Anybody Else Taking the Xmas Break?

Nope. I know if I take a break that long I won't want to get back on track. I'm not counting calories for Christmas dinner and will probably not eat much before that meal, but I couldn't take a whole break. I'm in this for a lifestyle change. I didn't count Thanksgiving and I won't count Christmas because once I reach my goal weight I won't be doing that. I also don't deprive myself of sweets entirely. I think I had a lot of sugar this week actually... so a break for me would really just be me stuffing my face with all kinds of sweets and gaining back the 16bs I lost already.

I'm taking Xmas on a date.

Ill prob wake up when its morning and try to sleep at night. I might eat some food too once in a while.. perhaps lift something heavy like a crocodile, as long as it does not bite me.. cause that would suck

Enjoying myself while eating at maintenance!

For sure! I'm off to Tenerife. Will be doing a lot more walking -in the sun - so, hopefully, that will help burn excess calories off.

No, I'll actually be ramping up the exercise, since I'll have a lot of time off work, and I'm on a one-month "trial" (actually a Living Social coupon) at a new (to me) gym, and I want to try as much of what they have to offer as I can before I decide whether to join at full price. I'm looking forward to trying different kinds of classes I haven't taken before, as well as making use of the cardio machines and weights, maybe even the pool.

I plan to continue logging my food, too. It's a habit now, and I don't want to lose the habit. I may eventually want to test whether I can stay on track without logging, but I don't feel like I'm at that point yet. I even logged Thanksgiving, although I didn't try to stay at my normal daily net calorie goal of 1500 (I didn't exercise on Thanksgiving, so no extra calories to eat back). I would have been happy if I came in around 3000 calories for the day, and I actually ended up at 2800, and for that week I "ate into" my planned calorie deficit by about 700 calories, and I still lost a pound (my planned deficit is close to a pound and a half a week). Christmas will be a little more challenging, because of cookie exchanges and what not, but I usually fit a treat (or two) of some kind into my calories every day, so I'll just have to replace my usuals (almond butter toffee, fun-size Snickers, Nutella) with the Christmas treats if I want them.

OP, it sounds like you'll still be active, just doing different things, so it seems like a very health "break." Enjoy the holidays!

Nope. I know if I take a break that long I won't want to get back on track. I'm not counting calories for Christmas dinner and will probably not eat much before that meal, but I couldn't take a whole break. I'm in this for a lifestyle change. I didn't count Thanksgiving and I won't count Christmas because once I reach my goal weight I won't be doing that. I also don't deprive myself of sweets entirely. I think I had a lot of sugar this week actually... so a break for me would really just be me stuffing my face with all kinds of sweets and gaining back the 16bs I lost already.

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Don't think you would ever gain 16lbs in 3weeks!

Perhaps not, but I know it would take a lot of effort for me to get back on track. It would end up being 5 or 6 or 10 weeks. But I hope you enjoy your break and eat all kinds of extra yummy stuff!

I usually take a break from logging when I go visit my family (Christmas too) because it's a little frustating to log without my scale. But I take care what I eat and about portions. In my family there isn't to much of `meal` celebration. We just eat normal stuff, like everyday. Where are mostly celebrating that we have some days off and can't see each other. I see my family 3 times a year.

On New Year Eve I'll just eat like everyday, in my calorie goal and just eat whatever I want and dance like crazy. I did that on Thursday at my workplace Christmas party. The dancing burned all the extra calories apparently and I'm still on the normal track. Off course, I didn't eat my soul out; but I did get some in.

I'm at maintenance and I have a spare few lbs to play around with, so I'm not logging over the Christmas week. I hope to fit in some exercise though and then, when Jan comes around, I should come out the other end pretty unscathed.

Hell no!! I`ve just started December 1st so I`m fired up!!! Enjoy your Christmas :-)

I just today thought about how to deal with the holidays and my vacation from Dec 20th through January 7th.
Yesterday was my birthday and I allowed myself to eat at maintenance ( 1690 calories ) and even though I ate what I wanted, including cheese cake I only went about 250 calories over my daily allowance.
I am committed to log and walk each day no matter how much I eat, but I am not going to walk more so I can eat more......I have other, at least for me interesting things to do with my life.
As long as I maintain, I am not too worried about things....I just don't want to gain, because I am exactly at the halfway point of my planned weight loss.

I'm still 1.6 lbs away from losing the 3.8 lbs I gained taking a break over Thanksgiving. So I think I'll stick with the program over Christmas or at least try to stay under maintenance.

I'm going to take a break on Christmas Eve and Day in the sense that I won't log calories and won't think twice about what I'm eating. But I won't stuff my face on purpose or eat anything within sight in an effort to "make the most out of this cheat day".

And also, since I'll be at my parents' house in the country, I'm going to do a lot of hiking and running in the hills and to take my darling dog out on a whole lot of walks at all hours. I'm actually looking forward to this change of scenery in my workout routine.

I won't make a pig of myself, but it's natural to have a winter feast and celebration humans have been doing it for eons. I will most likely put on anywhere from 3-5 pounds even though I plan on cycling and doing body weight and yoga exercise and thats fine in my world, I do find it hard to do nothing and sitting around gives me back ake. Ill get back to it in earnest after boxing day, I will weigh and measure a couple of weeks after christmas 'after a few days of cardio and working out' and a fast or 3, when I expect any extra pounds to be gone.

Make Merry and Feast MFP's.

I ate whatever I wanted on Thanksgiving (but tried not to go TOO overboard) and logged it as best I could. Then I went right back to my normal calorie deficit plan. I actually lost weight too, didn't expect that! \o/ I plan on doing the same for Christmas dinner as well. No way am I scrimping on our traditional prime rib roast dinner! YUM!

Happy Holidays everyone!