Salad for Christmas dinner

incisron · December 2016

Anyone keeping it healthy and having grilled chicken or a salad for Christmas dinner? Why or why not?

LAWoman72 · December 2016

No. I have salads every day.

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CafeRacer808 · December 2016

No. I'm eating everything for Christmas dinner. One big dinner won't make a bit of difference in the progress I've made this month.

cerise_noir · December 2016

LAWoman72 wrote: »

No. I have salads every day.

This.

I eat foods during Christmas that I don't usually have during the year. Worth it. No regrets.

everher · December 2016

I don't have a problem with having salad, in fact I love salad, but I will just be eating normal portion sizes of whatever.

jemhh · December 2016

No. We'll have a veggie tray and brussels sprouts because they are tasty but not out of a specific desire to be healthy.

AnvilHead · December 2016

Salad for Christmas dinner? You mean only salad?

LOL. LOLOL. LOLOLOL.

No.

jkd2426 · December 2016

yes salad, green beans, grilled chicken, baked potatoe, and NO DESSERT!

dasher602014 · December 2016

Along with turkey, cranberry and veggies, yes, I will be having a salad. Diets have to be sustainable. Feast days are part of life.

Meghanebk · December 2016

Nah. Why not eat fun things on holidays? As long as it's occasional, I eat what I want on special days.

But I am alone this year which means I eat what I choose, not "traditional" family favorites! Mjadrah, tatziki and fresh baked pita and some baklava, yum. Oh and some quinoa/cranberry/bean super salad, I guess that counts as salad.

tlflag1620 · December 2016

I am eating healthy for Christmas dinner - ham, acorn squash, green beans, Brussels sprouts with bacon... I will skip the mashed potatoes and dinner roll to make room for pie, which I suppose is "unhealthy".

Why do you imagine grilled chicken and salad to be the only "healthy" foods in existence? I'd wager most people will be having a number of healthy foods on Christmas Day, with a few treats mixed in for fun and festivity.

angel7472 · December 2016

Just NO! Life is too short not to enjoy yourself! I've been doing this for years and I've still lost the weight and maintained for over 2 years now. I cheat, cheat and cheat on holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. The other days of the year I work out and watch what I eat. I won't watch tomorrow and probably not the next day either (family coming from out of town) and I won't have an ounce of regret. I won't step on the scale either *gasp*

williams969 · December 2016

Hell no! I'm eating turkey, brisket, and a holiday roast. All. Of. It. Our family celebrates all the blessings we received over this last year during this last week of the year. And, yeah, we do it with festive and indulgent foods.

Erotyka · December 2016

I'm not exactly a salad lover on any other day of year, but to (what I assume is) your point - I'm staying on my diet throughout. It's just another day. Oddly, Christmas Day marks day 100 of my diet... I haven't been interested in cheat days in any of those 100 days, and Christmas is no different for me.

There's only two of us in the house, and it halves the cooking responsibility and cost of holiday food. Everyone wins.

Tubbs216 · December 2016

What?! No. My family, if I tried to pull that:

Christine_72 · December 2016

Surely you jest

There might be one salad on the table this year, and it'll be a calorific ceaser salad.

malibu927 · December 2016

I can have those any other day of the year. I'll eat Christmas food (spiral ham, desserts, etc.) and enjoy myself.

jennifer_417 · December 2016

Heck no, techno! I love salad, but Christmas only comes once a year!

AuthorNinja · December 2016

I will have a big ol' salad to kick things off. I'll eat other stuff, which I've planned for, but the salad will be a big part of my meal

kommodevaran · December 2016

My Christmas dinner didn't go exactly as planned. Because of too much date and pecan pie for second lunch, dinner had to be one piece of pork rib, an apple and a few sugar snap peas. Hell, I'll make up for it tomorrow.

Lounmoun · December 2016

incisron wrote: »

Anyone keeping it healthy and having grilled chicken or a salad for Christmas dinner? Why or why not?

No, because my family decided we'd like to have special burgers for Christmas this year and I can eat whatever I want. I have made homemade buns. I am throwing some spinach on my burger and other ingredients that might go in a salad. It isn't less healthy than grilled chicken or salad and it will be tasty.
I am logging my food as I do every day and don't really plan to exceed my maintenance level calories for the day

Annie_01 · December 2016

Does mac & cheese count as a salad? I put broccoli in it so that should count as healthy.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow I am not worrying too much about calories. I have worked out all week and later I will be getting on the rower to work off some of the oatmeal cookies that I am baking later tonight.

I get it that some people want to stay on track but for me taking a few days off now and then is enjoyable.

Last week I asked my son what he wanted for the holidays...we didn't pick the typical. Yesterday was pizza day. Today was burgers with the mac & cheese with oatmeal cookies for Christmas Eve. Tomorrow will be stuffed pork chops...more mac & cheese and some roasted vegetables...maybe some snickerdoodles.

SLLRunner · December 2016

incisron wrote: »

Anyone keeping it healthy and having grilled chicken or a salad for Christmas dinner? Why or why not?

Healthy is in the perception.

I'm having turkey or ham and the works. All in moderation. Now, that's healthy.

nutmegoreo · December 2016

You mean like potato salad or egg salad right? Yup, on the side of my turkey, pork, cranberries, stuffing, yams with candied pecan crust, mashed potatoes, date pinwheel cookies, chocolates, candied nuts, shortbread cookies, and then dessert which is usually a couple options for pies and various things served with whipped cream. I will take smaller portions of everything, but it's only the one day and I would rather enjoy my time with my family than worry about the number of calories I'm eating.

kgirlhart · December 2016

Not me. I eat salads all the time. I will be eating the special holiday foods and not feeling guilty at all about it. Plus I eat "unhealthy" and "healthy" foods every day. I will probably just have a few more servings than usual.

snickerscharlie · December 2016

Not one morsel of salad shall pass these lips tomorrow.

Not. One.

fastingrabbit · December 2016

What are your plans, OP?

kbmnurse · December 2016

Hell no.

sardelsa · December 2016

No way. It's Christmas, plus I'm bulking. All the foods are belong to me !

RAinWA · December 2016

I will be having a wilted spinach salad with bacon and cranberries and slivered almonds. And I will be having ham, au gratin potatoes, brussel sprouts homemade pie and ice cream. The spinach calories will cancel out the pie and ice cream calories, right? And we are having cinnamon rolls for breakfast, think I need a veggie to cancel out those calories?

I've been on maintenance for awhile and I have figured out that not paying attention on a few holidays makes absolutely no difference and I enjoy celebrating those days. As long as it's just a day here and there. I am usually way over on sodium though so I expect a few days of water weight.

Salad for Christmas dinner

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