Poll: Your Christmas Plan.
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1/2 of A - I will enjoy myself
B - I plan on eating at maintenance for the next week
C - I will log it all, the days I hit my goal and the days I go 1000s cals over3 -
I plan on using all 3, except I will still enjoy myself. Track my food doesn't stop me from having a good time. What's important is the special time spent with my family, creating wonderful memories. Food and drink will be included, but it won't be the centre of my attention.
In addition I'll continue to calorie cycle, watching my average calorie intake, over the week, rather daily. I'll save calories for things I really love. Balance heavier meals, with some lighter ones. It's all about balance and adjusting my intake to suit me. I'll log as accurately as possible, but also estimate in some situations. Aiming for close to maintenance calories over the next fortnight. Having a target calorie range of 1,700 up to 2,000 calories per day, as it's a special occasion. But if I go over, it won't bother me. Tracking at/after each meal does help me to cap excess calorie intake and not eat mindlessly. This will also keep my 625 day unbroken streak, of accurate daily logging. It will also provide accurate data for me, to analyse in the future. But should one or two days go above this target, it won't bother me.
I'll use Christmas as a planned diet break, then in the New Year, I will continue as planned. Cutting calories once again, to have a calorie deficit, aiming to lose my final 0.5lb, to reach my goal.
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I don't expect to log everything Christmas day. Don't worry, I won't be under-eating.4
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My plan is portion control.
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C. I am tracking and enjoying the meals. Two Christmas lunches down; one lunch and two dinners remaining✨4
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D. OTHER: Enjoy myself, but track anyway, even if that takes me over Maintenance.
Thats my strategy as I do wish to savor in once a year food options, but I also recognize/appreciate the accountability and habit of tracking.
Last year, I went with a combination of B/C and I was miserable and distracted by the need to stay within a range when all I really wanted to do was enjoy brunch with my family - a brunch we only do together once a year on Christmas. That’s meaningful to me - the memories of the time together are worth any extra calories I might consume in Christmas Kolbas or the Hungarian paprika bacon....
... but I also have a cruise to the Caribbean 2.5 weeks later, so I won’t go hog wild either. Back on track starting with dinner at home on 12/25.6 -
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D. We celebrate Yule/Winter Solstice in our house and have already had our holiday meals.1
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C. It's just like any other day to me.1
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Track and log calories, aim for maintenance through New Years Day.2
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Trying for B - Eat maintenance2
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Eat all the fuds, attempt tracking for the sake of the data. But I'm sitting below goal, so technically can gain 700g before even batting an eyelid. I'm not sure even with alcohol that I could actually manage that in a day (as in actual fat gain).5
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Enjoy myself.
Log guesstimates.
Not worry, since I've banked a load of extra exercise calories this week.6 -
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I quit tracking on about December 15th and probably won't start again until mid-January.
I'm not going crazy with the eating, but I have added a few extra Christmas treats into my day.
I am exercising a bit more.3 -
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Enjoy myself but track.2 -
A. I don't track anyways. And eat at surplus because that is my goal atm. But despite all the dinners, by the end of the week I usually end up eating a lot less to even it out2
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C. I’m tracking and focusing on my weekly average. I’m banking extra calories for the special treats. Yesterday I was under goal by 500-600 cals as a result of a double workout and our girls night out dinner was sashimi so pretty low cal. Today I was 300-400 over after a huge holiday brunch then skipping my workout to get my nails done with my step daughter. It’s 7pm and I’m still full from brunch so skipping dinner. The two days together pretty much balance out. This is what I do around all holidays and special occasions1
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Hybrid of A & C, mostly.
As an orphaned-widowed-childless only child, in a geographic latitude of short days and a climate of much overcast (US, mid-Michigan), an avid rower with frozen rivers, I struggle at this time of year. I simply have to trust that another Spring will come.
At age 62, survivor of stage III cancer, there are no guarantees. Frankly, it feels like a fight with myself. Every. Single. Year.
Every Fall I plant things. Every Spring they bloom.
Gotta be enough.21
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