uh just venting!!!

You do P90X?

enjoy my family. I will eat what I want, not as much, and keep moving. You gotta make it work for you. I still eat fat, chocolate, and carbs....just not as much and I move more. You can not be ruled by fear. Food is not your enemy...the addiction to food is the problem, and you are NOT alone. YOu will do way better than you can even imagine. YOu are ready for a change....it is your time. AND......It is time to send ME some of your Mama's gumbo! lol chin up, sweetie.

We are changing our life not going to prison. As long as you continue to work out and eat right a few days of food enjoyment is ok. Life is tooooo short. Walk hard...run if you can and eat well. This year I wll make one favorite dish per holiday and that will be my treat. I will drink two glasses of water before I eat it. Its been working so far. Vent on...I'll listern

i love to bake for the holidays and i allways look forward to doing it .....but this year im going to bake but most of my sweets will be immediatly taken to friends and family as gifts.. im already preparing......dont get me wrong.... i plan on eating and enjoying myself but im going to be watching my serving sizes.....but as for all the sweets i bake......i am not going to leave all those baked goods sitting around my house calling my name....LOL..... but good luck too all my mfp friends and enjoy what you do eat because calories eaten should be enjoyed...... not just eaten to please the one who makes the food..........great topic.......keep venting ..........

I am fearing the winter pounds myself and in fact have packed on a few and then re-lost just within the last few week Thank god I was able to get back on track...The holidays are hard cause comfort food is BOMB when its cold outside!

I agree with the majority here. I'm going to enjoy it and send anything that will tempt me leftover wise home with the rest of the family! Have a good one!

Its been touched on, but the holidays to me are like when I take a vacation. I try and moderate my calories to what would be a maintenance level and enjoy myself. Its about moderation and not letting the food control you. Thanksgiving, is going to be hard on me too. I know its going to be hard not to get that 2nd helping of dressing this year, but I can do it.

Just allow yourself to eat your faves just do it in moderation. Unless you plan on skipping these holidays for the rest of your life you have to learn at some point how to control your urges to gobble it all down. I know it's hard, this is my fave time of year for food. haha! You just have to do it in moderation and maybe get in a few extra calories burned during those days/weeks. You can do it and enjoy yourself as well.

I'm seriously trying to cut back on my sugar intake, and I'm alarmed at how much sugar is hiding in foods that I don't consider "sweets." I don't drink soft drinks, don't sweeten my coffee, and still I'm over my goal every day!

Anyway, just venting.

Thanks for listening (reading).

I have had 4 bags of "fun size" candy bars in my pantry for a couple weeks. I know they are there, I haven't touched them. Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers and Twix. I love them all. I just don't want one. Now I know that if I had bought Reeses I would have had a problem!! So I didn't get them.

It is our turn to host Thanksgiving. My house, food gets cooked my way. They just won't know what I am doing to it... Others will be bringing salads and rolls, so no big deal there. I will have the traditional spead of turkey, dressing, potatoes, yams, gravy, and a green vegie. There will also be snack trays of vegies, pickles, olives, and fruit. I will also make at least 3 different kinds of fudge (PB, milk choc w/walnuts, and dark choc), and probably a couple different kinds of cookies. I will be ordering a sugar free pie from a local bakery that is soooo good you want to scarf down the whole thing. There will be plenty for me to choose from to eat healthy, and get in a bit of desert too.

Christmas will be in Florida with my boyfriends family. Trust me, there will be NO PROBLEM eatting smaller portions there! :ohwell: Uh, might not want to eat at all unless the aunt is the cook.

The holidays are about friends and family. We have the gatherings to catch up with people and to visit with people, and to give thanks for what we have and who we have. Enjoy the time.

Yep, I agree with everyone. Small portions of things you love. Maybe one cookie instead of 10?? LOL. I know it is hard. Did you think of asking your mom to make the gumbo a little healthier? Or just get her to have some healthier things for you to eat with everything else? You should be fine and not sweat it. I'm sure you will be very conscious of what you are eating but just hop back on the wagon after each holiday. Good luck to us all!!

I say just allow yourself to eat on Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. That way you won't feel left out. Who does'nt want to eat gumbo? Just eat less than you normally do...or not. Hope back on the wagon the next day. One day won't kill you. I actually read recently that you should take one day off a week and eat like a non dieter not a binge eater. This technique speeds up your metabolism and you don't feel deprived. It is working for me.

Fellow Louisiainian here! You know we can throw down in the kitchen when it comes to holiday cooking. My family has already requested that I not "mess with" their holiday favorites. So I will just cook as usual and eat what I want. My appetite isn't nearly as big as it once was so I am not worried much. If I do go over, so be it. The next morning, the sun will rise and it'll be a new day!

Enjoy your family time! Enjoy your self! Enjoy the holidays! Then get right back to work and don't look back.