Is anyone else dreading christmas dinner?
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You know what else I'm looking forward to? I think I am going to have EPIC workouts the day after Christmas after all that food.2
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RunRutheeRun wrote: »Nope!
It's two bigger than average meals (Christmas day and Boxing day) then it's back to the norm.
Oohhh i forgot about all the leftovers my mum will inevitably send me home with. So, i will revise my previous post to it's only 2days a year
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I don't dread or fear any meal, I think it's an indicator of a disordered relationship with food.
If it's important to me that I don't overeat and drink a lot of alcohol, then I won't overeat and drink a lot of alcohol. Otherwise, I'll eat and drink as I please, not worry one bit about it and realize that it's one day, and one day isn't going to hurt anything in the big picture.6 -
lady_ghost wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »No...it's just a day and one dinner...it's pretty irrelevant when you look at the bigger picture.
Also, don't know what your dinner looks like, but my Christmas dinner isn't terribly different from any other night other than the fact we're having ham...so, a lean protein, veg, and a starch...pretty par for the course.
Mine is full of fat carbs and red meat oh and sugar chocolate and alcohol. I'm having it with family
So? It is just one day. Enjoy it and get back on track the next day.1 -
Oh gosh no. It's only one day for me. I'll have a light breakfast because it's a long drive. I will then enjoy all the foods, just slightly smaller portions. I have no intentions of logging, and will return to my regularly scheduled program the next day. I didn't get fat in a single day. I'm not going to lose the weight/get healthy in a single day.2
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Hell no, I'm looking forward to it! I enjoy an occasional decadent meal and get right back to my usual routine.3
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It's definitely a worry for me. But that's because it's NOT just one meal for me. My birthday is right around Christmas, and my parents are divorced so two Christmas dinners right there, and then there's multiple sides of the family for each parent...all those Christmas celebrations add up! And don't get me started on the leftovers...gonna say no to those this time2
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I feel like dreading Christmas Day because of the potential to overeat is a pretty unhealthy mindset (and one I've certainly struggled with before!). It is this kind of catestrophising way of thinking that I think can give days that you overeat the power to derail your efforts completely.
Instead I'm going to go into it with the mindset that I will try to be mindful of what I am eating and will try not to go overboard, but If I do it's literally no big deal. A few bad days doesn't ruin everything. Just as a few good days doesn't put you at your goal weight.
I think accepting that and accepting that it's not a big deal will make it a lot easier to move on and return to your good routines afterwards.4 -
I dont celebrate Christmas, but if there was roast turkey, baked chicken, cornbread stuffing with herbs, mashed potatoes, rich gravy, baked macaroni and cheese, fluffy biscuits, candied yams and dessert, I can't see why you would dread it.3
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Nope, we are spending the day with some friends and neither of us are cooking much. My friend decided to allow Costco to do most of it (spiral ham and mashed potatoes and/or sweet potatoes) which is fine with me.; I think that she is cooking some vegetables. After cooking for 53 years I am done with traditions. I am making a salad buffet and another friend is bringing pumpkin pie. I don't eat anything with cinnamon so I will not be having extra desert calories.
Merry Christmas.0 -
redstarsabove wrote: »It's definitely a worry for me. But that's because it's NOT just one meal for me. My birthday is right around Christmas, and my parents are divorced so two Christmas dinners right there, and then there's multiple sides of the family for each parent...all those Christmas celebrations add up! And don't get me started on the leftovers...gonna say no to those this time
I'd be going on vacation during Christmas week if i were you3 -
Nope I can't wait this weekend and Boxing Day going to be so lovely
I'll eat whatever I want and enjoy ...I'll do it all over again New Years weekend too3 -
I'm only dreading having to deal with my MIL who has less of a memory than a goldfish. She'll be telling me what to eat, what's in every dish/pot, and that I don't want dessert because I don't do that anymore about 12 times in 5 minutes. B1tch, get out of my way and let me get my roasted potatoes.12
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I'm only dreading having to deal with my MIL who has less of a memory than a goldfish. She'll be telling me what to eat, what's in every dish/pot, and that I don't want dessert because I don't do that anymore about 12 times in 5 minutes. B1tch, get out of my way and let me get my roasted potatoes.
:laugh:
She sounds lovely :noway:
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i hate the holidays and how it has to be all about food. im not a fan of eating desert right after dinner because I am still full from dinner! But everyone seems to like to do that... I would rather wait hours until I am actually hungry for it than eating when I'm already full because food doesn't taste good then. And it's not just once meal it's christmas eve, christmas morning christmas brunch christmas dinner then new years day and eve I have family parties where people push food. Just very annoying and uncomfortable. I just want to enjoy the holiday, indulge in what I really want if I want it but not be pushed food when I'm not hungry.5
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Nope! I'm avoiding the people in the family I don't like this year. I am absolutely looking forward to Christmas this year. We're going cheap with food, just Digiorno and some biscuits with cookies and blueberry cobbler. We decided it would be better to spend the money on last minute presents.2
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Duck with kale... chestnut stuffing... weisswurst... Dresdner stollen... feuerzangenbowle.... I am definitely looking forward to Christmas!!! My food scale still works. MFP still works. Christmas (or any other holiday) doesn't necessarily mean overeating, just eating different foods than I might eat every other day of the year.
(We also do not spend holidays with stressful/rude people; "But they're faaaaamily" is a poor excuse to ruin my holidays, and I don't put up with that crap.)9 -
I'm on contest prep so I plan to eat some grass during..and maybe some tears..if there are calories left..we'll see.10
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ClosetBayesian wrote: »(We also do not spend holidays with stressful/rude people; "But they're faaaaamily" is a poor excuse to ruin my holidays, and I don't put up with that crap.)
I so love this! Just because they're family does not give them the right to be Aholes. And just because they're family doesn't automatically mean we have to put up with Aholes!
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