How many of you found it easy to get back on track after the holidays?
vanityy99
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Not I. Before the holidays ( while on vacation) i got into a easy routine, to the point where I didn’t even have to count calories.
I go on vacation and eat outside what I was use to, and that’s it, I come home and the cravings on the rage - not feeling energized and upbeat. We would go out and id skip an actual meal and just order dessert now all I crave is deep fried Oreos with French vanilla ice cream on the side . Now I get why some people try to avoid certain foods altogether. I been good so far; having berries to curb my sweet tooth. But the pounds are not budging quit yet.
How easy was it for you to get back on track?
I go on vacation and eat outside what I was use to, and that’s it, I come home and the cravings on the rage - not feeling energized and upbeat. We would go out and id skip an actual meal and just order dessert now all I crave is deep fried Oreos with French vanilla ice cream on the side . Now I get why some people try to avoid certain foods altogether. I been good so far; having berries to curb my sweet tooth. But the pounds are not budging quit yet.
How easy was it for you to get back on track?
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Like a breeze.3
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I didn't go off track during the holidays to be honest. I had 1-2 days I went over my calories, but that was it. I make room everyday for chocolate ice cream
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For me, it was fine. I even lost half a pound over the two week holiday/New Year. I just kept logging and ate reasonably, allowing myself treats everyday. I ate a bit over and a bit under, it all balanced out in the end.
You can get back on track! I have faith in you. Get it!2 -
I didn't go off track during the holidays to be honest. I had 1-2 days I went over my calories, but that was it. I make room everyday for chocolate ice cream
Yeah before my vacation I could potion out my ice cream. If I eat it now I’ll go a lil overboard and skip a whole nutritional meal, hi old me. To be fair to myself- I didn’t even overeat I just I find it hard to get into a routine and back on it.
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RunnerGrl1982 wrote: »For me, it was fine. I even lost half a pound over the two week holiday/New Year. I just kept logging and ate reasonably, allowing myself treats everyday. I ate a bit over and a bit under, it all balanced out in the end.
You can get back on track! I have faith in you. Get it!
Thank you!!!
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From Saturday before US Thanksgiving to Saturday after New Years, 6 weeks, I lost 3 lb. I wouldn't say I stayed on track for any of the big days, but the slightly higher altitude view of things is that I wanted to lose 0.5 lb each week and in 6 weeks I lost 3 lb. That's a win.7
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I was actually pretty happy to get back on track after a week of visiting family and not really counting calories at all. I did have one binge night with pizza when we got home but the next morning just went right back to it. Lost the extra holiday weight in about a week.
I used to always struggle getting back into a routine anytime I had a vacation or holiday. I think this time around I’ve more accepted that I’m going to have to live this routine (aka make it a lifestyle) pretty much forever if I want to reach my goal and stay at it.
Oh and the daily weigh-ins help too. Stepping on the scale every morning definitely gets me thinking about staying on track 2 -
Running2Fit wrote: »I was actually pretty happy to get back on track after a week of visiting family and not really counting calories at all. I did have one binge night with pizza when we got home but the next morning just went right back to it. Lost the extra holiday weight in about a week.
I used to always struggle getting back into a routine anytime I had a vacation or holiday. I think this time around I’ve more accepted that I’m going to have to live this routine (aka make it a lifestyle) pretty much forever if I want to reach my goal and stay at it.
Oh and the daily weigh-ins help too. Stepping on the scale every morning definitely gets me thinking about staying on track
Yes agree if it wasn’t for them having a scale I would’ve gained a lot more.
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I don't go very much off track during the holidays or on vacation, and I don't log consistently either. Holiday food is not that different for me than regular everyday food. I don't drink often either, and when I do is in moderation because my stomach can’t handle a lot of booze, nor I have a sweet tooth. Since I am retired, I am not around office's sweet temptations or parties, and that is very helpful.
Even if I eat a little bit more or something different, I am back to my regular "diet" as soon as the NY starts. Be positive, strong and stay focus. You can do it!
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From Thanksgiving (US) through New Years I lost 5 pounds. During that time I had 2 family T-day meals, 2 holiday work parties, 3 family Christmas meals, and unfortunately 2 family funerals. I ate what I wanted during all of those meals, especially the homemade pies 🥧!
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I just started tracking again yesterday! Not feeling too bad about getting off track for a couple weeks. Time to get my booty back on it though!1
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Easy as pie.4
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Only lost a lb. for the whole month, but I did get back to the gym after knee surgery, took some new classes, made some new friends, bought way too much cool stuff. All-in-all, it was a great holiday.3
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I exercised a whole lot during the 16 days of Christmas holidays in preparation for a half marathon last Sunday, and while I ate a bit more than usual during that time, I didn't overeat ... and didn't gain weight.
