Christmas!

katiehepp1
katiehepp1 Posts: 138 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What's everyone's plans for Christmas? Sticking to it, maintaining? Not caring and looking back in the new year? It's a big thing in my family I already know my Christmas day dessert is 600 calories so might try to excersize a lot this week and eat fewer calories!

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  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    I'm going to try stay in a deficit for a few days and then just eat what I want...I have no self control. I'm already on the fat side right now. I'll just ride it out until February. It's getting cold anyway and I want pie.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I will probably not log Christmas day, boxing day or NYE, the rest of the time is business as usual with my deficit.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I'm visiting my family for Christmas. I've decided not to track for those four days. I've already logged those days with my maintenance calories. I will relax, eat a reasonable amount of what looks good, and keep my phone put away. I will miss my lifting those days too, since hotel gyms are lousy for doing stronglifts. I will do my C25K though. It may be my only peace away from family time.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I started a diet break today and I won't worry about calories as much until next week
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I will enjoy the day. No worries about exercise or food choices. It is one day.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I'm going to go low carb for the weekend. I have BED and while I've learned how to keep it under control 90% of the time, whenever I go to my parents it comes back full force and I consume 3k+ calories a day there.
    I find if I don't eat carbs there, im less likely to go into a surplus.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    We don't make a big production of Christmas, except I buy some desserts from Collin Street Bakery and get a big old ham for dinner. I'm probably going to go over my calorie budget for Christmas day. I'll be off work for the week from Friday before Christmas through Monday after New Years, so either I succeed or fail, but I don't quit trying.
  • smcrimmon84
    smcrimmon84 Posts: 135 Member
    I'll probably eat whatever I want on Christmas Day (but somewhat within reason...1 slice of pie instead of 2...5 cookies instead of 10! haha) and the rest will be my usual.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Christmas eve, day and boxing day are all out carnage.

    All other days will be normal days for current goals.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    We aren't doing a huge feast or anything so it shouldn't be hard to stick close to my normal goal.
  • kenyonhaff
    kenyonhaff Posts: 1,377 Member
    I'm going to be realistic--this will not be a great time for dieting. I will do my best to not be completely stupid about what I put in my mouth. If it's really awesome I will eat it, if it is not I'll pass. I will try to get some exercise. But I refuse to get obsessed about sticking to a diet or not.
  • katiehepp1
    katiehepp1 Posts: 138 Member
    I think I agree with you all there, I don't want to eat so much that I feel sick and bloated like I use to so I think ikl be okay with a few treats as people say Christmas is once a year!
  • everher
    everher Posts: 909 Member
    Idk. I guess my family's weird. Christmas isn't a big production.

    There will be ham, roast, and an array of veggies. I'll probably have a serving of either roast or ham and a few servings of vegetables and call it a day.

    If anything, I'll probably be under calories because I find usually on Christmas I'm so busy I only eat dinner.

    We aren't big dessert people. There probably won't be any dessert and if there is it'll probably be a pie or something I can easily pass on. (Not much on dessert myself)

    My office Christmas party is Friday, but it's a pot luck and I know from experience not a person in my office can cook so I probably won't even eat there.
  • Tanafee
    Tanafee Posts: 11 Member
    hey there! i am just going to enjoy my Christmas and New Years as normal. In the New Year I will go for quality and learn to cook for myself instead of take out and choose quality over quantity
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    Maintenance break until January 3rd. There's just no way I'll survive baking Christmas cookies otherwise (my mom and I make about 10 different kinds... and they each need to be tested before they can be served to anyone :wink: )
  • ShammersPink
    ShammersPink Posts: 215 Member
    edited December 2016
    I'm taking a visit to the heart attack capital of the UK for Christmas. Hopefully I'll get out alive.

    More realistically, I'm away for a week, and then New Year festivities when I return. I'll be taking it relatively easy, and regarding it as a diet break before my final push in the New Year.

    I'm staying with tiny people, so that helps.
  • Ocrgrrrl
    Ocrgrrrl Posts: 189 Member
    edited December 2016
    This week I'm gong to sustain a good solid deficit. Christmas Eve morning I'm going on either a long run or hard spin session. Protein shakes from for the day until dinner where it's gonna be ON! Then Christmas Day all day it's gonna be ON, but I'm going to pace myself and not overstuff myself. Then Monday it's deficit as usual where I'm going to enjoy workouts where I actually feel fed for once! Then deficit again until New Years Eve.
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    I'm on maintenance already, started a week early as it was just getting too difficult and I was hassling myself about Christmas treats and feeling hungry due to switching calories up and down too much.

    I'll quick add 4000 calories for the big day and try to average out at maintenance over the holidays. I'll start lowering calories again in January, probably take 2-3 weeks to get back into a full deficit, going by previous experience.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    I'm in maintenance and will probably go over my calories a bit due to grazing on snack type things during the get together we have that day (which will be most of the day), but I'm not too worried about it and will get back to normal routine the day after.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    I'm in maintenance but I know if I don't want to be having to lose again I need to pick and choose what's worth splurging on. Have a couple of meals this week that will definitely be worth it (latkes and salmon for one/the other being a dessert buffet hosted by a local bakery). I can turn down most Christmas treats or work them into my calories.

    But I have 10 days off and since we aren't traveling I really need to make a plan to stay on track instead of taking over the couch and binge watching series I've been saving.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    I also switched to maintenance about 10 days ago, and it's made December so much easier! I've even lost just a little bit of weight in the last few days. I guess it's been a good practice for what maintenance will be like to some extent, since I'm about 15 lbs from my goal.

    Anyway, we'll be traveling for Christmas and gone for about 11 days, so I'm just going to do the best I can. Maintenance for most days, no limit on Christmas Eve and Christmas, and we'll be on the road for New Year's eve. I am thinking about taking my body weight scale with me, and maybe food scale, too, for some things.
  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    I plan my day around Christmas dinner and dessert. I'll log that first (probably the night before), then figure out the rest of the day accordingly. Macros may be wildly off from the usual, but overall calories should be reasonably close.
  • Snowdusk
    Snowdusk Posts: 36 Member
    Small amounts of everything I like, larger amounts of things I love :)
  • missmagnoliablossom
    missmagnoliablossom Posts: 240 Member
    I'm going to plan my day in advance and workout both days so that I can enjoy myself. For me personally, I need the consistency of sticking to my plan.
  • kejw08
    kejw08 Posts: 61 Member
    Christmas Eve and Christmas Day I'm not going to worry much about calories but every other day I will be sticking to my calorie goals.
  • katwills994
    katwills994 Posts: 12 Member
    I decided I would eat whatever I wanted during December but it backfired. Last night was a lot of candy, nacho chips and fast food which caused me to wake up with a "crappy food" hangover and I felt pretty sick and sluggish on my run this morning so I will be going back to eating healthy. It will be either 1 sweet treat or 1 salty treat each day. Not cookies, chocolate and candies everyday lol.

    Good luck everyone
  • NewGemini130
    NewGemini130 Posts: 219 Member
    I'm strict on plan till Thursday and thru a two day drive. Starting Friday night and for a week, I'm going to take it easy but not go overboard. Try and maintain like I'm a human without obesity tendencies. Fun!
  • scorpcookie
    scorpcookie Posts: 113 Member
    I imagine I will be over from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day and New Year's Eve/Day. All other days until then I'm hoping for a deficit or maintenance at the very worst.

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