Surviving the Holidays

kmowens21

Anyone have any tips for staying on track over the Holidays?? I'm going to be staying with family for a week, and I'm really worried about not being able to maintain my healthy habits!

brb2008

I'm going into maintenance. I'm not emotionally or mentally strong enough to handle all life stress plus the holidays. It's not for everyone of course but I would rather confidently maintain than stress more over losing. I might actually end up having a nice holiday season if I take one thing off my hugely full schedule.

SteveMFP123

Christmas Eve and Day I'll be a bit naughty, I won't go nuts but if I want something I'll have it. If you give yourself a couple of days where you eat at maintenance it won't kill you and you'll have plenty of extra calories to play with.

slimandsmiling

I think just try to be mindful and remember how it feels being bigger or having to lose the weight again. I am having a few treats during this run up but I am also exercising more to balance it all. It really wanted to get down to my target so I can wear my black dress at Xmas but don't think I will if I keep eating puddings and chocolate Brazil nuts. I sometimes find looking at the treats is enough because I know the calories most things have these days xx hope you enjoy the holiday x

Optimistical1

I was just recently able to button up my size 2 pants (I started MFP in a size 8) they are still a little too uncomfortably tight, but it's amazing that I can get them buttoned (4 months ago I couldn't even get them over my behind).

I plan on wearing these pants to my best friend's Christmas party tomorrow night. Not only will they serve as a reminder of how far I've come and how close I am, but they are so tight that I will not be able to eat much without the risk of splitting them. It's a win/win.

ultrahoon

I am going to eat what I feel like eating, log it, and move on. In the grand scheme of things, it won't even cause me to gain a single pound, so I am not worried.

debtay123

I plan to exercise a little more over the next few days and eat as closer to my mfp calorie goals as possible- TRY not to go over- then when Christmas comes i will eat and enjoy-just for that one meal/day- hopefully all will work out fine- it did at Thanksgiving

alizesmom

Not sure it's healthy but I'm going to bank some calories before Christmas and use those so I can have a little of everything. I will continue to log.