how to cope with Easter?

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  • looseseal
    looseseal Posts: 216 Member
    I'm pregnant and due on Easter Sun. If the baby is on time, I feel I will deserve a huge Easter egg :smile: If she's late, I will enjoy an egg anyway!

    I'm in England and Easter eggs have been in the shops for ages. We don't do big meals over Easter, but people keep giving me chocolate for the kids (they're 2 and 4) and I wish they wouldn't! I've hidden it.

    Best of luck to you with your delivery and enjoy your new addition!
  • msbunnie68
    msbunnie68 Posts: 1,894 Member
    So you are planning to lose weight over Easter then :D

    Good luck and happy birthing.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    So you are planning to lose weight over Easter then :D

    Good luck and happy birthing.

    Lol yes, I reckon at least 10lbs (baby, placenta etc), so what harm can an Easter egg do? Or one of those huge Lindt bunnies!
  • skinnymalinkyscot
    skinnymalinkyscot Posts: 174 Member
    Im cooking a family roast dinner for easter with all the trimmings and am happy to serve it up and wash up, but I wont be sitting down and eating any of it. A huge roast lamb dinner with yorkshire puddings, gravy, roast potatos, stuffing etc would be enough calories for a week, so I plan on preparing a salad in advance and taking mine into the garden to eat whilst family eat their dinner, this way I wont see anyone eating and can sit and enjoy the sun on my face. I wont be eating easter eggs either, I got fat eating this crap and now I look upon all of it as just poison/sugar. I dont feel im being denied anything I feel liberated from eating rubbish & chemicals. I compare it to how I felt when i stopped smoking, I didnt have a cigarette on special occasions. I dont need chocolate on special occasions either. When Im done with this diet I dont plan on eating chocolate, cakes, crisps anything ever again for the rest of my life. Ive lost weight and put it back on before telling myself I can eat what I like, the fact is I cant, the only way Im going to lose weight and stay slim is to log, lose weight and maintain for the rest of my life.
  • volsgurl86
    volsgurl86 Posts: 4
    If you have children then just enjoy it in moderation. If you do not... do not buy the candy and if someone offers it then put it in your purse and pass it off to the next person. Drink plenty of water in the morning so you will not have room to gorge yourself on high calorie food. I like making tasting plates when I go to eat at other people's houses. I do not eat everyone's cooking and I also try to be polite so I will take a small bite size amount of everything to look like I am trying the food when in fact I am only consuming the calories of what I really want and not wasting them on something gross! I plan on working out on my rest day which is saturday and doing some strength training Sunday morning to get my metabolism going so I will not feel as guilty about having dessert and bread.

    Remember that you need to have a healthy relationship with food.
  • eddiesmith1
    eddiesmith1 Posts: 1,550 Member
    Log Everything, no point in not logging it's really just your tool.
    Eat everything in moderation, deprive yourself and panic and you will be more likely to binge and really go off the rails, this is a life long journey not a sprint, you can't panic about big holidays for the rest of your life. Eat a little less in the lead up and a little less post Easter and look at your 7 day average. a couple of big days will not be an issue in the bigger scheme of things. Maybe do some extra exercise over the course of the week as well.
    Easter will be no different once you are at your goal weight so may as well learn to enjoy everything in moderation now
  • CeddysMum
    CeddysMum Posts: 101 Member
    I'm in Australia as well and here it's a looong weekend (the longest of the year, in fact), starting with Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and in some states even still a bank holiday on Tueday. I'm not expecting to receive chocolate but I bought myself some Easter Bunny pralines (YUMM!) and hot cross buns, being German born & bred, I'll also dye a dozen boiled eggs :), all of which I will enjoy slowly over time and log them until they're gone.

    I'm also going to have a cheat dinner Good Friday (going to see family and it's likely going to be battered, deep fried fish & chips dinner) and I'm aiming for roughly maintenance the rest of the weekend, logging all of it as best I can. It's what I did over the Christmas/New Years period and to my great surprise I actually ended up losing weight (go figure!!)

