What are your game plans for the holiday temptations?!

malibu927

Work all Thanksgiving morning to burn calories, eat the things I love in moderation. Christmas week last year I didn't log, and I'll probably do the same this year.

Really, one day won't hurt in the long run. Just don't let it last for weeks.

rune1990

Seeing as how our thanksgiving is this coming weekend, I plan to bank some calories to have some extra treats for dinner. I also plan on eating my normal breakfast and lunch as being overly hungry at dinner time would lead me to overeat for sure. I will drink lots of water (as usual) and hopefully go for a nice long walk sometime during the day.

And most of all, I will enjoy the time together with family.

jemhh

Last year I ate at maintenance from Thanksgiving on and didn't worry about it at all on Thanksgiving or Christmas day. I'll do the same this year.

Halloween candy is not really an issue for me. I more enjoy the homemade foods from the other holidays.

youdontknowwhatyousaw

My plans are to eat and enjoy myself.

quiltlovinlisa

I plan on enjoying the foods I really love, like I love dressing but am not a mashed potato fan, so I'm not wasting calories on mashed potatoes. I plan on logging everything and since Holiday meals are at my moms, but I provide the sides and desserts while my mom provides the meat, I can make sure there are lots of nice veggies and what not to nosh on.

My biggest coping is small servings and slow eating. Desserts, I cater more to things my husband and kids love and less to the things I love. I am also sticking with my exercise, so I"ll still be on program even if it's a higher calorie day.

nvmomketo

Thanksgiving isn't a big deal with my family, maybe more so for other Canadians. I'll make the usual but add a few LCHF options for me like a few types of fat bombs instead of pie or chips. There'll be nuts, veggies and dips, and chips. Dinner will have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, a couple of types of veggies (maybe beans and a mashed turnip and carrot), salad, buns and ham. Dessert will be pie, whipped cream and LC treats (fat bombs). I'll just eat what works for me and skip the spuds, buns, pie, and have just a bit of turnip.

The bigger deal for me is ensuring the food is all gluten free and nut free for health safety reasons.

For Halloween, I will abstain entirely. I have a deal with the kids that they can eat candy that night and then keep ten things in exchange for a small toy, or cash this year. LOL. I then give away their candy to the later kids. Hopefully we'll end up with very few leftovers, which hubby can then have.

Christmas will be mainly about family, and less about the treats.

marissafit06

I found that the biggest issue with the holidays, is not the day itself, but the next few days when I choose to continue eating like a piggie. Honestly one 3000 calorie day won't mess anyone up when every other day is at a deficit.

MarcyKirkton

One thing I learned in WW was to mentally divide the plate into sections and make sure I put vegetables in the biggest section. I really found that eliminated overeating all the carbohydrates at Thanksgiving, anyway. It got one section, but then.....that was it.

I always indulge in the pie, though. It's a holiday!

110challenge

Hubby and I have a different approach. He is a free-for-all style (but I do all of the meal planning and cooking normally, so as long as I continue it is no difficulty for him to get back on track). I will likely not watch my calories on the days we are actually celebrating (3 days of Christmas, 2 Thanksgivings), but I wont eat something that is normally off limits for me. I will also ensure that I have meal-planned from Dec 27-on for about a week to avoid the temptation of stretching that further.

OldAssDude

I like to eat during the holidays, but I walk about 7 miles per day on average so I should be good to go.

scorpcookie

Well my first step to surviving the holidays is to get as close as possible to my goal weight by December 1st.

Once I reach December 1st, I will still continue with my exercises and trying to maintain a calorie deficit so that when I begin to indulge in sweets and higher calorie meals from parties and gatherings that things will hopefully even out at a maintenance level for the week.

Sometimes I wish that Christmas was only a day, but honestly, the food is there throughout the month and well into January. This is always the time of year where I gain the most weight though I hope to maintain or only gain a few pounds.

JeffBrown3

I have turkey, dressing, cakes and all other 'holiday' foods all the time now and fit it in my calories. So, to me it's just another day. If I were going somewhere to eat where I didn't prepare the food, I wouldn't bother logging and just enjoy that meal.

PinkPixiexox

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

I plan on eating, logging and moving on. Being conscientious and using moderation, just like any other day.

This!

jessicapk

Like everything else, you have to figure out where your weak points are then work around them. For me, it's certain cookies that one of our vendors brings in. Once I let myself indulge on those, it opened up the door to other goodies. Last year, I gave the cookies to one of our warehouse guys and made his day and mine. Let yourself enjoy the holidays but know the things you will lose control over. Other than that, give yourself well defined rules on what days are "freebies." If you want to continue losing at the same rate, continue to log and you will know how much extra you'll have to work off. Last year, I set my calories at maintenance for the holidays and didn't gain following this game plan. The year before, I started the slipperly slope to gaining back the 40 lbs I'd worked so hard to lose. You've done the first step - you are planning ahead and that's the best thing to do!