Eating during the holidays

randomtai wrote: »

^Ermegerd, you stole that picture of me from last year's Thanksgiviiiiiing.

Pahaha. I'm planning on enjoying myself, no regrets

gorge on the days i can and then try to eat as normally as possible. emphasis on the "possible"

I will eat whatever I want. I'll be up ten pounds. It'll go away in three or four days.

I am going to eat whatever is in front of me on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and any important party. I will increase my exercise and try to balance it out, but I refuse to miss out on a feast.

I have 4 holidays parties to go to between December 11 and December 20th. I'm totally screwed!!

I enjoy my actual holidays and do what I want...but I don't treat the entire two months between Halloween and New Years as some kind of binge fest...there's far more to this season than stuffing your face full of *kitten* day in and day out.

I eat pretty much the same as I always eat this time of year, save for the actual occasions. I eat well and exercise regularly just like any other time of the year.

I'm going to work out more, so I can eat more and still stay within my deficit, or for the big days, within my maintenance.

You could eat at maintenance, you don't have to worry about weight gain during those weeks and continue your weight loss after the holidays... or if you want to keep losing weight, may I suggest you choose to lose .5lb/week in the meantime. :flowerforyou:

Pretty much do what I normally do. Log/workout as usual, and just eat the special holiday dishes in moderation. For parties/business meetings/trips, I just have one alcoholic drink and skip the nibbles (they're just never worth it to me), and that won't change. The only difference is that the extra workout calories are likely to be used for things like mince pies, Christmas cake and port rather than my usual snacks, and on Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year I won't worry about the total calories.

I'll probably try and workout a bit more, but simply because I take vacation at the end of the year and I have more time to do so.

I like my lifestyle. I don't want to change it.

I share this concern. 4 parties the 1st week December, going to NYC for my bday the 2nd week, and more open houses/receptions all the way through. My husband and I share both our birthdays, our anniversary, Christmas and New Years all in a 3-week span. And we celebrate it all!

Like others, I don't worry about the actual holiday meals. Those aren't overboard in my family anyway. It's all the other events that throw off a healthy routine. I don't know what happened to Emily Post's "it's impolite to occupy the dinner hour without offering dinner." I cannot make a dinner of cocktail food, and it's best for me not to try. My best defense is to eat before I go, or at least have carrots & celery in the car on the way. If I'm a little hungry when I arrive, I'll be ravenous after a glass of wine.

Ah, about the wine..... I don't have a strategy for that. My husband is really fun at a party, too, so if he is there, chances are I'll be having more than one glass. I normally reserve wine for weekends only, but I'll end up drinking during the week every week all December. I don't double down on exercise, but I do feel an imperative to stick to the routine I have. Cheers!

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I will be eating and logging and moving on. I'm with cwolfman13 on this. Just because it's the holidays it's not reason to go crazy and binge every day. On the actual day that there's something I plan on eating in moderation. For instance, Christmas Eve my family has always gone to an all you can eat chinese buffet. I'll still go but I plan on having smaller portions and staying away from things that I know I could do without (breaded chicken wings for instance). This is still like any other time of the year and I don't plan on treating it any differently.

I will be staying on track the entire holiday season, except for the actually holiday, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Since I'm in Canada, we have a little more breathing room between Thanksgiving and Christmas - can I get a hallelujah ?? - but for my family, Christmas is when we get to see everyone and everyone goes to my parents house and we celebrate together, play games, watch movies, sit around and talk until 3 in the morning potentially finishing a bottle or two of wine, it's my absolute favourite time of year and I love seeing my family so I am going to enjoy every single moment of it. I will still continue my workouts and gym time (which is usually in the morning, anyways) and spend time with my family. I love all the food my mom and grandma make so definitely not turning that down.

It comes once a year, and for me it's a special time of year so I'm enjoying it to the max. Everyone deserves a break every now and then.