How do you guys bounce back from a Thanksgiving binge?
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eardabac18
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Advice on getting back to normal eating? How much did you guys eat? I can’t help beating myself up... replies appreciated! The scale is still up 2 pounds for me since the holiday, and to be honest I’ve been slacking with my eating habits for the last week and a half! 
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There is no bouncing - some days you eat a little more than usual, no big deal - unless you keep beating yourself up, that is. So I'd recommend working on the perceived need to beat youself up, not worrying about what's "normal". Water weight comes and goes in its own good time. 2 pounds of fat is 7000 calories year round.8
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I don't think it's going to even happen until the leftovers are gone. That cheesecake...20
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I'm up a bit from the last few days. My plan:
Today and tomorrow (Sunday): 1 hr of cardio plus maintenance eating. Monday-Sunday: 500kcal deficit days with exercise most days. By next Sunday, the weight will be back off.
Most helpful: the craft beer and good wine are all gone!6 -
Do you know for for sure the holidays and week and half of not being on point with logging has resulted in 2 pounds of real weight gain? In any regards, not much you can do about it, so say good riddance to last week and the holidays and get back on point... today!
So stop beating yourself up! Reacting and worrying is added stress, it won't help you balance your weight back out. What will is actually eating your normal diet and resuming your normal activities and exercise (if you exercise).9 -
I figure that I consumed over 3500 calories on Thursday, Thanksgiving day. I planned for it, accepted it and enjoyed myself. On Friday, I went back to my regular weight loss program. I know that if I stick with my program, any temporary weight gained at Thanksgiving will come off.11
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Don't get too worried about one day, but you can't do it everyday. You will bounce back if you keep to your numbers on a regular basis. I went over about 400 calories, which I expected, and so ate wholesome, light foods yesterday, added some exercise, and logged in under 400 calories which is something I rarely do. I was so full from Thursday I didn't feel hungry all day Friday. I weighed today and dropped another pound after no loss for 2 weeks, so I feel great. Now we have a full month of gatherings to get through sensibly.2
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5 miles of hiking yesterday with my daughters and circuit training this morning. I have Thanksgiving round 2 today!
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azironasun wrote: »I figure that I consumed over 3500 calories on Thursday, Thanksgiving day. I planned for it, accepted it and enjoyed myself. On Friday, I went back to my regular weight loss program. I know that if I stick with my program, any temporary weight gained at Thanksgiving will come off.
This - plus my regular Friday night workout - Thanksgiving is one day not a four day weekend. And I didn’t weigh myself Friday - probably won’t until Sunday morning.2 -
Honestly it's really hard to lose weight around the holidays Thanksgiving specifically because its such a food oriented holiday really the biggest way I found to defeat the holidays is not to get into a defeatist mindset you know where you completely go over your calories one day and then you say screw it!!! And you have a huge binge. And then you see weight gain and then you say okay just one more binge and then you just keep doing it over and over while repeating the mantra "I'll start again tomorrow" - my advice is to do as much damage control as you can. Log everything you eat AS YOU ARE EATING IT and stop ASAP. And forgive yourself for going over. Remember there is no such thing as a "ruined day" it's always better to stop even if you are 500 or 1,000 calories over. Never just "throw the day away" - do as much harm reduction as you can. Count. Count. Count. Forgive yourself. And know that it's okay to go over. But that doesn't mean the day is ruined and you get to just "not count for the day" - basically what I'm saying is if you go over try to keep the breaks on it and don't let yourself shift into the mindset of "no counting today because its already ruined I'll just start tomorrow"8
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I didn´t cook (went to someone else´s home) so I have no leftovers to deal with or any issues with going back to my deficit eating. If you have leftovers to deal with maybe freeze some of them in correct sized portions for your deficit, and also partition out those that you plan to eat in the next day or so into appropriate sizes for your deficit. I definitely would freeze right away any desserts.2
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eardabac18 wrote: »Advice on getting back to normal eating? How much did you guys eat? I can’t help beating myself up... replies appreciated! The scale is still up 2 pounds for me since the holiday, and to be honest I’ve been slacking with my eating habits for the last week and a half!
I guess it starts with "don't binge". But having already done it, you just simply get back to your regular routine and it should soon settle down. Perhaps try to increase exercise activity a little bit to burn some off.0 -
I personally ate whatever I wanted on thanksgiving...way less than previous years because my stomach doesn't hold as much...but would still consider it a binge day. I dont know about you, but I felt like absolute crap: nauseous, bloated, lethargic and actually felt greasy for some reason. It was a great day but I couldn't wait to get back to normal eating. Turkey is the only leftover Im going to be eating. The day is done and you can't do anything about it except enjoy the memory. If you had the same crappy feeling though after you ate, it helps to think about that when your tempted to reach for the leftovers
Its a once a year occasion, there is no point in feeling guilty or trying to make up for it, just try to jump back into normal eating and let it be a one day binge instead of a week of leftover indulgence! 4 -
I kept my exercise routine going - at least a 30 minute run each day. I've had two really bad eating days - Thanksgiving dinner then 2nd Thanksgiving dinner. Today I'm on my version of detox (healthy eating lower calories) - yogurt with granola and cranberry, butternut squash soup, salad and turkey mushroom spinach risotto. No alchohol. No pie. Weighing in daily - fluctuating only 1/2 pound over the past few days. Not going to make holiday meals my thing again. Keep them special and I'll enjoy them more.0
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I ate what I wanted, gained some water weight, resumed logging and am within .2 pounds of my weight I recorded the day before Thanksgiving. C'est la vie. Life is meant to be lived. Get back to your logging and that excess weight will fall off.7
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I was up about 3 to 4 lbs but working out and watching and logging my intake and i am going to be back to pre Thanksgiving weight in 4 days.1
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It's just one day. The guilt shouldn't last that long. But, I'm sure damn few exercised since there was family, lots of food...........I made sure to exercise even more on Black Friday, and make today a lighter workout0
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If gained in just a couple of days, it is mostly just food weight. Get back to your diet and you will be back where you were within a few days or close to it. I do a 20:4 IF diet. I can gain 3--lbs easily on a splurge day but it will all be gone two to three days back on the diet.0
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I went over my calorie allotment while in deficit, but I estimate I was at maintenance or a bit over. I ate more than I would for dinner and I felt ´full´ but I did not feel bloated or overstuffed. I didn´t eat dessert so that probably had a lot to do with it. You can pack on 500 calories alone with a piece of pie or cake.0
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azironasun wrote: »I figure that I consumed over 3500 calories on Thursday, Thanksgiving day. I planned for it, accepted it and enjoyed myself. On Friday, I went back to my regular weight loss program. I know that if I stick with my program, any temporary weight gained at Thanksgiving will come off.
This - plus my regular Friday night workout - Thanksgiving is one day not a four day weekend. And I didn’t weigh myself Friday - probably won’t until Sunday morning.
I totally forgot the 4 mile run/walk Thanksgiving morning to start the day!0 -
I'm back to normal eating today pretty much. I weigh in on Sunday.
I put some leftovers in the freezer and threw the rest away last night.
I walked a bit more yesterday.2
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