Curious on what YOUR doing?

DJJW
DJJW Posts: 519 Member
edited September 22 in Motivation and Support
I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to handle this weekend. Might not even deside until it happens. So I'd like to see what everyone else is doing.....Choose as many as apply

1. Logging All your Christmas meals

2. Not logging at all

3. Staying UNDER your calories

4. Going OVER your calories LESS than 500

5. Going OVER your calories MORE than 500

6. YES to exercise

7. NO to exercise
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  • jchapman1957
    jchapman1957 Posts: 80 Member
    1. As many as possible thou time might be an issue
    3. Making every attempt but will have to exercise to do it.
    6. Yes
  • schobert101
    schobert101 Posts: 218 Member
    Not logging, going over calories more than 500. Yes to exercise, no to feeling guilty
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    1, 3, 6.
  • legend1973
    legend1973 Posts: 83
    Logging everything, even if I am 2000 calories over....

    DAMN YOU HERSHEY KISSES!!!!!
  • SkierElle
    SkierElle Posts: 335
    1 (as best I can), 3, 6!!!!
    good luck everyone! enjoy it!
  • jillybeanruns
    jillybeanruns Posts: 1,420 Member
    Moderation, moderation, moderation.

    Upping my exercise when I can, logging all Christmas activities except for 2 - family party this past Sunday and Christmas Day. Not feeling guilty because I hardly ever go over and don't do regular cheat days/meals. I'm also in maintenance (or trying to be, but can't stop the scale from going down:noway:)

    Living life and enjoying myself, because we only life once:drinker:
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    Logging everything, attempting to stay at goal (or at the very least at my maintenance cals), exercising, and not feeling guilty. Moderation is definitely key. :flowerforyou:
  • AggieCass09
    AggieCass09 Posts: 1,867 Member
    1, 3, 6

    And mostly focusing on FAMILY rather than on FOOD
  • Gogo76
    Gogo76 Posts: 581
    I plan on not logging, exercising every day, and eating in moderation. I will not deny myself all the delicious food and goodies, but everything in moderation is the key!
  • jessimacar
    jessimacar Posts: 291
    I have every intention to stay under, although I won't let it get me down if I'm not! Lol. I won't have time for any serious exercise, so I might walk after dinner or something. I am logging everything that I remember! My mini-goal for myself is to drink nothing but water, and only have one dessert. Lol. I have 3 meals to go to, so it will be a tough weekend! I'm hoping not to gain - I don't expect to lose..
  • LareishaH
    LareishaH Posts: 205 Member
    2, 6, and probably 5 (I guess it depends on how much of 6 I can get in.)
  • peanut352
    peanut352 Posts: 75 Member
    1, 3 and 6.

    I am not about to give up all my hard work, or cause any set backs just because it's the Holidays.

    I definately have little treats here and there, just in moderation. I dont feel I'm depriving myself at all. Just showing self control.
  • StPattysGrl
    StPattysGrl Posts: 74
    I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet! Exercising... yes. I may try to log, but may not have everything exactly right. I'm expecting I will go over in my calories, not sure by how much.
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
    Well, I believe....calories do not exist on Christmas Eve nor Christmas Day. :glasses:
  • DJJW
    DJJW Posts: 519 Member
    Well, I believe....calories do not exist on Christmas Eve nor Christmas Day. :glasses:


    :laugh:
  • lloydrt
    lloydrt Posts: 1,121 Member
    1,4, 6,

    its Christmas, and all this year I have been commited, so Ill keep exercising, logging my intake, but if I go over 3 or 4 hundred calories, ....well, Im in control and its not going to destroy my journey........

    Ill always be on this journey, and there are times I ll step back, only to keep going forward.............
  • AmberElaine84
    AmberElaine84 Posts: 964 Member
    Not logging AT ALL.

    YES to exercise.

    No reason to panic! It's Christmas. It's once a year. Yes I splurged last month. Yes I'll splurge this month. But I won't have to worry about it again til Easter. :wink: :drinker:
  • doramouse
    doramouse Posts: 160
    1. YES - Logging All your Christmas meals

    3. HOPE - Staying UNDER your calories

    4. HOPE NOT BUT MIGHT HAPPEN _ Going OVER your calories LESS than 500

    6. YES to exercise

    I'll have some things I normally don't have - but in moderation. I don't want to cut down on my progress. The day/holiday isn't about food. I am worrying about the yummy holiday cocktails! :)
  • alantin
    alantin Posts: 621 Member
    2. Not logging at all

    8. Exercise if I feel like it.


    Christmas is about something very different than logging food and exercise.
    Plenty of time to do that for the rest of the year..
  • jaded_rose
    jaded_rose Posts: 298 Member
    I'm going to have to say 1, and 6 are a definite. I will try to stay near my cal limit but It's one time a year. I will try to eat wisely and keep active to burn them off. i only see my family a few times a year and this is one of them. That;s what 3 year old nephews are for ;p
  • Sweet13_Princess
    Sweet13_Princess Posts: 1,207 Member
    I plan on logging my meals. Even if I end up being over, I figure I can do my best to adjust my other meals during the day. Plus, just because you skip logging the food, doesn't mean that the calories aren't there!:-P I probably will go over my calories by 500, unless I plan on eating just ONE meal on Christmas. I think my mom's Thanksgiving dinner was 1200 alone. One day of slip ups isn't going to derail everything, especially since I've been eating well up to this point. Since we'll be visiting my fiance's parents, we probably won't have the opportunity to exercise. However, if we have if we have a mild day, we might go for a walk or we might even go to the mall if the crowds aren't too bad.

