Will you be giving yourself a break over Xmas?

Little_Ms_

NO BREAKS!
I'm still trying to undo last Christmas! Then there will be a birthday or some other occasion - that's how life is. All excuses which stop me from getting to goal. So this year, I will exercise (even on Christmas Day) and keep going, making every effort to get to my healthy weight range!

Giraffe33991

NOOOOOOOO! I am going to get up and exercise before we open presents! My health is my gift to myself! I've spent toooooo many years putting everyone else first.

The family has been warned that we are having healthier food for holiday meals, no need to over indulge. Trying to find healthy new traditions cuz the old ones obviously didn't work out too well for me!

LorinaLynn

I stopped logging on holidays and weekends in June, and haven't looked back.

I have no problem (most of the time) tracking my food during a normal day when I plan or prepare everything I eat. But I will not count out ten potato chips (one serving size) at a party, or try to guestimate how much dip I used. I'm not going to ask my brother how much sodium is in his amazing mashed potatoes, or turn down a slice of apple pie.

Paying close attention to what I eat 5 days of the week, and playing it by ear two days, has worked well for me. I'm not saying it works well for everyone.

Hourglass25

Thanksgiving, I will log breakfast and lunch, and work out.
Christmas can be alittle tough for me, since we have christmas eve dinner , christmas day early dinner. I will exercise for sure, and eat in moderation.

Puffins1958

I will be working for Thanksgiving, black Friday and the weekend following. I will also be working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I will probably have to bring my food to work, I don't anticipate too many places being opened. I will be on track, I'm trying really hard to stay focused, and I will be exercising as much as I can. I have to call the gym to find out if they will be opened.
I wish you a wonderful holiday season, ENJOY!!!!


Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

SunshineAndLove

I stopped logging on holidays and weekends in June, and haven't looked back.

I have no problem (most of the time) tracking my food during a normal day when I plan or prepare everything I eat. But I will not count out ten potato chips (one serving size) at a party, or try to guestimate how much dip I used. I'm not going to ask my brother how much sodium is in his amazing mashed potatoes, or turn down a slice of apple pie.

Paying close attention to what I eat 5 days of the week, and playing it by ear two days, has worked well for me. I'm not saying it works well for everyone.

Yes that!! :-D

IamBrande

I wont be taking time "off" this is a lifestyle change, and thru our lives there are going to be special occassions, that we have to work though..however, with that said............ Most things are 'Okay" in moderation.......... Log it, Work out, and keep on going!!!

Pkiddy

I once learned some great pointers on Holidays from a very smart Weight Watchers leader... Everyone says "It's the Holidays and i can't help myself during those days - they are so hard". She handed us a calendar showing a full year and told us to circle the actual holiday days, Jan 1, Turkey Day, Dec 25, Halloween, Valentines.... when we finished she asked us to add them up. We all said 5 days. She said that's right! The Holidays are only 5 days out of 365 days they don't go from Thanksgiving day until Valentines day and if you can behave on 360 then the Holidays should not be that hard. She said to treat the other 360 days as usual and on those 5 days, watch your portion control, exercise a bit more and track track track your food. She also said to choose wisely on holidays. If you can have those mashed potatoes and gravy ANY day, maybe skip them on that day and have a small piece of Gramma's pie you can only get when Gramma makes it for that Holiday. I find that on Holidays, i skip the stuff i can have anytime and enjoy those items that are only available on that holiday.
another suggestion she gave us was to sit down and write down what you plan to have on that holiday, you'll be surprised how many calories are in some of that food. even if you don't skip some of that food, i bet you take a smaller portion.
That's my 2-cents. Me personally, on Thanksgiving i'm going to my daughter-in-laws. She is a very health conscious person and her whole meal will totally fit into my diet that day. Christmas will be harder - but i'll pre-log to get an idea and then make good choices.
I'm not going to take the Holidays off - all 5 days of them - i will log and i will exercise, but i will be more conscious of what i'm eating, even if i do overindulge a bit.

MB_Positif

No intentional break, but since I will also be off that whole week it will be interesting to see how well I can stick to this being home that much! The last time I was off work that many days in a row we were on vacation and the only thing that saved me then was that we were constantly on the go and mainly only had a late big breakfast and a dinner every day with small snacks in between! Thanks for reminding me I might need to plan ahead a little!

dippystick

I'm going to visit my youngest DD and her family on Christmas. Will be there 3 weeks. We are going to a historical area so will be doing lots of walking, so I think I'm OK for excercise. The eating will be a bit rougher as we will have to eat out almost every meal when we are on our week away vacation.

When we are at her house, no problem as she'll make me follow my eating plan. Seems she wants me around to watch her DD grow up. :happy: We always make at least two/three trips to the commisary so I can get things I want/need to eat. I take my own laptop so I'll be logging daily. If this is going to be a way of life for me, then it's going to have to be a big part of my life.

craft338

oh yeah! "cheat days" on thanksgiving, x-mas eve/day, then new years eve/day! i'm SO excited LOL :bigsmile:

Articeluvsmemphis

No, this lifestyle isn't something I put on hold over the holidays. I will exercise pretty much at the same level, and eat right, but I will eat some holiday foods, but I still plan to loose weight during this next month of holidays, which is technically only 2 days, 3 if you count New Years. So, why do we put on weight for 3 days ? ? ? or put our health on hold? ? ? things we should ask ourselves. . .

