First weigh in after christmas - eek

After a two week break from dieting and going to they gym I decided to weigh myself this morning and see what the damage was..... I have put on 6 pounds! The scary thing is that I didn't eat or drink as much as I have done over Christmas in previous years and I didn't weigh myself then.



Has anyone else done the dreaded weigh in after xmas?

I weigh daily and yesterday I was up 8 ounces, today back down. But, I don't deviate off course for two weeks at a time-were you on a trip or something?

I hear you.

In about September, I quit logging in and basically quit paying attention. It is astonishingly easy to pack it on. After 50 years on this planet I should have known that.

Time to be honest with myself again and weigh in every week. Time to get at least 30 minutes of some sort of activity every day. Time to start paying attention again.

It sounds like most of us have a new challenge!

I gained 3 pounds! Why is it so hard to take off and so easy to put on?

I don't weigh until tomorrow morning so not sure yet how it's going to go. I logged the whole week and was only very over my calories on Christmas day. Hoping it'll all average out. Guess I'll see tomorrow morning

Gained 4.5 lbs. That would equate to 15750 extra calories if all that weight was fat that I put on. I'm pretty sure I didn't eat and drink anywhere near that much. How many bourbon eggnogs would that be?

Anyway, the point is that you probably didn't eat as many calories as it would take to put on that much weight in fat. It's more likely that it's mostly water weight and will come off fairly quickly if you get back to eating normally and stay well hydrated.

Ive put on 4lbs, but i did drink alcohol, and eat generally a lot of crap! but back on track today to get rid of it ... after all it is only once a year.

ps: altered ticker to relate to the weight gain hence 0lbs lost

I normally don't weigh until Saturday morning, but thought I'd weigh in a day early just out of curiosity. I was up maybe up 0.5 lbs from last week about this time and it also appears that I've lost another 0.25" off my waist. But, I'm in maintenance so that kind of variation is pretty much the norm. I was able to completely enjoy myself on Christmas and Thanksgiving as well as all of the associated holiday treats without going overboard like I would have in years past. I'll probably weigh again tomorrow just to make it "official."

For the first time ever, I'm not going to have to worry about trying to lose weight after the first of the year. That alone is a victory in my book.

I believe I lost some weight (not entirely sure, since I've travelled and because of that I'm using a different weighing scale). I only splurged on Christmas night and kept a good tracking of what I ate in the other days.

mostly water / poop/ glycogen

will normalize in one week or so

after thanksgiving , i literally gained 8 lbs in 2 days lol

Doubt it, my scale says I lost one pound exactly overnight which means I burned 3500 calories? Doubt it. Get back to your normal routine and it'll go back to it's real value.

Stayed the same. I was lucky we didn't have much in the way of parties this year. :laugh:

Day after Christmas, I gained 4 lbs, weighed again today and dropped 2 of those lbs.. Im pretty sure mine is water weight from drinking on some booze.