    I agree, holidays don't happen all the time and one weekend (and maybe a couple of extra days in moderation until left-overs are gone) won't make any difference in the long run. But I do keep logging so that I don't break the habit and fall off the wagon because of that.
  • KimJohnsonsmile
    KimJohnsonsmile Posts: 222 Member
    Easter is a big family holiday for us. Lots of food and people. I've been staying under my calorie goal so that I can eat whatever I want and not worry about it, and instead focus on enjoying time with my loved ones.

    This for me too. I'll do a big workout that day to offset the extra calories and will enjoy the day with my family.
  • gelendestrasse
    gelendestrasse Posts: 204
    We're having the family over for dinner but I'll be careful to try to eat in moderation. But I give myself a bit of a pass on holidays. One day isn't going to wreck you as long as you don't stuff yourself. Get some exercise too.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Made to order cadbury omelets. Chocolate hasenpfeffer.
  • jwhackers84
    jwhackers84 Posts: 43 Member
    No candy or chocolate bought specifically for me so that makes it easier. Whatever goodies my children offer from their easter baskets (they always offer) will be eaten in moderation. Other than that, I am making a bit of a smaller Easter dinner than usual. we usually have devilled eggs and spinach dip appetizers a nice spiral ham, my homemade mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, corn, carrots, biscuits and two or three desserts. This year I am just making the deviled eggs, ham, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, biscuits and one dessert. I'll have a bit of each, allow myself to go over my allotted calories for the day if I want to and not sweat it. It's a holiday and there's only a few holidays a year, so it's not going to erase the progress I have made!
  • Noogynoogs
    Noogynoogs Posts: 1,028 Member
    Treat it as a normal day :)
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Same as any other holiday, eat, enjoy, log it (or not), feel no guilt, go back to regular routine the next day.
  • Nickih4619093
    Nickih4619093 Posts: 91 Member
    I plan to pre-plan my days and enjoy it in moderation. For example, an hour long hike will get you quite a few extra calories to play with and eating a small but protein packed breakfast and lunch will keep you full but save calories for a big dinner. Also keep portion sizes in mind when indulging - chocolate calories add up quick! And drink lots of water!
  • ImaWaterBender
    ImaWaterBender Posts: 516 Member
    I am a big chocolate addict. Easter will be hard, but it's just a day. I told the kiddos to keep their candy put away and discard their wrappers or it will be trashed.

    When in doubt, I will just take a long hard look in the mirror. Naked.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    The Christian in me is just trying to get past the subject line of this thread.

    What do you mean "How to cope with Easter?" You make it sound like it's something you have to put up with. It's supposed to be a celebration of life and rebirth (whether you're religious or not), accompanied with a feast of plenty. If you don't want to partake in that, then don't.

    I, for one, will be eating everything and drinking everything.
  • adorable_aly
    adorable_aly Posts: 398 Member
    It's the first time I've seen my family since February, and it's my brothers and grandma's birthday this weekend, so I expect to go over on Saturday and Sunday. I'm ok with it. I won't be eating much chocolate though, I'd rather have other things!
  • krhn
    krhn Posts: 781 Member
    I simply treat Easter as any other day ... as long as you track the macros of what you eat and stay within your maintance you'll be fine
  • juicymisslucy
    juicymisslucy Posts: 72 Member
    Everything in moderation. I have sweets or chocolate once in a while, and just log it. I have more of a salty/savoury tooth.
  • a_stronger_me13
    a_stronger_me13 Posts: 812 Member
    I cope with Easter by spending time with my family that I rarely get to see every year. Quite frankly, food is the last thing on my mind aside from how delicious it is. I mean, c'mon, ham and chocolate? What more can I say. I make the best choices I can and have a few treats.

