Did you gain weight over Christmas / New Years?

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  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Yes, but I went into December knowing that I was going to eat whatever I wanted and not get to lift the heavy weights over the holiday (2 wks). We had a baked goods table at school for the 2 wks before the break, as well as food and candy gifts from friends and family. I ate more than usual, but still tried to workout daily (mostly cardio). I did gain a bit, but not more than a few lbs. I can still get all of my pants on, even if they are a little tighter. I'm trying to cut back a bit on the sweets now.
  • Eddie__Jones
    Eddie__Jones Posts: 197 Member
    nope. ate at deficit days before and after. ate maintenance calories on the holidays.
  • totaldetermination
    totaldetermination Posts: 1,184 Member
    Its my second Christmas on mfp, and my first one whilst maintaining.

    Last year I stayed within my calories, but felt I was missing out.

    This year I decided that if this is going to be a lifestyle change then I need to be able to enjoy the holiday season.
    I gave myself permission to not think about calories at parties or group meals, but I was very careful for the days/meals in between.

    I gained 3 lbs. and had a blast !!
    I'm so glad I allowed myself to have a break.
  • maroonmango211
    maroonmango211 Posts: 908 Member
    I lost 0.5 lbs (after being stalled for 3 months) go figure, thats all a fluke and probably only because we were so busy we ended up eating very light by accident. My hubby lost almost 3 lbs over the 2 weeks but a little more purposely, he was in a 'who can gain the least" contest at work, he won!
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    At one point I was 5 lbs heavier than US Thanksgiving day. Now that I have lost all the water I was retaining from salt and carb overload, I weigh .2 pounds more than Thanksgiving morning. I worked my indulgences off by attending the gym 6 days a week during the season.
  • ArmstrongSabrina
    ArmstrongSabrina Posts: 38 Member
    Yup! 6 lbs. No exercise and nothing but fatty foods. I'm Mexican and my bf is black and our families make THE most fattening delicious foods as you can imagine. Hard to diet when there is Sunday dinners every week and they make a feast every time. Every week is a holiday
  • Coley88
    Coley88 Posts: 114 Member
    rosebarnalice wrote: »
    My goal between thanksgiving and New Years was to "maintain not gain", and although my weight fluctuated up and down by as much as 5 lbs through the holidays, when I weighed in on January 4th, the net was actually that I had LOST 1.8 lbs. So yay me!

    Pretty much the same here, same goal, just didn't wanted to main and not gain during that time frame and I was going to be happy, after all was said in done, when I weighed yesterday I was down 3lbs from right before Thanksgiving.
  • redshadow310
    redshadow310 Posts: 18 Member
    My goal wasn't to maintain or lose weight, but to enjoy myself and track honestly. Of course thanks to Christmas food poisoning I lost 7 pounds, only gained 2 of that back once I was over it.
  • Thowe92
    Thowe92 Posts: 109 Member
    Maybe 10 - 15 pounds from Thanksgiving -> New Years day. I can probably lose it all again by the end of March or early April. I chose to eat a lot (mostly calorie dense foods), attempted to listen to my body, decided to have fun again not restricting calories, and may have slightly slipped back into those bad habits. I'm young, I can take it off again.
  • ShaneLynch1972
    ShaneLynch1972 Posts: 134 Member
    From 11/25 to 12/31 I lost 18.9 pounds. :)
  • HaideeJo13
    HaideeJo13 Posts: 247 Member
    edited January 2016
    Yup 7 lbs. I sadly had pretty much 17 days straight that I ate and drank waaaaaay to much and did no exercising. Started my eating right again Monday the 4th and have lost 3 of those 7 lbs so far. YAY! 17 more to go till my goal. Makes me mad I could have been a lot closer had I not binged those days. At the same time I do not have to many regrets it's was a great couple of weeks, and a yummy one at that ;)
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    DH & I celebrate both our birthdays, Christmas, New Years & our anniversary in a 3 wk span. The last week of the year had no restraint. Was at YTD lows on thanksgiving & Xmas days, ironically, but fluctuated wildly in between. Back to normal routine, the scale is reading a pound lighter each day and I'm still waiting to see where it settles out. 2 lb over my low & in the middle of my maintenance range, so I'm just maintaining for a while.

