GEORGE CLOONEY IS BETTER THAN PIE - How I Got Through Thanksgiving Without Dessert

One more difficult food holiday down, with the beast yet to come. (Yes, I meant to say "beast" and yes, the "beast" is Christmas). I am thankful to get through Thanksgiving this year without overeating. It's my 2nd official holiday being abstinent from recreational sugar. Halloween was the 1st.

An 8-day winter storm thwarted our plans to drive up to the in-laws place outside of Lake Tahoe. Fortunately, they had already shopped for all of the food, so they brought an entire Thanksgiving dinner to us. (Score!) We didn't need to do much other than tidy up-- which is also a win for us because having company is the only way the house gets clean.

It wasn't too hard to get through holiday dinner without seconds, but abstaining from dessert was decidedly more difficult. The apple pie my husband made from scratch came out looking yummier then it had a right to. I've also had a pesky cough for 2 weeks now, so between watching everyone eat pie I wasn't eating (a la mode, I should add) and me hacking and coughing all night long, it put me in a bad mood. 

It's a good thing that ultimately the mood didn't matter. All that mattered was that I get through that evening without dessert which happened with help from my Higher Power and George Clooney. Eventually, we put on Ocean's Eleven and the sight of George and Brad strutting around a Las Vegas in custom-cut suits was more than enough-- it turns out-- to take my mind off pie.