What's your plan to stay on track through the holidays?

Plan - or actual life style approach is:

Keep workouts steady- now is not the time for excuses. My workouts are set appts that cant be broken.

Have indulging meals (thanksgiving, xmas, new years eve) and not DAYS of indulging.

Eat lighter and more carefully a few days before and after

Say no to most treats I dont love- yes to the true few that are only seasonal that can not be passed up.

Enjoy get togethers for the sake of the company and only eat if hungry.

This is also how I would treat a night out or special occasion. I think if your lifestyle is such that you eat well normally and get your workouts done- you can have an over the top meal once in a while.

My plan is to enjoy the holidays, but not so much as to overindulge. And I am planning on walking a little extra before and after.

I am going to partake in ALL the goodies offered ( it's only once a year!) and run, run, run, run! My treadmill is going to start smoking.....

When you say "through the holidays" you mkean from Thanksgiving to Christmas, right? So, that's two days. I say, enjoy those two days, and stick to your plan the rest of the time. I don't find it THAT hard. I don't really have a problem at parties. It's when I'm alone at home at night that gets me. So, I try to not have stuff at the house.

Thanksgiving I will be working out but I will eat in moderation, its one day and my husband, myself, and our child will know whats going in our mouths...we don't celebrate turkey day with the family, but rather the 3 of us!!!!!

Christmas is a bit of messed upness because we have 3 to go to, 4 if you count the one that we have ourselves. The first one comes early in the month because my husband's dads side of the family celebrates it early and goes out to Ole Zims (hopefully i can pre log it, if not then i will be working out and trying to avoid the fried stuff), after that comes my moms side of the family on Christmas Eve, and they make everything themselves so the trick will be to have a sample, not plate. Then Christmas morning, we usually don't eat in the morning anyways, and then will be my husband's moms side of the family, who is the one that makes fun of me for not eating 3 plates of food. I eat a quarter plate of food, so even though they home make everything too, we will only be there for one meal and not two. Trick there is to not participate in wine (which i never do but most of the rest does) and to pick out to the best of my abilities what is healthy that doesn't have tons of gravy and salt piled on top, or bread crumbs. :huh:

I will be working out a lot especially before each and well that is about all i can do. Also not eat when I am full and ask for both water and soda!!!! (diet of course, regular soda makes me nauseous) :drinker: :flowerforyou: :laugh:

Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm running a 10K tahnksgiving morning. So, that will add about 600 calories or so top my alotment.

I am planning to enjoy my food Healthy or not, it's one day for Thanksgiving and two days for Christmas. I'll obviously keep working out, but I won't worry about it too much. A few splurges aren't going to undo a year's worth of work.

My plan to stay on track through the Holidays, is to stay on track through the Holidays :huh: .

I just plan to eat healthier options, and should less healthy options seem more appealing, to make sure there is enough in my allotted calories to indulge a little. If not, wait until the next day, or exercise more.

I'm lifting heavier weights with fewer reps to take advantage of the extra calories I will eat in treats. Hopefully, I will add a little lean mass.

I am increasing my calories a little (100-200/day) to factor in some treats, because I love baking and eating cookies and want to enjoy the holiday season.

I am planning on monitoring my weight and not gaining more than 2 or 3 pounds.

I am planning on keeping the majority of my food during the weekdays healthy and watching my portions.

I will be dropping my calories and cranking up my cardio (in addition to weights) after New Years and will hopefully drop 10 pounds or so between January and my planned beach vacation in March.

It's all about having a plan and moderation. This is truly a lifestyle and not a diet for me, and I love the holidays -- especially holiday food!

I agree I don't want to "fall off the wagon" this season. I restarted my journey about a month ago and I have been taking it VERY slow. I have not weighed myself since the initial weigh in and plan on maybe doing it once before the New Year. After that, 2013 will have monthly weigh ins.

For the holidays, I will eat what I want, especially the main ones of Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas. My only goal for these holidays is to record the best I can, even if it means making some outrageous Quick Calories number.

Eat and drink whatever I want, but in smaller portions. Enjoy the cookies, pies, cakes, etc...but won't over indulge. Work out on my normal workout days (M,T,TH,F), and maybe add in a Saturday or Sunday morning run. I usually have a splurge day per week, so Thanksgiving, Christmas eve/day, New Years eve/day shouldn't have much impact to my progress.

I still don't have a plan. But i'm working on one. I'm going to my fathers for the week of Thanksgiving and he's one of those 'race to see who finishes their plate first' and 'there's always room for dessert.' However, he was super supportive when I became a vegetarian (now I'm a pescetarian) so I hope he'll understand when I go out for walks after dinner or runs in the morning. I'll try to at least log most of my food and my portions.

From December 19th to January 7th I'll be in Chicago. That's going to be tough. Last time I was in Chicago was September for 2 weeks and I gained 10 lbs. Hoping not to make this one a repeater. Going to try to limit eating all that awesome food and find ways to burn calories in my sisters apartment. Also limiting alcohol! I think that's what completely screwed me last time. However, January 5th, on my birthday, expect no logging. I plan on going off the rails that day for sure.

Will power?...nah stretch pants!!

Love it!

My plan to stay on track is to......wait I HAVE NO PLAN to stay on track. Thanksgiving and Christmas are two days out of the year. Three if I count Christmas Eve. I fully intent to enjoy it as much as I can on those days. I will work out and eat clean the next day, and resume normal operations. My stepson and I usually go to three different places for each holiday. My mom's family, my dad's family, and my husband's family. So our joke each year is to hold out for one particular Aunt's house. She always has the best food! You have to go there last because if you go there first, you will never leave the couch.

And tights/leggings are super cute for the holidays. Close enough to stretch pants for me

then take my dog out to poop like i always do!

Why does the dog need to go with you when you poop?




I plan on switching to maintenance for the week and getting back to work the next week.

Going to my brothers Thanksgiving, and not eating more than one plate of food, and no more than one piece of dessert.

Going to my parents Christmas Day, and not eating more than one plate of food, and no more than one dessert.

Will be a challenge, I usually eat two plates and two or more desserts, on both days.

Trying to be good with what i eat before I end up at those parties, i e, breakfast & lunch, maybe no lunch just breakfast, depends on my mood.