Let's put Christmas behind us

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,596 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    Why would I want to put Christmas behind me? It was a great week of fun events with family and friends, and part of the memories include all the yummy foods. This isn't something I regret or want to forget. I'm up 3.5 lbs from a week ago but I know almost all of that is water and will go away soon enough.

    +1

    Mine is a planned 2+ week diet break ... and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. :)
  • ggeise14
    ggeise14 Posts: 387 Member
    edited December 2015
    Thanks for the inspiration everyone! Enough !
  • SuperheroSadie
    SuperheroSadie Posts: 167 Member
    Agreed. I'm still going to eat my leftover stocking candy... but I'll keep it logged, and in moderation. If I have to. :wink:
  • mamainthekitchen
    mamainthekitchen Posts: 929 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Christmas isn't over yet!! It's 12 days long. :) And I'm on a diet break to the end. :grin:

    My baking begins tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'll start with ... depends what recipes I get ahold of by tomorrow afternoon. Might be attempting my grandmother's shortbread. Might be a pavlova. Maybe both.

    The next day, I'm planning to make pancakes.

    Then in a couple days, I'm hoping to do chocolate cake or chocolate brownies ... and a couple days later an apple/cherry crumble. Or maybe the other way around depending on the cherries.

    I am hoping to get a recipe for cinnamon buns which can be cooked in a slow-cooker and if all goes well, I'll do them on the New Year's Weekend.

    I think that's all the baking on my list at the moment. :)


    I'm thinking I'll return to the diet on Jan 4 ... or maybe Jan 7 (after the last day of Christmas and Epiphany) or maybe wait until Jan 8 after the Orthodox Christmas ... or maybe wait till Monday 11th. :grin: I'm not fussed.

    For cinnamon buns have you heard of Land of Nod?? By Best of Bridge ladies not sure about the crock pot idea but you do leave them overnight and bake in morning! Add me and send mail if you want that recipe!

    Also, I have been searching the Internet for years on the perfect shortbread! I'd be curious about her recipe!!!!!

    Enjoy your baking ......your house must smell amazing!!!!!
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
    SuperheroSadie wrote: »
    Agreed. I'm still going to eat my leftover stocking candy... but I'll keep it logged, and in moderation. If I have to. :wink:

    Good girl I did the same with the stuffing, went down a treat.
  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    Leftovers are almost gone! The chocolate trifle is gone! Hallelujah! We have cookies, but I will not eat those, my husband made brownies too and, those are his to eat too. So...really only ham, macaroni and cheese are leftovers to eat. And, I love the Macaroni & Cheese! I think I can finally not eat those tempting high calories that were...in the house.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,596 Member
    mamainthekitchen wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Christmas isn't over yet!! It's 12 days long. :) And I'm on a diet break to the end. :grin:

    My baking begins tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'll start with ... depends what recipes I get ahold of by tomorrow afternoon. Might be attempting my grandmother's shortbread. Might be a pavlova. Maybe both.

    The next day, I'm planning to make pancakes.

    Then in a couple days, I'm hoping to do chocolate cake or chocolate brownies ... and a couple days later an apple/cherry crumble. Or maybe the other way around depending on the cherries.

    I am hoping to get a recipe for cinnamon buns which can be cooked in a slow-cooker and if all goes well, I'll do them on the New Year's Weekend.

    I think that's all the baking on my list at the moment. :)


    I'm thinking I'll return to the diet on Jan 4 ... or maybe Jan 7 (after the last day of Christmas and Epiphany) or maybe wait until Jan 8 after the Orthodox Christmas ... or maybe wait till Monday 11th. :grin: I'm not fussed.

    For cinnamon buns have you heard of Land of Nod?? By Best of Bridge ladies not sure about the crock pot idea but you do leave them overnight and bake in morning! Add me and send mail if you want that recipe!

    Also, I have been searching the Internet for years on the perfect shortbread! I'd be curious about her recipe!!!!!

    Enjoy your baking ......your house must smell amazing!!!!!

