Will you be giving yourself a break over Xmas?

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I'm working nightshift over the Xmas period (well, that's what I've requested on the off duty - we'll see if I get it) seeing as I'm working away from Scotland now. That way, I can sleep through Xmas without getting depressed I'm not at home, ha! Also it means that I can avoid the overload on food that I usually venture on during Xmas, meaning little chance to sabotage if I'm in charge of what I eat. Trying to shake the crap eating and booze fest that I racked up over the last 2 weeks (annual leave and my birthday) and determined to hit my goal.

XFitMojoMom

a break? no this is how I do it now. If it's not at my box for exercise, it's in my home gym. As far as food goes, I need to keep my glucose levels down so I'll continue my nutrition plan as is. I think the only thing that will be questionable is how much booze I will consume!

DWilbanks

I figure that I will eat slightly more during Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I'll try to exercise a lil more to take care of this.

chrisdavey

I'm going to lift lots of heavy stuff and then eat lots of food. Should be good

mazp12

Its my birthday 10 days before xmas so giving myself a break from birthday to new year and not being so strict with calories etc but will try not to over indulge to much ! once January here theres no important dates to make me wander so hopefully back on full track then !!

lizgreenhill

Nope i plan on staying on my daily regimin. I will probably workout a little more the day before xmas and thanksgiving to give me a little more lee-way on those days But i dont want to go backwards. Ive come too far to go back now

caison

No. I've found that if I give myself a break, I won't get back on it. I probably won't pay much attention to logging because honestly, I'm not cooking and I won't have a clue what's in most of the food. I'll track for the purpose of knowing what I consumed, and I'll pay attention to portion size....but I'm not going to stress out too much.

kapeluza

No. Cheat day on Christmas and back to the grind the next day!

jamie_maddox

I plan on sticking with this through the Holiday season. My gym is open on Thanksgiving, so I plan on doing a hard workout before going to the Thanksgiving festivities.

Likely no workout @ the gym on Christmas, but I will watch what I eat pretty closely (we have less food on Christmas than Thanksgiving).

madubil

yes ans no- I'm trying to keep as close to my calorie limit as possible- bc I'm trying to learn how to maintain the lifestyle not just the "diet". I personally cant afford to give myself any vacations from this, bc it takes me so long to get myself back on track. I will survuve this one day- and not ruin the whole week as a result of the calories.

chatterbox3110

I'll still log everything, but I'm not going to limit myself - if I want a cake I'll have a piece, but half of what I would normally have.

Will try and fit in some extra walking to compensate if the gym is closed.

mamapaints

No break; too dangerous! On Thanksgiving day itself and Christmas day (just those 2 days) I won't be logging what I'm eating but I will be watching portions very carefully.