    Shannon
    I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to handle this weekend. Might not even deside until it happens. So I'd like to see what everyone else is doing.....Choose as many as apply

    1. Logging All your Christmas meals

    2. Not logging at all

    3. Staying UNDER your calories

    4. Going OVER your calories LESS than 500

    5. Going OVER your calories MORE than 500

    6. YES to exercise

    7. NO to exercise
  • ChuckgM3
    ChuckgM3 Posts: 302 Member
    I'm sorry but the grammar Nazi in me is screaming in agony... The title of your post should be "Curious about what you're doing" not "your" :)

    Anyway. On Xmas eve and Xmas day: Not logging, probably going over, yes to exercise.
    Every other day: logging, stating under, exercise.
  • MJ5898
    MJ5898 Posts: 1,549 Member
    I plan to log everything - if I am not accountable, I will fall off the wagon too easily.

    Also plan to use moderation - I do not want to feel deprived, so if there is a food I really love and rarely have, I will have a couple of bites. Someone once said that is all you need of a food in order to feel satisified.

    Since I am not really exercising much at this point due to my size and inability to move, I will probably just try to move around a bit more but not exercise per se.

    I leave for my Mom's house after work today and return Friday, just in time to have a big meal at my in-laws Saturday afternoon. I plan to spend quite a bit of time on MFP to keep me motivated and focused. :bigsmile:
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    I'm sorry but the grammar Nazi in me is screaming in agony... The title of your post should be "Curious about what you're doing" not "your" :)
    Breathes a sigh of relief.
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to handle this weekend. Might not even deside until it happens. So I'd like to see what everyone else is doing.....Choose as many as apply

    1. Logging All your Christmas meals - YES

    2. Not logging at all - NO WHY WOULD I "START" OVER

    3. Staying UNDER your calories - STAYING WITH MY CALORIES

    4. Going OVER your calories LESS than 500 - NOT IF I CAN HELP IT - GET IN SOME EXERCISE TO BALANCE OUT CALORIES EATEN

    5. Going OVER your calories MORE than 500 - NO WHY ARE CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS MEALS ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER DAY....PORTIONS PORTIONS PORTIONS...

    6. YES to exercise - ABSOLUTELY...IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY - I EXERCISE ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS WHEN I CAN SO WHY WOULDNT I THIS WEEKEND...

    7. NO to exercise - NO - I'M GOING TO EXERCISE...
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    I am exercising as normal. on Christmas and boxing day i will log breakfast/lunch and exercise to make sure i can eat a substantial dinner. Im aiming to LOSE over the holidays. Hopefully it works, it should.
  • abyt42
    abyt42 Posts: 1,358 Member
    Logging everything, exercising as much as possible, and giving myself a break (over on sugar? Really? At Christmas? Who'd have thought?)
  • DJJW
    DJJW Posts: 519 Member
    I'm sorry but the grammar Nazi in me is screaming in agony... The title of your post should be "Curious about what you're doing" not "your" :)



    OH NO! embarrassed! :embarassed:
  • Cytherea
    Cytherea Posts: 515 Member
    I changed my goals to maintenance. I'm visiting family for a month, so I don't have the same control over what I'm eating as I do when I'm home and making all my own meals. My goal is to always stay under the maintenance cals (which is almost 700 more than I have when I'm trying to lose, so that really shouldn't be too hard!!) and continue to log everything, even if I have to do it at the end of the day when I get home. I'm definitely logging on Christmas Eve and Christmas- I've actually already entered in exactly what I plan to eat! But I have no problem changing it up if I want to! No guilt. It is the holidays, a time to celebrate, and I get to spend time with family and friends that I never get to see (since I live on the other side of the country) so I'm just going to enjoy myself. I am going to try and get some exercise in if I can, but I'm not going to stress about it if I can't. And I have a plan all ready for when I get back home to up my exercise and really focus on getting in shape so I'm looking forward to that too!
  • DJJW
    DJJW Posts: 519 Member
    My trouble is not wanting to Log. I'm cooking am I do alot of "on sight" measuring. The last thing I want to do is stand there and measure and write down and so on. I would like to enjoy a bit of sit down time too. So I think for the next couple of days I'll start punching in my "recipes' and estimate. So at least I'll have a ballpark of what goes in. And who knows how many servings everything is? Tricky Tricky.
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