HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH UPCOMING HOLIDAY PARTIES???

Hi Diane,
Thanks for sharing your experience with me. You sounded so chilled and seemed to take everything in your stride. well done!

I am very worried about the festive season, as I tend to become very inactive and normally drink and eat far too much. I am stressing about it, because I am off work from the 21st December until the 2nd January. How do I cope and manage my eating and drinking when there will be so much food and drink around???????

Debbie x

I'm buying my dress next weekend and I'm hanging it up on my room on the wardrobe where I can see it. I'm going to take the picture of the model wearing it and put it on my phone, ipad, laptop and anywhere else I can think of.

For me, as far as the actual work party...realistically, this is the biggest social event of the year at work, so I will be drinking...wine with dinner (2 glasses-it's free) and a few Bacardis and diet 7ups should get me well pissed as I'm having a dry November and December (til Dec 14th, the party)...and I plan on eating two chicken breasts and salad before I go so I'm nice and full....maybe even a few brussel sprouts, too... and lots of water to quench my thirst from all the dancing.

Our work parties are epic!
Here's the dress, which i have yet to try on, so it could be a diaster! I'm buying it in a UK10 and if it doesn't fit, I can blame no one but myself...training 5/6 days a week til then so I should be grand,..what if it was too big??!¬!???



dress is leather Hoxie Dress from a UK brand, All Saints Spitalfields, my fave!!

the dress will look fantastic on you .. you will have a great time.. seems like you have it all sorted already.. good for you

and if its too big?? well easier to take a dress in quickly with a few pins and tucks than take it out!!!!

have fun !!!!

its leather so i don't know can i take it in? ...just saw same on ebay for about 1/5 of the price?? Hmmm..??
I will have fun and so will you!!

remember i didnt gain all my weight over the holidays and live my life.

I will eat whatever the heck I darned well please. The holidays are two eating days and one drinking day. I'll just work out harder and earn the right to stuff my face.

I get fall-down drunk. Photocopy my butt, email it to president.

That's right get jealous! I am the President! *licks picture*

Awesomely.

This is my concern too this year especially. I just discovered that after losing about 25 pounds this year I am actually 4 pounds heavier than I was the end of last November!! At Christmas I gained 8 pounds, lost most of it, gained about 8 in February on vacation, lost most of it, gained another 8 in the summer when we had a big 4 month reno project where we were working night and day and I rewarded myself with chips and chocolate. I've finally lost that too, now! So, I'm determined to stop yo-yoing (is that even FAIR to gain 8 lbs in two weeks?) and don't know how to control myself. If there are treats in the house I eat them til they're gone! You also can't possibly exercise enough to get rid of two dozen Christmas cookies a day! I love Christmas baking, and the family looks to me for it, cause none of my sisters-in-law bake, but we all like to eat it. I know I will have to give it up, but will struggle with the guilt of not providing yummies for the people I love. I figure one or two Christmas parties where I eat too much and have too much wine won't kill me, but it's the baking that has been my downfall. Sucks to know what to do and really not want to do it. Evil wants-to-be-chubby girl inside me says "Oh, you can go ahead and bake. You won't eat too many of them. You know you shouldn't, and so you just won't." Yeah, right! We all know that's impossible!!
Planning ahead, if you seriously worry about the gain, is, like several people have said, the only way that makes sense. If you are prepared for what you will encounter, you are less likely to fail completely. And yes, I know I can lose it again, but I would like to lose some NEW pounds, not the same ones over and over!! :laugh: :sad:

I will eat all the food. I will walk around clenching my butt cheeks in my uber tight pants and having everyone wonder how I lost so much weight while 'miring my backside. That's the plan at least. Then I will take the cookie from their plate and eat that too. Om nom nom.

people who tend to be really overweight have more issues with food than the average person.. and its not about the food.. its just social events and food go hand and hand and not everyone is disciplined to be able to balance things.. its a learned habit.. most overweight people are wired differently.. they use food for different reasons, other than the nutrition it truly is ... and yes.. I have friends who are thin who have the same issue.. the difference is.. nobody notices quite the same way as they do about an overweight person trying to make better food choices at a function

Wired differently? Really? I was 220# two years ago... I don't think any of my "wiring" changed. But I made a decision that *I* was going to change, one way or the other. And not by deprivation dieting. But by forgiving myself for bad decisions, allowing myself a little fun, eating in moderation (usually), and moving my tail a little more. I stopped making excuses and justifications - and boom - new me slowly emerged. I enjoy the holidays - and the weekends - and I keep it tight during the week. That's my lifestyle and it works for me.

Keep bulking, drink water only with the exception of 3 energy drinks (no alcohol mixes), while out partying. Get 7 hours sleep everynight. Try my hardest to approach more than 5 attractive women each night (trying to build up confidence). Have a good vacation?

I get fall-down drunk. Photocopy my butt, email it to president.

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