Poll: Your Christmas Plan.
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Hybrid of A & C, mostly.
As an orphaned-widowed-childless only child, in a geographic latitude of short days and a climate of much overcast (US, mid-Michigan), an avid rower with frozen rivers, I struggle at this time of year. I simply have to trust that another Spring will come.
At age 62, survivor of stage III cancer, there are no guarantees. Frankly, it feels like a fight with myself. Every. Single. Year.
Every Fall I plant things. Every Spring they bloom.
Gotta be enough.
Okay, you deserve to break my boycott of the hug reaction5 -
Hybrid of A & C, mostly.
As an orphaned-widowed-childless only child, in a geographic latitude of short days and a climate of much overcast (US, mid-Michigan), an avid rower with frozen rivers, I struggle at this time of year. I simply have to trust that another Spring will come.
At age 62, survivor of stage III cancer, there are no guarantees. Frankly, it feels like a fight with myself. Every. Single. Year.
Every Fall I plant things. Every Spring they bloom.
Gotta be enough.
Okay, you deserve to break my boycott of the hug reaction
Even as a Midwestern Scandinavian person, who mostly doesn't like being touched: Thank you.4 -
D Tracking but not like normal. I normally do meal prep, pre-log and actively try to stick to around my calorie allowance across the week. At the moment I am just logging and will worry about the reversible damage in the New Year.3
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C
we are having normal meals2 -
A, but with an eye to also enjoying my run the next morning. So not too crazy.0
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C I'll be tracking the best I can while allowing myself extra calories.0
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WhereIsPJSoles wrote: »Going over to @cbstewart88’s parents house and eating all the stuff they don’t want.
LOL WhereIsPJsoles!! Come on over!! It'd be fun!!!
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A from last Friday through Tuesday or Wednesday. Sticking 3500 in my log and going for a few runs to reduce the damage, but I'm on vacation from both work and logging.0
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C. I plan to stay on course through the holiday and track everything. I will enjoy being lighter in January!0
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I’m going to track as well as I can because so many dishes have multiple ingredients. And I’m going to try to stay around maintenance.0
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B or C0
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A but be more mindful of what I'm eating and log in so I don't lose my streak. I tried to prelog a few days ago but there are too many variables, also will do this New Year's Eve.1
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A. Just for dinner only. I'm tracking breakfast and lunch. I've been doing this for all the holiday parties I've attended so far which is 6. I ate whatever I wanted for dinner. I did the same thing for thanksgiving dinner and I'll do the same for the New Year party. I'm still counting steps but dropping down to 8-10,000 steps rather than my usual 12,000-15,000 steps. I'm experimenting with myself since this is my first christmas celebration since I started my weight loss journey in January. I'm curious what my weight will be after all these holiday parties0
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Partially A and C. Enjoy myself, eat whatever i want to eat. Track what i know and estimate the rest1
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Good question! I've been thinking about my plan for Xmas day/dinner for the past few days.
I will definitely track, but will definitely go over calories. I'd like to try to keep the damage minimal. I've been banking a lot of calories this past week.3 -
Hybrid of A & C, mostly.
As an orphaned-widowed-childless only child, in a geographic latitude of short days and a climate of much overcast (US, mid-Michigan), an avid rower with frozen rivers, I struggle at this time of year. I simply have to trust that another Spring will come.
At age 62, survivor of stage III cancer, there are no guarantees. Frankly, it feels like a fight with myself. Every. Single. Year.
Every Fall I plant things. Every Spring they bloom.
Gotta be enough.
@AnnPT77 I'm from Massachusetts and lived in South Florida for 7 years. I really missed proper seasons and spring bulbs. I've been back in MA for a few years and will take cold winters over 6 months of humidity any time.
Last fall I planted a new garden outside my office window and can't wait for it to start emerging in the spring.
One winter I was really good about walking at lunchtime every non-pouring rain day. This winter I've been doing a lot of baking at lunch instead, but intend to get back to regular walking in the new year.1 -
D. OTHER: Enjoy myself, but track anyway, even if that takes me over Maintenance.
Thats my strategy as I do wish to savor in once a year food options, but I also recognize/appreciate the accountability and habit of tracking.
Last year, I went with a combination of B/C and I was miserable and distracted by the need to stay within a range when all I really wanted to do was enjoy brunch with my family - a brunch we only do together once a year on Christmas. That’s meaningful to me - the memories of the time together are worth any extra calories I might consume in Christmas Kolbas or the Hungarian paprika bacon....
... but I also have a cruise to the Caribbean 2.5 weeks later, so I won’t go hog wild either. Back on track starting with dinner at home on 12/25.
I'm D as well - track as best I can and not worry about going over.1 -
I simply do not worry about it. Enjoying the foods of the holidays didn't make me fat. Eating whatever I wanted the rest of the year did. Holiday meals are traditional to my family and I usually only eat many of these foods 1, 2, or 3 times a year so I am going to enjoy them.4
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My only splurge day is today, all homemade food and I logged what I could then just added about thousand calories for all the snacking lol1
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