Will have a 'healthy' Christmas?

LilMissFoodie

I have to admit I was quite disheartened to come across this on the BDA (British Dietetic Association) website http://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/EatDrinkHealthyChristmas.pdf

I firmly believe that one day a year makes very little difference to your overall health so I am going to have whatever I damn well please on Christmas day! (Admittedly I am more disturbed that this is advice coming from dietitians, which I am one of, who are supposed to have life balance in mind).

What do you think?

annemckee

I'm going to try to change a few things within the established framework, but I am intending to eat drink and be very very merry at Christmas. I'm not a great fan of sweets and cake anyway, but I know full well I'll eat and drink lots of great home cooked food and drinks - and as I'll be the one cooking it, I think I bloody well deserve to.

MissFuchsia

Last christmas I only had a few months left to lose weight for my wedding so apart from having cake after xmas dinner, I tried to avoid sweets and chocolate as much as I could. This year i'm eating and drinking what I want.

kyle4jem

I take it Dr Frankie Phillips might be a Frances rather than a Francis and is obviously diet-obsessed or just a general kill-joy. :grumble:

Yes we all know we over indulge at Christmas, but 't is the season to be jolly. You don't put up decorations and dress a tree with ornaments and fairy lights and buy each other lovely gifts, then to sit around the Christmas table having a satsuma, a couple of dry slices of turkey breast, no spuds, no gravy and lots of boiled sprouts and carrots.

Oh and it's obvious (s)he has never had a home-made Christmas pud. I don't see how something made with suet can be classed as low in fat. and even if it were... how many calories does even a small portion contain given the amount of fruit and alcohol it contains. :laugh:

Obviously if folks have a mission such as a wedding dress to fit into by Easter, then they might go a bit light on Christmas day, but I for one shall be having my scrambled egg with smoked salmon for breakfast, followed by a cheeky Snowball with the girlies, then it's off to the pub for 2-3 halves of Aspall and then back home to enjoy roast duck with all the trimmings including sprouts with bacon lardons and garlic butter, thyme-honey-roasted parsnips, roasties done in duck fat, bread sauce with a tablespoon of single malt, red cabbage and sultanas in a red wine reduction followed by mince pies and custard or maybe even a bread & butter pud made with Bailey's. All that will be washed down with at least 2 bottles of Shiraz and probably have a large Bailey's over ice to finish the evening off while we play party games.

Then we do it all again on Boxing Day at our newly-wed friends' Christmas buffet. We'll have a few days off to recover and workout like crazy before we enjoy the Hogmanay bash at our Local and then another mega Roast turkey dinner on New Year's Day.

Sure I might wipe out all the weight I lose in December, but I'm not sitting round eating crispbreads and lettuce while everyone else is stuffing themselves silly and getting merry! :drinker: :bigsmile:

bayles1

I shall be going for a very long walk first thing and then indulging in whatever I want. Like has been said one day doesnt matter in the grand scheme of thing's.

whiskey9890

i will probably not indulge as much as usual, as my parents will be with us for dinner and dad is having problems with gall stones at the moment and has been told to severly monitor his fat intake, and i don't want to parade lots of temptation in front of him, there will still be lots of goodies but not as much as usual

rdpixie

I never have a traditional xmas dinner but 24th-26th inclusive I will eat what I want and drink what I want regardless of calorie/fat/sugar content!

I was a total loser and did a workout on xmas last year...

peacheywoo

I plan on having whatever I want - It'll be stress busting!!

I am going to be a (proxy) granny in June next year and the mum to be (daughter of my deceased friend) who we are stand in parents for had planned a wedding for June - she told me 2 weeks ago she's pregnant!! Its due 2 days after the planned wedding date!! (Shock all round but delight now)

SO - I will be helping her organise a wedding for Christmas week (in theory), helping plan and sort baby stuff (she's excited but petrified) PLUS - she's invited the little family she has got to lunch Christmas Day - including us and Auntie flying in from New York with 2 year old and mega rich partner. Her oven is tiny so yours truly is cooking the turkey! (At the very least) PLUS - it looks like they are all coming here Boxing Day.

AND - I'm on the short notice list for working in A&E over the Christmas period..


Damn right I'm going to eat and drink what I fancy!!!

Mariannewww

Iv decided I am going to eat my guts out this Christmas (literally if necessary) I'm planning on a whole cheese board to myself Christmas day. Boursin and Jacobs crackers delic! X

MrsOMG

The only difference this year is I am planning a post-dinner riverside walk, but if a trashy film distracts me from that happening it will not be the end of the world.

I am such a foodie and hosting this year, I won't be happy unless everyone is motionless in a gluttony coma!

Enjoy everyone, you totes deserve!

panyg

I'm doing low carb at the moment and plan to keep this up until the 24th December. On the 25th, I plan to eat every carb in North London!

