On holiday and scared to weigh in...

NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm on holiday. Still tracking calories and weighing etc as best I can. I'm still at my calorie deficit but I'm scared to death to weigh in incase I've put weight on.

What a bizarre creature I am. Does anyone else panic when they go away even when they are still tracking etc?

:lol:

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  • hhnkhl
    hhnkhl Posts: 231 Member
    Dont weigh until 2 weeks later...
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    Chances are you'll have put a bit of weight on if you're eating a bit more freely, but it'll mostly be water weight.

    Maybe this'll make you feel better. The graph below is my weight loss graph, and the red circled bit is a 2 week holiday I went on with my family. I didn't track at all, and ate everything in sight. As you can see as soon as I got home and started tracking again my weight went right back down to where it was before I left. So even if you have gained, it'll be gone again soon!

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  • cleaver1
    cleaver1 Posts: 37 Member
    DemoraFairy wrote: »
    Chances are you'll have put a bit of weight on if you're eating a bit more freely, but it'll mostly be water weight.

    Maybe this'll make you feel better. The graph below is my weight loss graph, and the red circled bit is a 2 week holiday I went on with my family. I didn't track at all, and ate everything in sight. As you can see as soon as I got home and started tracking again my weight went right back down to where it was before I left. So even if you have gained, it'll be gone again soon!

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    This is a really re-assuring, helpful post. Well done!

    I agree 100% too, whatever you do gain on holiday will soon come back off so don't worry about it. Enjoy the holiday!
  • NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
    NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
    Well I've just weighed in and lost 2lbs so more than I usually lose at home! :o Must be all the walking I've done around St Ives ha ha!

    Just bought myself a scone and some clotted cream to celebrate! ;)
  • lisafrancis888
    lisafrancis888 Posts: 119 Member
    Also the scales may be different so would wait till you're home.
  • lisafrancis888
    lisafrancis888 Posts: 119 Member
    Lol just read your last reply. Sorry didn't want to dishearten. Hilly walking should burn calories so fingers crossed. It's the cider I'd be more worried about :)
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    I"m on vacation now. And eating everything in sight.

    It is what it is. LOL I know full well I won't gain back all the weight I've lost in a weeks time, and expect the scales to tell me I Was naughty. It's all good. It will come off within a week or two I expect.
  • NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner
    NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner Posts: 1,018 Member
    lisafrancis888 wrote: »
    Also the scales may be different so would wait till you're home.

    I use Tesco's scales whenever I weigh so hopefully not too bad a discrepancy. I threw my home ones away as I couldn't deal with the temptation ha ha.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    don't fret, enjoy your holiday, any small gain will disappear in a few weeks :smile: most of it will be water weight.
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
    edited April 2015
    One thing I had to learn while I was in active weight loss mode, is that I had to remove emotion from the scale. Once I got to that point I was able to really get my head in the right place and focus on what's important/long term success. Enjoy your holiday, be mindful of your choices/portion sizes, don't weigh yourself and when you come back just get back to your normal routine :)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,147 Member
    Great job!
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