Anyone else fall off the wagon in December?

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  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    I only ate over TDEE yesterday, and it was totally worth it for the coconut shrimp family made from scratch for our christmas party.
  • darcy2102
    darcy2102 Posts: 27 Member
    It wasn't so much as fall as a stepping off. I knew that I could not control what others would be making for me. I controlled what I could, and when the food was someone else's preparation, I could only control my portions. I knew going into the Holidays that there would be times when things would be less than perfect, but I accepted that and kept moving on. We didn't get "heavy" over night, so I knew that one or two slips would not be the ruination of everything...after all, we are only human.
  • xidia
    xidia Posts: 606 Member
    Besides, this is a lifestyle change, and I have no intention of being abstemious every single holiday for the rest of my life. Ergo, start as you mean to go on and limit the damage by sensible choices around it.
  • kayduro
    kayduro Posts: 249 Member
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    The wagon is here, waiting - get back on it!

    That little thing wont hold all of us! Who else pictured a Wild West "covered" wagon? LOL
  • myrestlessfeet
    myrestlessfeet Posts: 95 Member
    I have started on xmas eve but am still exercising daily its the eating that has gone bad. Will get out of this funk tomorrow, hopefully :embarassed:
  • wmoomoo
    wmoomoo Posts: 159 Member
    I am dancing around the wagon
  • Leeann1979
    Leeann1979 Posts: 1,090 Member
    Big time. I planned on it though. I generally eat well all year, and I let myself pig out over the holidays. The few pounds I might gain will come off as soon as I go back to good eating. I have had chocolate, baking, cheesecake, candies, etc etc etc. I do not regret one bite. I am looking forward to eating well again. Starting today Im trying to be sensible, until New years. Its my boyfriends birthday on New Years day so we have cake and dinner. Appetizers at family's house tonight, niece's 3rd birthday on saturday. No way am I going to sit there eating nothing!! I eat bad for a week or two at christmas, and the rest of the year, i try to be smart.
  • ChangeIsADecision
    ChangeIsADecision Posts: 709 Member
    Hahaha, fall off the wagon? I fell off the train and it has been a wild ride since. Cookies, candy, pie, ice cream- what was I thinking? Oh yeah, I had to compare neighbors chocolate chip cookies to MIL's. (neighbor's was better). I felt ill at work today my pants were so tight. The Christmas pictures I won't even post to my family with the big moon face and double chins.

    But, do I regret it? Not a bit. Okay I put on maybe 5 pounds but it was worth the family and friends time. Now onward to 2013!

    I COMPLETELY AGREE!!! :flowerforyou: I knew I was eating badly and I KNOW I will do better in January... simple as that! I'm not going to let a "few" (or mabye I should say "many") bad food choices discourage me into getting depressed and not continuing to work on a healthy life style. It's the holidays... enjoy your time and don't over think everything you shouldn't have eaten. It's part of life... ups and downs. Next week I'll be cursing the elliptical, walking in the cold and eating greens again... back on track and off we go!
  • fittf0rlife
    fittf0rlife Posts: 18
    Hahaha, fall off the wagon? I fell off the train and it has been a wild ride since. Cookies, candy, pie, ice cream- what was I thinking? Oh yeah, I had to compare neighbors chocolate chip cookies to MIL's. (neighbor's was better). I felt ill at work today my pants were so tight. The Christmas pictures I won't even post to my family with the big moon face and double chins.

    But, do I regret it? Not a bit. Okay I put on maybe 5 pounds but it was worth the family and friends time. Now onward to 2013!

    I COMPLETELY AGREE!!! :flowerforyou: I knew I was eating badly and I KNOW I will do better in January... simple as that! I'm not going to let a "few" (or mabye I should say "many") bad food choices discourage me into getting depressed and not continuing to work on a healthy life style. It's the holidays... enjoy your time and don't over think everything you shouldn't have eaten. It's part of life... ups and downs. Next week I'll be cursing the elliptical, walking in the cold and eating greens again... back on track and off we go!
    i needed this :whistle:
  • WIbeliever
    WIbeliever Posts: 28 Member
    The wagon is there but the wheels not moving. Mine issue wasn't really the fact that I over indulged, it was I had a dental issue that got worse and could only eat soft foods and what tasted the best to me was all high in carbs. It did keep me away from many of the cookies because I would not have been able to chew them. Because of the pain I was in, I also wasn't able to exercise - ok didn't want to exercise so I didn't.

