Anyone else fall off the wagon in December?

I only ate over TDEE yesterday, and it was totally worth it for the coconut shrimp family made from scratch for our christmas party.

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.

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:

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.

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:

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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".

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?

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

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 !

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.

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".

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."

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(:

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!!!