CHRISTMAS - the dreaded food overload

88sophiakoop88
88sophiakoop88 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Pleaseeee don't let me think that I am the only one , freaking out about Christmas and all the beautiful and gorgeous foods that will try to mess up all the hard work

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,060 Member
    It's ONE DAY. If you missed one workout, couldn't work one day, felt sick for one day, didn't have your phone for one day...............................your life wouldn't be greatly affected.
    If you're worried about overeating, then just eat less somewhere else throughout the day or even try to get in some physical activity to help offset some of the calories.
    If people are gaining 5lbs a year through the holidays.......................it's because they're eating MORE from Thanksgiving THROUGH to New Year's.

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  • 88sophiakoop88
    88sophiakoop88 Posts: 3 Member
    Ahh I see! Right thank you so much ! That helped a lot :) xx
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Did we all forget the lessons we learned and shared about Thanksgiving? It was a month ago. Enjoy yourself, and your families and friends. Eat responsibly, but have fun. Log what you've had, or not, get back to it the next day. One day will not ruin weeks worth of effort.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Moderation, not deprivation. Enjoy the holiday foods and company then get back to your regular program the next day.
  • jph3
    jph3 Posts: 17 Member
    We really need a thumbs up system here...

    For now, "What they said!" will have to do. :D
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    pondee629 wrote: »
    Did we all forget the lessons we learned and shared about Thanksgiving? It was a month ago. Enjoy yourself, and your families and friends. Eat responsibly, but have fun. Log what you've had, or not, get back to it the next day. One day will not ruin weeks worth of effort.

    Don't forget that there are a lot of people from around the world on the website, so most won't have celebrated Thanksgiving :)
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    You make the choice to pig out or not. Unless people are tying you down and force-feeding you, which, if that's the case, you have bigger problems than potentially eating too much. ;)

    Just log what you eat accurately and honestly and then move on. :)
  • StacyChrz
    StacyChrz Posts: 865 Member
    I recognize that I have ZERO will power when it comes to holiday meals and snacks. I have already decided that I am going to enjoy them and not beat myself up. I am also going to get in a reasonable work-out Christmas morning and eat a healthy meal before I leave my house. After that, I'm just going to have fun.

    I did manage to skip the holiday lunch that my office provided us today, though, so I save a few hundred calories there.
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
    88sophiakoop88 wrote: »
    Pleaseeee don't let me think that I am the only one , freaking out about Christmas and all the beautiful and gorgeous foods that will try to mess up all the hard work

    Hey!

    Based on the science, you could probably overeat by 10000 calories over the Christmas period, assuming you eat rubbish for 3 days straight, that's quite an excessive amount.

    That only equates to 3 lbs weight gain.

    So in terms of all that 'hard work' it's not really the end of the world, given that it's oncs a year.

    Don't beat yourself up over it
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