    I feel really, really bad for those who had stomach bugs. Bummer.
  • Ruthhormachea
    Ruthhormachea Posts: 35 Member
    5lbs here it's hard to get it off but so darn easy to gain it's crazy!!
  • LizaMarie78
    LizaMarie78 Posts: 35 Member
    I gained 7lbs!! But I started back on my diet on Monday and already lost 4 pounds!
  • sistrsprkl
    sistrsprkl Posts: 1,010 Member
    Ili_g wrote: »
    :D 5lbs...No more tamales lol

    Same. Also taking a break from tamales ;)
  • NinjaChinchillaNZ
    NinjaChinchillaNZ Posts: 56 Member
    Lol I don't feel quite so bad after reading some of your comments, although I still haven't got on the scale. Planning to weigh on Monday when the routine returns to normal. All my pants still fit albeit a bit tighter and I definitely look and feel flabbier. What are tamales? A few people haven't mentioned those in this thread.
  • longlostyeti
    longlostyeti Posts: 27 Member
    edited January 2016
    only water weight..
  • Runagain_4
    Runagain_4 Posts: 97 Member
    scolaris wrote: »
    No, not actual stored fat weight. The scale bobbed up & down but as of today I am back at my lowest weight yet which occurred the week before Christmas. I consider that maintenance.

    Same. Lowest weight was Christmas Day. I'm now 0.2 lbs above that on the scale, but my trend weight is exactly the same since Dec 25. Despite that, I saw the scale vary by up to 4 lbs on my daily weigh-ins (I didn't go way too far overboard on eating/drinking over the holidays, but I did go really easy on myself, and am only now fully back on track with calories). My trend weight has actually gone down 3 lbs since December 1, which really makes me happy.
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    I lost 0.75kg over the festive season.
  • sc0rpi0gal
    sc0rpi0gal Posts: 32 Member
    Quaters wrote: »
    Hey we are along time dead, life is for living as long as we can stop over indulging, i finally popped on the scale 2kgs ,back on track this week healthy eating more exercise we can do it you will be fine, lots of luck

    Me too. And I'm 100g off losing it again!
  • Josh_lol
    Josh_lol Posts: 317 Member
    I gained 4lbs but I didn't gain any inches over my body so it's probably water. I've already lost 2 of those lbs so I'm guessing the other 2 will drop off pretty quickly.
  • thatspoison
    thatspoison Posts: 1 Member
    I maintained my weight exactly. Slightly weird as I wasn't tracking my calories for two weeks, but I'm pretty pleased.
  • cponeill89
    cponeill89 Posts: 22 Member
    I gained 4lbs, weighed myself this morning and I've lost 6lbs since then. So happy with that after indulging a lot over Christmas.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    edited January 2016
    I took a break over the holiday and quickly put on about 10 lbs. Back on the wagon now. No worries.
  • galabrielle98
    galabrielle98 Posts: 507 Member
    XXMISFITGIRLXX wrote: »
    10 lbs, eating on the go is what did it, not the holiday meals...and no exercise.

    10 pounds :confounded: Working it off now but I have a week long trip with only restaurants. But with that being said: Congrats to everyone who lost!!! :blush:
  • marieamethyst
    marieamethyst Posts: 869 Member
    7 lbs, but at least I can blame some of it on being pregnant! :D
  • dkingdom1
    dkingdom1 Posts: 60 Member
    Between Christmas and (past) New Years: 0. Stayed the same. Allowed more indulgences than I should've, but still enjoyed most of it. And then TOM came right after I weighed, so I'm waiting for the monthly drop off. (Hopefully better than last month).

    I would say I gained an actual 4-5 pounds between November and mid December from the careless overeating. In the past three weeks or so, I used my food scale more and more often. I'll reevaluate again in two more weeks.
  • MissAbbee
    MissAbbee Posts: 41 Member
    kazminchu wrote: »
    If anybody needs to make themselves feel better - I gained almost 13lbs.
    Go hard or go home.

    11lbs, but I did go to Cuba all inclusive the two weeks before Christmas, so December was essentially a whole month of fail.
  • changeNeeded87
    changeNeeded87 Posts: 17 Member
    I gained 8 pounds over the holidays but after New Years, I got back on it with working out and nutrition. Cooking the majority of my meals has really helped. I have already lost the 8 and an extra pound on top of that.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    ShaneLynch1972 wrote: »
    From 11/25 to 12/31 I lost 18.9 pounds. :)

    Wow, way to go!

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