Living the Lifestyle: Wednesday, 11/06/2024

misterhub

This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!

Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.

Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard

Today's Topic: Holiday Travel

Is Holiday travel in the plans for you? How do you govern your eating during travel times and once you've arrived at your destination?

cakeman21k

Good topic! We will be traveling for both Thanksgiving and Xmas this year, time to start thinking about how to control my eating when I am with friends and family.

steve0mania

We don't have a specific plan, yet, but we'll probably take a trip or two to visit two of our kids in the US. Maybe in December?

Travel is my biggest food-related challenge. I think that I've got my home-life set up to make eating healthy pretty easy, and so when I'm out of my element, it's much more difficult.

whathapnd

I'm already tired thinking about the holiday travel we'll be doing. It's been a busy fall already. But these are first world problems, and I'm thankful for the time and resources to be able to travel and spend time with family and friends.

I need to track consistently during the holidays. Another thing I'm planning to do is take a look at my weight history between Halloween through the end of the year. I think I have nine or ten years worth of weight data, and I believe that roughly 65 day period will tell an ugly story over the years. One of my stated goals is to NOT gain weight at the end of the year for a change. Another goal is to start 2025 feeling proud/good about taking care of myself. In order to do this, I've got to consistently track. I've been a bit lax about tracking lately. I definitely haven't gone off the rails or not tracked to "hide/ignore" things. I've simply allowed myself to get distracted while I've been out of town. Guess what? Being distracted/unfocused helped me get fat.

crewahl

Home for Thanksgiving, but eating out at a restaurant. That’s a challenge in two dimensions - I’m a member of the clean plate club, and they have great carrot cake. Christmas? Dunno; I’ll either be home or out in Kansas.