    This is the recipe my aunt gave me ...

    http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2014/12/slow-cooker-cinnamon-rolls.html


    You can't find cinnamon rolls here in Australia (not good ones anyway), so when she mentioned she had made that for Christmas morning breakfast ... I was very interested. :)
  • lavrn03
    lavrn03 Posts: 235 Member
    I hate water weight. I'm up 5-6lbs. I checked with 2 scales too! WTf!!! I'm usually really good about not eating too many simple carbs but with all the parties and over indulging I can't seem to stop my cravings. I've managed to keep up with all my workouts but I've eaten at or above maintenance calories.
  • vicky1947mfp
    vicky1947mfp Posts: 1,523 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    mamainthekitchen wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Christmas isn't over yet!! It's 12 days long. :) And I'm on a diet break to the end. :grin:

    My baking begins tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'll start with ... depends what recipes I get ahold of by tomorrow afternoon. Might be attempting my grandmother's shortbread. Might be a pavlova. Maybe both.

    The next day, I'm planning to make pancakes.

    Then in a couple days, I'm hoping to do chocolate cake or chocolate brownies ... and a couple days later an apple/cherry crumble. Or maybe the other way around depending on the cherries.

    I am hoping to get a recipe for cinnamon buns which can be cooked in a slow-cooker and if all goes well, I'll do them on the New Year's Weekend.

    I think that's all the baking on my list at the moment. :)


    I'm thinking I'll return to the diet on Jan 4 ... or maybe Jan 7 (after the last day of Christmas and Epiphany) or maybe wait until Jan 8 after the Orthodox Christmas ... or maybe wait till Monday 11th. :grin: I'm not fussed.

    For cinnamon buns have you heard of Land of Nod?? By Best of Bridge ladies not sure about the crock pot idea but you do leave them overnight and bake in morning! Add me and send mail if you want that recipe!

    Also, I have been searching the Internet for years on the perfect shortbread! I'd be curious about her recipe!!!!!

    Enjoy your baking ......your house must smell amazing!!!!!

    This is the recipe my aunt gave me ...

    http://lecremedelacrumb.com/2014/12/slow-cooker-cinnamon-rolls.html


    You can't find cinnamon rolls here in Australia (not good ones anyway), so when she mentioned she had made that for Christmas morning breakfast ... I was very interested. :)

    Even easier are the Christmas Morning Rolls. Just google them. So good and so easy. We only have them on Christmas morning.
  • mamainthekitchen
    mamainthekitchen Posts: 929 Member
    http://www.bestofbridge.com/2001/03/01/land-of-nod-cinnamon-buns/

    @Machka9 These are so yummy!

    OP......Looking forward to a couple more goodies around here! am not too far above my calories but thinking about getting back to eating what I should be eating & moving forward
  • vicky1947mfp
    vicky1947mfp Posts: 1,523 Member
    mamainthekitchen wrote: »
    http://www.bestofbridge.com/2001/03/01/land-of-nod-cinnamon-buns/

    @Machka9 These are so yummy!

    OP......Looking forward to a couple more goodies around here! am not too far above my calories but thinking about getting back to eating what I should be eating & moving forward

    This is basically the recipe I use except I use pecans instead of raisins. Just too good. So easy too.
  • Peggels
    Peggels Posts: 4 Member
    Wow great conversations all around. I have been making little stabs at weight loss and suddenly I have 50 lbs to take off. I am horrified at photos of myself! Yikes how did that happen? But am resolved to get it off and change the lifestyle so it remains off. Nice to know many on are the journey with me
  • memere101
    memere101 Posts: 461 Member
    Time to get back on track....eating right and exercising...and feeling better :smile:
  • jesguinn
    jesguinn Posts: 94 Member
    I took last week off from logging and ate everything, and it was delicious! I also took the week off from the scale, but plan to step back on it this Friday. If I got on it today after all of the sweet treats and wine, I would probably feel pretty sad. Definitely got the Christmas bloat going on, but I did run about 20 miles over the course of the week and went to my barre class five days, so hopefully that will minimize the impact of all of my holiday debauchery on the scale later this week! This thread is perfect for this post-Christmas Monday morning!
  • RedMiataAZ
    RedMiataAZ Posts: 65 Member
    Wholeheartedly agree. I felt guilty at times by not working out but realize that I needed break. Now it's time to begin again, get back to business and stop the excuses.
  • 13bbird13
    13bbird13 Posts: 425 Member
    I just count myself lucky that I have no New Years commitments, so Christmas Week was my one-and-only stumbling block this month. I got right back on the horse this morning with my usual breakfast and exercise, and so far so good!
  • headofphat
    headofphat Posts: 1,597 Member
    I stuffed Elf-on-a-shelf in the blender so Christmas is definitely behind me.

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