Cathleenr

i can celebrate any occasion without gorging myself, so that's what i'll be doing.
what i do eat will fit into my maintenance plan.

dlyeates

I may increase from 1200 calories to 1500 calories to add a cookie or two and may add a cheat day or 2 on Christmas day or a Christmas party but then add more exercise to accommodate. I won't even worry about my husband's Christmas party and chalk that night and the next morning up to a party but I may see if the hotel it's in has a work out room so that I can help with a little of the destruction (it's out of town and always a gorge fest) but then I'll be harder on track for the next week!!!

I want to maintain my weight loss or lose a few extra because I've put too much work into this to add more.

lynnetteebert

I plan on sticking with my food plan---after all----it is a lifetime change. I'm not about to screw things up now after I'm on a roll!!
It's mind over matter!! I don't feel as well when I go back to those "toxic" foods.

curlyclo

I plan to keep logging and stay on track except for Thanksgiving, whichever night we eat latkes for Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's Eve, when I won't log. But will still try to exercise on those days.

MrsCurtisinTX

It's going to be business as usual for me

jataijah

I will still workout throughout and on the holidays. If I want cake or pie I'll eat it. Just not a whole pie like I've done in the past.

SunshineAndLove

I feel guilty now but I am on holiday at my in laws for the whole week. I will have the dogs with me though so maybe I should just take them for long walks every day!

Laces_0ut

on thankgsgiving day and christmas day i may allow myself a slice of pie. other than that its business as usual. ive been cheating for the last 10 years.

shakybabe

one diet break day next tuesday when go xmas shopping as I very rarely get chance to eat out and shopping centre only has stuff like fish and chips/ mcdonalds/KFC anyway. .. back to diet till xmas day.. xmas day off... not missing my turkey and brandy trifle for anything.. lol!.... then back to diet & exercise again boxing day.. with my new games (Wii) and new routines for my workouts! :happy:

cuddlyrunner

I plan on having a Slimming World Xmas as much as possible, I break up from my job at school on the 16th until the 5th January so I plan on hitting the gym for extra time when it is open, don't know yet when it will be closed.I weigh on a Wednesday evening so that will be the 21st, if I could weigh the same on the 28th I would be really happy

acfkaren

That is a really good question. I used to stack up on chocolate, savoury snacks, eat far too much, drink far too much and then resent how puffed out and bloated I felt. This year I WILL treat myself to my favourite chocolate and some twiglets, enjoy my Christmas dinner......................and tackle a few mountains in between!

If I remember rightly I wanted healthy eating after all that junk last year.

So all in all, treat myself, enjoy it, and then crack on!

CashierCantin

I want to come home from Christmas vacation having lost weight!!! I'll be at my parents but since they have heart problems, they basically eat the way I do, whole grains, low fat, low calorie items. I know they will want the traditional Christmas dinner, and I will partake but I will remember to portion out and log my meal!!

agthorn

I'm currently a maintainer. I will not be logging from the 17th-25th because we're going on a cruise for Thanksgiving. I will be eating whatever I like (including dessert) and probably having a few drinks as well. But I will also be running a total of 18 miles, lifting 4 times, hiking and snorkeling, and taking the stairs everywhere. If I need a few days below maintenance to 'undo' anything when I get back, that's perfectly fine.

I will be logging all through December. I'll might be over one day a week, but other than that it should be business as usual.

Prettyinpaisley

I plan to make some of my own food dishes to share with my family (at least there will be some healthy options available for me, and I won't have to question every ingredient in everything). Thanksgiving is usually rough for anyway, as I'm the only one in my family who doesn't eat meat.

I plan on loading up on clean foods (lots of fresh veggies) and exercising a LOT the day before - in case I do end up overindulging.

I like the idea of estimating calories the day before. It makes sense to be aware.

Also, Christmas will be the first time some of my family sees me since I've lost weight. I don't like the idea of them watching me stuff my face all night.

Mommawarrior

I plan to eat healthy the rest of my life. The calendar holidays have nothing to do with my eating habits.

unsuspectingfish

As Christmas is like any other day for me (and I'm quite possibly working on it), I plan to keep doing what I've been doing. I do celebrate the solstice, so I'll probably have a special meal on that day, but I'll still track and try not to overdo it. Same for Thanksgiving, though I'll probably give myself some wiggle room on that day, as I'll be with my family and therefore drinking.

futiledevices

Well, Thanksgiving has long been over in Canada (October 10th ), so I don't have to worry about that. For Christmas, I don't plan to log on the actual day or probably eve, simply because it's complicated.. unless we just stay home, then I'll be making the food myself and it'll be easier to log. I'm definitely going to indulge and I'm ok with that. I'll go to the gym an extra hour, no biggie.

k2d4p

I haven't read any replies, the title of this just really urked me. Giving myself a break? From what? life? That is why diets fail. There is some kind of mental block where people can't except that until we take the power away from food, food will always win.