    I agree with so many of you that is knowing how to get back on the wagon or maybe just making the wheels turn again in the direction you want to be headed in.
  • Beyond_Value
    Beyond_Value Posts: 46 Member
    :laugh:
  • SavageFeast
    SavageFeast Posts: 325 Member
    Totally.
  • ChristiH4000
    ChristiH4000 Posts: 531 Member
    My exercise was great up until last weekend through Tuesday. My eating has been plain awful, but it's once a year and I'm in this for the long haul. I forgive myself for not having the restraint I'd like to have and I will move on. I try never to stray too far and never to get too hard on myself.
    We can't change what we've already done. Upward and onward!

    *Edit to change my "to" to "too". :wink:
  • AliciaStaton
    AliciaStaton Posts: 328 Member
    I did but hopefully back on track until New Year Eve when we are out for a chinese
  • k121777
    k121777 Posts: 306
    Just remember, it's a Holiday. Not a holiweek, or a holimonth. It's ok to blow it for one day, that won't hurt you. It's when you keep doing it that gets you in trouble.
    It's not about what you ate yesterday, it's about what you eat today. Right?
  • WIbeliever
    WIbeliever Posts: 28 Member
    It's not about what you ate yesterday, it's about what you eat today. Right?

    I really like this, nice reminder thank you
  • dawndw
    dawndw Posts: 203
    No not really I just did my normal exercise routine and just ate kinda what I wanted and logged. I was so busy up until the 23rd with work that I was kinda too tired to really have the energy to over indulge LOL
  • WalkingGirl1985
    WalkingGirl1985 Posts: 2,046 Member
    Yeah, pretty bad..i was good maybe the first week of this month, and used the holidays as an excuse to binge/eat the last few weeks and up 10lbs. Not fun. I plan to turn things around.
  • astuteliz
    astuteliz Posts: 5
    I fell off a little, but not as badly as I would have if I wasn't on MFP! The holiday drinks were my undoing . and the little finger foods that they give out at office functions. ( I had little way of really knowing what was in those). I also stopped my regular cycling for a few days, but I like to think I mad up for that with the mad shopping, holiday housecleaning and cleaning that ensued. but I am not discouraged. i will get back on track !
  • HotDolphinMama
    HotDolphinMama Posts: 82 Member
    I did! BIG time. But I adopted the no gain, no loss attitude and have still been logging my calories dilegently which has helped to keep me in check. I have been going over regularly, but have managed to maintain my weight. The work begins again this weekend - once we clear out the leftovers! LOL
    :drinker:
  • Wooken3
    Wooken3 Posts: 578 Member
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    I didn't just fall off the wagon, it came back and ran me over!! Sure was fun :) but now it's time to get back on track.
  • zena92
    zena92 Posts: 128 Member
    I gained 2 pounds this Christmas...and i felt so bad I did a bit of internet shopping and bought INSANITY to get me back into routine :D

    Its crazy how guilty you can feeling from eating bad for 3 days! not to mention sluggish, tied etc...but ITS CHRISTMAS...IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR!!! god only knows, I might die tomorrow and this could be my last Christmas so I'm going to enjoy it.

    4 more days of December left..and in January we all start afresh...WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER!
  • logicman69
    logicman69 Posts: 1,034 Member
    Me.. Gained 15lbs! Ugh... Way to many "leftovers" around the house too. Luckly the wife and kids are home so hopefully they will help clean out all the "bad stuff".
  • SunshineDecember
    SunshineDecember Posts: 70 Member
    Wow, so glad to see I'm not the only one! I've been seriously longing for all the festivities to end, so I can get back on track... which really sucks. I want to enjoy the holidays, but when I keep feeling like a failure, it's pretty hard. But it's definitely good to know I'm not alone, and that come January, I won't be the only one getting on the wagon again :) So glad to have found this community!
  • sofulnaturalee
    sofulnaturalee Posts: 391 Member
    Iam guilty and have been sentenced for falling off the wagon. But I can say this "The best thing about faliing is the ability to get back up and step over that rock that tripped you up the first time."
  • demilade
    demilade Posts: 402 Member
    chocolate for breakfast.....
  • a_drienneeee
    a_drienneeee Posts: 12 Member
    I took a week off because of christmas but now i'm back and better than ever. I like knowing that I wasn't the only one(:
  • charleneagilmore
    charleneagilmore Posts: 37 Member
    I am dancing around the wagon

    Well- that still burns calories, doesn't it? Ha!
  • zena92
    zena92 Posts: 128 Member
    Wow, so glad to see I'm not the only one! I've been seriously longing for all the festivities to end, so I can get back on track... which really sucks. I want to enjoy the holidays, but when I keep feeling like a failure, it's pretty hard. But it's definitely good to know I'm not alone, and that come January, I won't be the only one getting on the wagon again :) So glad to have found this community!

    THIS IS ME, WORD FOR WORD!!!
  • zaithyr
    zaithyr Posts: 482 Member
    I've had a rough few months, really!

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