    I don't know about you, but my habits during the 359 non-holiday days of the year influence my progress way more than the 6 food intensive holidays here in the US.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    I eat the dinner, I enjoy the candy, I move on. It's one day. This is your life, enjoy it.

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  • kjo9692
    kjo9692 Posts: 430 Member
    This is how I usually cope with Easter

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    BTW mmm_drop that picture was genius LOL
  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    So, I don't know about where you are but in Australia, Easter is just a never ending supply of chocolate and big lunches and dinners.
    How are you going to cope with it? Are you going to log/or not? Or maybe go for a 10 mile run after lunch?

    Any ideas would be great because I am totally freaking out about it right now :ohwell:
    isn't Easter just 1 day?
  • juicymisslucy
    juicymisslucy Posts: 72 Member
    I cope with Easter by spending time with my family that I rarely get to see every year. Quite frankly, food is the last thing on my mind aside from how delicious it is. I mean, c'mon, ham and chocolate? What more can I say. I make the best choices I can and have a few treats.

    I don't know about you, but my habits during the 359 non-holiday days of the year influence my progress way more than the 6 food intensive holidays here in the US.

    This. Is. Awesome. :drinker:
  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    Im cooking a family roast dinner for easter with all the trimmings and am happy to serve it up and wash up, but I wont be sitting down and eating any of it. A huge roast lamb dinner with yorkshire puddings, gravy, roast potatos, stuffing etc would be enough calories for a week, so I plan on preparing a salad in advance and taking mine into the garden to eat whilst family eat their dinner, this way I wont see anyone eating and can sit and enjoy the sun on my face. I wont be eating easter eggs either, I got fat eating this crap and now I look upon all of it as just poison/sugar. I dont feel im being denied anything I feel liberated from eating rubbish & chemicals. I compare it to how I felt when i stopped smoking, I didnt have a cigarette on special occasions. I dont need chocolate on special occasions either. When Im done with this diet I dont plan on eating chocolate, cakes, crisps anything ever again for the rest of my life. Ive lost weight and put it back on before telling myself I can eat what I like, the fact is I cant, the only way Im going to lose weight and stay slim is to log, lose weight and maintain for the rest of my life.
    wow this sounds really sad, aren't the holidays to enjoy your family?
  • AlliSteff
    AlliSteff Posts: 211 Member
    I am lucky- my sister is allergic to dairy and is Celiac....so Easter is pretty ham, mashed potatoes (which I am not a huge fan of anyway), and lots of veggies and some junk. And wine.

    But I plan to do bootcamp on Friday, and my regular gym routine on Saturday and Sunday, then head to her house
  • tristaj90
    tristaj90 Posts: 330 Member
    I've already tracked my day based on what I ate last year. My grandma makes AWESOME sugar cookies so I plan to indulge a bit there.. I gave up chocolate for Lent so I plan to induldge a bit there also, but I'd take the sugar cookies over the chocolate any day, so GIVE ME THE COOKIES :D

    But really, we normally do a bigger lunch(dinner) at 130 ish and then supper is leftovers from lunch LOL. So HAM, HAM, and more HAM :D
    I'm excited for the foods!
  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
    Oh boy..it may be tough as I gotta do easter on saturday and sunday...so not real sure!
  • skygirll
    skygirll Posts: 32 Member
    I can't stop at just one candy! Lucky me, I'm allergic to half of the candy supply so I'm planning on only buying the sweets I can't eat. For Easter brunch I'll probably have a light salad for dinner to counter out the extras earlier in the day, but I'm not skipping it!
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    The Christian in me is just trying to get past the subject line of this thread.

    What do you mean "How to cope with Easter?" You make it sound like it's something you have to put up with. It's supposed to be a celebration of life and rebirth (whether you're religious or not), accompanied with a feast of plenty. If you don't want to partake in that, then don't.

    I, for one, will be eating everything and drinking everything.

    Fairly obvious in the context of a weight and fitness forum, that OP meant how to cope in terms of weight and fitness.

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