It sucks for me because since my boyfriend is Russian, there are FIVE days that we are celebrating something between Dec. 25-Jan. 7.

December 25th - the day that Americans celebrate Christmas
December 26th - the day Russians celebrate Christmas

Dec. 31st - New Year's Eve

Jan 1st - New Year's day

Jan 7th - Orthodox Russian Christmas holiday


I feel like I'm down in the trenches trying to fight the low-carb fight, but the people we visit aggressively try to shove food in our faces. My bf's not LC (although I wish he was), but I am and as much as I wish they would respect my food choices and accept the answer "no" the first time, this is real life and if I never learn to deal with these awkward situations, that means I can always be pushed into eating things that I shouldn't eat and am probably not even craving.

For our next celebration, I think I'm going to stick with just having a couple alcoholic drinks and a very LC plate of food. I know I sound lame, but a delicious fatty piece of meat and one type of green veggies with butter tastes like luxury food to me. I just don't see the point in eating things like potatoes, rolls, or dessert anymore.