what is your plan for keeping weight off this winter?

1) Keep logging what I eat
2) Keep planning my meals
3) Switch to indoor exercise (just bought a treadmill) because it gets darned cold up north
4) Keep setting short term targets for myself (ex. when I hit 50 lbs off, when I do more than xx kilometers in a week, xx lbs by yy date)

Just doing what I'm already doing.

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I'm actually trying to lose more weight this winter. My plan is not to do any holidays. To do the least possible in that regard. Like to show up for the shortest time at the home of some relative and just having already eaten something within my cal goals and allowing extra cal goals for that meal (probably earned thru workout) and not taking home leftovers. not attending parties before the holiday. not sending or making anything for school events around that time. not going to extra library or store events during that time. and not sending out christmas cards so people can't get my new address and send me sweets or anything as a "sorry can't be there" type gift. any gifts of food husband brings home will go to the next homeless person i see driving around if freshly made. or if still i it's package regifted. that's my plan. just this one year. next year i'll have all my extra maintenance cals to work with and so i can handle it. this year i just plan to have a get it over with mentality.

Keep doing what I'm already doing and what I did last winter. Details here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1095703-mfp-1-year-anniversary

The main change that I make during winter is to switch to winter vegetables, especially onions, potatoes, and cabbage. I eat more hot meals. Usually this means cutting the veggies up and microwaving them until cooked. I also stock up on canned crushed tomatoes, which provide the base for what you might call a soupy stew. The stew serves as my main meal of the day. Here's a sample:

1. Organic crushed tomatoes, half a 25-oz. container: 130 calories, 26g carbs, 7g protein, 1,170mg potassium, 975mg sodium
2. Large yellow onion, diced: 150 calories, 80g carbs, 10g protein, 60mg sodium
3. Cheddar, 2 oz: 220 calories, 18g fat, 14g protein, 360mg sodium
A few shakes of hot sauce, which I don't log. It has zero calories and about 150mg of sodium.

Total: 500 calories, 106g carbs, 18g fat, 31g protein, 1,170mg potassium, 1,395mg sodium (not counting the hot sauce)

I dice the onions, spread them on a microwave-safe plate, cover with another microwave-safe plate, and nuke for about 10 minutes. While they're cooking I pour half a can of the diced tomatoes into a microwave-safe bowl and add the hot sauce. When the onions are done I remove them -- with towels because those plates are hot -- from the microwave and transfer the onions to the bowl. I crumble the cheddar on top and microwave, covered, for another 5 minutes. Stir and enjoy.

Be interesting to see how I do with the cold this winter, seeing as I'm 38 pounds lighter than I was a year ago. It can get cold even in Florida, plus my blood's thinned from living here for a decade. When I was at the weight shown in my avatar photo from 11 years ago I literally turned blue from the cold during one walk because I acted as though I still had padding. I (hope I) know better now.

Eat all the Turkey, Cookies, Candy, Ham.. Completely enjoy the holidays for the time of year.. have dessert and attend holiday parties.. and eat in a deficit while still exercising.

I'm actually not going to have a Turkey Day dinner I'm choosing to stay at home by myself this year. Also the same for Xmas day so I don't have to worry too much about the holiday meals and keep busting my *kitten* in the gym.

I'm going to run a cycle of Raspberry Keytones and eat African mango while minimizing my carbohydrate intake and cleaning all of my food very thoroughly while checking with my local paleontology department to make sure it's totally cave-man and I'll grab my shakeweight and do high reps low weight for toning standing on a bosu ball in the smith machine.

I am tired of being so cold all the time so I may just bulk up again for the winter. or I'll just buy a jacket. haven't decided yet.


serious answer: keep doing what I'm doing..... I'm confused because I don't know why it would be any different in the winter. I am spoiled enough to live in California so I can still work out outdoors, but if I didn't I would just go to the gym instead. do foods have more calories in the winter than they do in the other seasons? are Christmas and Thanksgiving more than two days out of the whole entire year? again, I'm confused.

I'm going to run a cycle of Raspberry Keytones and eat African mango while minimizing my carbohydrate intake and cleaning all of my food very thoroughly while checking with my local paleontology department to make sure it's totally cave-man and I'll grab my shakeweight and do high reps low weight for toning standing on a bosu ball in the smith machine.

like others, if i keep doing what im doing, i'll be good to go.

I'm going to continue to log everything. I'm not that active to begin with, so winter won't slow me down! I think the last 7 months of dieting has really taught me how to balance eating and life. I'll be going on a holiday for 10 days in December, returning on the 23rd, just in time for Christmas festivities. December will definitely be my hardest month. My goal will be to get right back to logging my food and lose whatever weight I gain on holiday. I will be at maintenance stage before the trip so hopefully I don't do too much damage!

I'm in Canada with brutal winters. I do however plan on buying some snowshoes, we have some great trails where I am and the crisp weather helps burn more calories when you're trying to stay warm!
I bought free weights and a bench and The New Rules of Lifting for Women. I also joined a women's strength class that runs until December 20th. I keep track of every exercise we do, and now, with the weights at home, in January I'm going to start strength training at home for Christmas and thereafter. It's exciting!
I also converted my basement to a home gym with a treadmill, elliptical, weights, TRX, and lots of fun workout DVD's for when I want to mix things up.
Just make it fun for you - try something you've never tried before. Do an indoor dance class if it's not nice out during the winter. And DON'T use holidays as an excuse to eat more. Stay in control, and allow yourself to eat everything offered (if you like it or want it), but stay within range!

I'm in Canada with brutal winters. I do however plan on buying some snowshoes, we have some great trails where I am and the crisp weather helps burn more calories when you're trying to stay warm!
I bought free weights and a bench and The New Rules of Lifting for Women. I also joined a women's strength class that runs until December 20th. I keep track of every exercise we do, and now, with the weights at home, in January I'm going to start strength training at home for Christmas and thereafter. It's exciting!
I also converted my basement to a home gym with a treadmill, elliptical, weights, TRX, and lots of fun workout DVD's for when I want to mix things up.
Just make it fun for you - try something you've never tried before. Do an indoor dance class if it's not nice out during the winter. And DON'T use holidays as an excuse to eat more. Stay in control, and allow yourself to eat everything offered (if you like it or want it), but stay within range!

I just went to check which part of Canada you are in, cause your home gym sounds awesome!! A little bit too far (and cold!) for me in Vancouver though

Winter is easy--summer is hard! Once it gets hot, running is miserable so I don't burn nearly as many calories. I ran last winter down to about -30F (we were in Finland), which to me is far preferable to anything above 75F.

I have a few strategies for holidays, like eating a small meal before a party so I can enjoy a few treats but not pig out because I'm starving, but some years I just accept that I might gain a little between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's all good--there's a lot of winter left to get the pounds off, and since I do a spring half-marathon every year I know I'll be doing structured running from January on.

Summer bodies are made in the Winter so I am going to fit some exercise into every day and visualise how great I'm going to look in a new swimsuit on the beach in 6 months' time