Anyone else fall off the wagon in December?

December did not go so well for me either. Definitely have been suffering from gluttony! I had final exams for college which is a time when I usually don't do so well health-wise, and then just continued with the bad eating. I need to get back to healthy habits and try to kick my old ways for good! I will probably give myself a week before I step back on the scale, to lessen the shock.

In the past three days, I've consumed over 9300 calories with no exercise! :drinker: I had to estimate the calories for all three of those days and I tried to estimate on the high side, just so I could keep some sort of track. My pants are too tight, my stomach hurts...I only weighed myself once (I'm a daily weigher) the morning after I hit the homemade chex mix REALLY hard and probably consumed a week's worth of sodium. That gave me a nice 3 pound gain overnight! But I don't really care. Tomorrow I'll be back on track and will be able to go the gym too. I've decided to give up the daily weigh-ins for a week and give my body a chance to recover from the shock I've given it LOL.

I'm not on a deadline to lose the rest of my weight; I'll get there when I get there, and 3 days of eating whatever I want isn't going to be more than a minor setback in the big scheme of things, I've decided. I ate about the same way on Thanksgiving and the two days following it, and was able to quickly get back in the swing of things.

Fell off the wagon, that'd be me! But, I will get on again.... I've changed my lifestyle... but I'm not perfect!!:laugh:

I did for sure.... I managed to get from 145 all the way down to 108 using Weight Watchers and MFP (after I got closer to my goal). I am a small-framed 5'1", so I had been getting close to my ideal weight at 105....when the holidays happened. I had been doing well mainatinaing my weight without MFP since August. When it's just me and my boyfriend (who has also lost 40 lbs in the past two years) making all the food choices, It is very easy to stick to my routines and stay within my maintenance calories. Now that I've made the journey cross country to spend the holidays with my family, including a pitstop to see my boyfriend's parents in Florida, I find that I keep eating all of the unhealthy comfort foods I am offered.....I stepped on the scale this morning and found that I gained back four pounds in one month! I am really a people-pleaser, and it is so hard to say ENOUGH! when people you love show their affection with food and are offended when you don't clean your plate.



Physically, I feel awful, and I just rejoined MFP in the hopes that I can get back on track and finally recah my goal!

I took a running jump on purpose, the horse kicked me in the head! Made me act silly and and eat all those delicious foods that are so tasty. I gained a few pounds...... Oh well time to get back at it, no big deal! It will be ok I will lose it again, cause I know what it takes!

No worries,
Mark

Yep, for the last 10 days, I just laid off diet and exercise altogether and didn't log in at all. I just put in that I ate 3k cals for those days. I didn't do too much real overeating or gorging or anything and only gained about a 1/2 pound back. I don't consider it "falling off the wagon". Just side-tracking a little. Not a big deal if you get back on track. If you totally quit or give up, that's falling off the wagon...

Yep.. eating poorly and not exercising for most of December. Christmas is over and I don't want to wait until January 1, time to get back in the saddle.

oh my gosh, that's awful! what happened?

December was pretty much one long binge/purge session. So my goal for January is to develop some healthier coping skills, scale back my eating, and quit purging. Time to get healthy...kind of. Healthier. It's a start.

But no really, I gained 12lbs from December 5th til now, mainly because I got clean off of amphetamines and withdrawal pretty much guarantees bingeing. No sleep or food for days on end will do that to you.

Anyone else struggling to make healthier decisions or is it just me?

I have fallen off tne wagon due to Achilles Tendonitis that had me in pain so much that I could barely walk. It was getting better and I was following the doctors orders about stretching before a workout. Then I decided to try the 30 Day Shred program. I had high hopes that it would work but after day one My achilles tendon was back in agony. Now that Christmas is over I am going to start bodyweight exercises again this week.

Is it falling off if you plan your poor eating decisions in advance?

I took Sat off because it was my weekly cheat day then I logged Sunday then took Monday and Tuesday (and ate horribly) now I 'm back with a 626 calorie burn to start things off with.

Same here was doing very well after I had my son in March, holidays came around and BAM gained 11lbs. I see it on me and I feel it on me. Just brought some new Wii games and am on a mission to lose this weight.

Absolutely! Went flying off the wagon probably over calories more than half the time. Gained 9# but had a great day today and eating lots of fruits and veggies to "reset my taste buds"! Begone candy, cookies and other holiday yummies!

Oh yes I fell off the wagon from Thanksgiving til now, working on getting back to normal. Was able to maintain but that was checking the scale last week have no clue the horror it will read in the morning. Between moving into our home, holiday eating and trying to nurse a pulled muscel if I gain 5 pounds I think I can deal with that. Let us all get back on track soon.