Now that I'm finished the half marathon, I'm easing back on the eating.0 -
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No problem whatsoever. My goal was to maintain through the holidays. I ate everything my little heart desired for 4 days and was back to pre-Christmas weight (which was a pound lower than pre-Thanksgiving) by NYD.1
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Easy most of the time - routine helps majorly!1
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No problem at all. I've been at this a while, so my habits are pretty dialed in.1
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Didn't need to get 'back' on track as I never left it. It's too easy to use the holidays as an excuse to fall (back) into bad habits and I don't think it's a justified excuse.2
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I'm the opposite of a lot of folks here in that it's been a challenge. I didn't stop logging, and I've already lost the couple pounds the scale went up during the holidays, but I've been struggling to get lower than maintenance calories the past couple weeks. I actually did better over the holidays than in the week or so following Christmas. It can be hard to shake some of the celebratory habits even once the cause for celebration is past
But alcohol has always been my primary barrier, and we polished off the whiskey last night so I'll actually be back at a deficit this week, huzzah.
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seeing as i naturally eat close to my maintenance (maintained for 3 years without logging anything), i dont really gain over the holidays. i figure i eat whatever i want 4 days out of the year - thanksgiving, xmas eve, xmas, and my birthday (which was yesterday). it doesnt make a difference in the grand scheme of things.
its when you turn a day into a week into a month into .... then its a problem.0 -
I gained a couple pounds but mostly water weight. As soon as my routine was back and I had a look at my upcoming goals it was super easy.0
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No problems at all. I’ve tracked everything I eat for the past 5 years, and the only difference about Christmas, Christmas Eve, and NYE is that I eat at maintenance calories.
I gained a couple of pounds of water and glycogen weight, but that’s from being a slug instead of training, and actually having fully repleted glycogen stores. That’s been coming back off, and I recorded a new low weight last week.0 -
Not I. Before the holidays ( while on vacation) i got into a easy routine, to the point where I didn’t even have to count calories.
I go on vacation and eat outside what I was use to, and that’s it, I come home and the cravings on the rage - not feeling energized and upbeat. We would go out and id skip an actual meal and just order dessert now all I crave is deep fried Oreos with French vanilla ice cream on the side . Now I get why some people try to avoid certain foods altogether. I been good so far; having berries to curb my sweet tooth. But the pounds are not budging quit yet.
How easy was it for you to get back on track?
Difficult, I got sidelined with the flu and then a knee injury so exercise has been out. I feel completely off without my running routine and I haven’t been focusing very much on protein because of that. My diets been fine otherwise though and I’ve been unintentionally losing weight I don’t need to lose (trying to maintain here).1 -
honestly I was sooo off track for basically all of 2018
that it wasn't that hard to get back onto track at all I lost 64lbs in 2016 & 2017 then in 2018 I gained 35lbs so I was ready to get back onto track because it sucks losing pounds I have already lost I have lost 6lbs so far since Jan 3rd 3 -
I went off track seriously for about a week between Christmas and New Years. I continued to track calories, but ate everything in sight. I was basically testing the limits of MFP's calorie calculator. I gained 7lbs. As of yesterday, I was back to where I was before Christmas, so I guess that's good. I didn't have any real difficulties getting back on track, but wasted a few weeks.2
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peppermintcaroline wrote: »I gained a couple pounds but mostly water weight. As soon as my routine was back and I had a look at my upcoming goals it was super easy.
This was pretty much me. I kept logging except for Thanksgiving day and Christmas day - I gave up, lol. The rest of the time I maintained my exercise schedule. I enjoyed the treats and goodies - but I didn't gorge myself. It was easy to put the goodies away and decide "the holidays are over" and get back to my normal routine. Within a week I was back to the same weight as before the holidays.0 -
I'm still not really back on track. Whatever that means.
I am back at exercising as long as it stays above 45*F. I did kick the snack food to the curb and adopt a, "I will eat the food I like, and not so much the food I love," approach - which I read on this site somewhere and I really like it.
However, (go figure) I can still overeat on "like" food.
I have dialed it back from a daily overage of 700 calories per day to 300 per day so at least I have that going for me.
I'm in maintenance for years now. Right now (and for a month) I've been hovering at the highest acceptable number so I'm getting pretty serious now.
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I did fine, but I wouldn't exactly attribute it to my own willpower I had to work all days except Dec 25 and Jan 1, so my routine was not too far off from usual. It is pretty hard to overeat at my work because I am just so busy. It is those idle hands and free time during the holidays that usually get me!
I totally agree with your overall point, though. Anytime I go on vacation, or even just 1-2 days where I take a weekend "off" from eating right, I find it so hard to get back on track. I don't usually have a problem resisting cravings, but they seem to be so much more intense when I have been off-track in the prior days! I was definitely craving French fries and a greasy burger yesterday for this very reason
That said I am really proud of my overall progress. I haven't lost a ton of weight yet but I am getting into better habits overall. I restarted logging in September, rather than waiting for the new year. I feel like I have a good jump on things and will be well on-track to be more comfortable with my weight by the time summer comes around 3 -
Pretty easy...I'm pretty loose with things Thanksgiving through New Years food wise and exercise is hit or miss, and then I just get right back to things...it's my little mini break and then back to normal. I've been good livin' though for quite a number of years.
I usually put on about 10 Lbs every fall/winter and start taking it off in January and I'm back to maintenance usually by March or April.0
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