On the Irish side - beer and booze. Usually Killian's Irish Red or Guinness, and a few shots of Jameson over the couple of days.
If I can manage the willpower over today and tomorrow (and I don't have an option NOT to), the next 7 weeks before I can resume eating anything I want (albeit in about 1/6th of my old portions) will be a piece of cake.