Angellore

At the moment I'm down to work on Christmas day If I can't get swapped off then there'll be loads of treats at work and I will indulge. If I am off it will be xmas at my mums and I will indulge in what I fancy. My mums dinners are quite healthy thoughg, it's more the snacky stuff! I will be enjoying a bottle of Baileys over the festive period! The BIG dinner is in the New Year though, when we go to my in-laws for 'christmas' dinner. As they live in the midlands and we are in London we can't get up there on the day itself so my mum inlaw makes the dinner for us when we do go up. She makes LOADS and it's spuds roasted in lard, two types of meat, two types of stuffing, pigs in blankets etc etc etc. I definitely agree that you can cut loose at Christmas.

bluemist248

I'll have turkey with all the trimmings, and Yule log! Ooh and pancakes for breakfast! And don'f forget the turkey and stuffing sandwiches for tea! I'm not feeling guilty over it, it'll be a maintenance level week for me - in that I'll eat more than usual but not enough to gain weight. I think it's healthy to relax and eat as you please over the festive period . Besides, if any weight is gained, there's always gym and sports sales to take advantage of in January for the new year resolutionists

clur85

I am one of those Spring brides next year so I will not be just mindlessly eating this year, I will be savouring the christmas dinner and pud but will just avoid eating chocolates and rubbish inbetween, and take it all to work for people to eat and get fat on at work! :-)

LazyDavid

It's been known for me to put on two stones (or more) over Christmas and the New Year!

Living in Holland as a Brit ex-pat we used to celebrate a lot of the holidays with folk from work so the back end of the year was usually pretty sociable with lots of socialising, eating and drinking!:

October 31at: Halloween parties
November: Thanksgiving
December 5th: Sinterklaus (Dutch Santa and Zwarte Piet; celebrating with our Cloggie friends)
Christmas parties between the 5th and 23rd!
December 24th: Family Christmas dinner and pressie opening
December 25th: Christmas Day (or Eerste Kerstdag) Friends celebrations
December 26th: Boxing Day (or Tweede Kerstdag) Friends celebrations
December 27th: My sisters birthday (more cake, food and drinks!)
December 31st: New Years Eve (Need I say more??)
January 7th: Russian Christmas (loads of Russian vodka and cakes!)

Wow! Used to get through a lot of calories then!

Anyhoo since we've been back we've cut down a tad on all the celebrating we do BUT still love the cheese platters (port and Stilton!), the dinners and the whole shooting match that is Christmas!

If you cant chillax and enjoy yourself at this time of the year when can you?

Since we've been back we generally only celebrate

lwoodroff

I'm not going to stress about calories. I'm not fond of turkey (goose though is another matter.. mmm). this year it is just the 4 of us for the whole day for the first time ever and in order to enjoy time with the kids instead of stressing in the kitchen we're thinking of not doing home made for the first time. Last year year was fish pie, the year before was lamb curry, and the year before that was beef bourgignonne. This year we're thinking of buying in beef wellington, and making stollen (mmmmm marzipan!). Try to build in a walk/something outdoors and fun with the girls too

kendrafallon

Have to admit I'm kinda bah humbug about Christmas, but I plan this year on eating sensibly; that is, I'm not going deny myself anything, but neither am i going to OTT. Previous years, I've tried to be 'good' and denied myself what the rest of the family were having and then binged in secret :blushing: not this year.

Add to that, my Tae Kwon Do instructor has told us he's having a belly-buster work out on 28th Dec, which I've heard are lots of fun so I plan on being there :drinker:

nic81081

I have a target to reach by Christmas and so long as i reach it i will be eating and drinking whatever the hell i want over the Christmas holidays. Hoping to get in lots of walks with the OH and my stomach is definately smaller so i won't be able to eat as much as i used to anyway. It's all about having a balance and living life too. Plus i loooooooooovvvveeee Christmas.

vanessaclarkgbr

Hold onto your petticoats Frankie - I'll be having TWO DAYS OFF!!!! Oh, the shame!!

KarlDR

I'll be taking 24th - 26th off of the diet, but I will still try to keep one eye on what I'm eating. My real favourite things are meat, cheese and bread, so I will be enjoying those aplenty, but I'll stay away from the sweets as I'm not so keen on those (though I would normally eat some anyway). If I can go back to work after the holiday weighing the same as when I left I'll be satisfied, and if I manage to lose any weight I'll be very pleased!

AiryFairy76

I will be good on the run-up to Christmas, but have absolutely no intention about thinking about dieting or calories on Christmas day itself!

In fact, my dessert contribution on Christmas Day will be a caramel and chocolate torte, coming in at a hefty 900 calories a slice..... :bigsmile:

However, I know from losing weight a while ago that watching what I eat tends to have a profound effect on my stomach size, so my eyes tend to be bigger than my stomach come Christmas Day :laugh: Although I am always seduced by the cheeseboard....