How many of you found it easy to get back on track after the holidays?

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  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    edited January 2019
    Smooth as silk.

    It's just following a budget. I eat all the rich luxurious foods around the holidays in the same way I spend a bit more around the holidays on gifts. I simply don't keep doing this throughout the year.

    I plan my bulking phases during the holidays and work on developing muscle and schedule in fat loss once this is over.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    Never left... just staying my course.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    I didn't overeat over the holidays, although I did eat more salt and carbs, plus just looking at an airplane seems to result in bloat, so I did gain about 5 pounds.

    I was happy to get back to my own routine and the extra weight was gone within a week and I am down another four pounds since then.
  • tigerblue
    tigerblue Posts: 1,526 Member
    I didn't go terribly off-track. I can count the treats I had between Thanksgiving and New Year's on two hands. I still gained 5 pounds between mid-December and New Years.

    Getting back on track has not been hard. I am highly motivated. But getting the pounds to come off is much harder. It always comes on quickly (5 pounds in 2 weeks), but leaves slowly. I actually got back on track the day after Christmas (I didn't even have birthday cake for my birthday 3 days after Christmas, and I only had one glass of champagne and one small scoop of ice cream on New Years). So now it has been 3 weeks, and I have only lost 3 lbs. But at least I am losing it.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Never really went off track. We spent a few days visiting family who don’t eat like we do, and were glad to get home and have some vegetables.
  • BaVIP073
    BaVIP073 Posts: 22 Member
    I overate and drank during the holidays and did gain about 1.5 pounds. After the holidays, I just stopped booze and sweets and now I'm back on track. It wasn't really hard for me at all.
  • BattyKnitter
    BattyKnitter Posts: 503 Member
    It wasn't too bad actually. I enjoyed the food, gained 5 lbs, but now I'm enjoying my healthy meals. I make room in my calories for more treats than usual for the first few days back to ease those cravings.
  • oceangirl99
    oceangirl99 Posts: 161 Member
    Ugh. I didn't really gain - some water weight yes, but dropped that quickly but generally my loss has slowed so much for the past 3 months it is driving me nuts. That's because I have less to lose and I certainly haven't been as diligent in tracking as I know I should be.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I was happy to get back to it. I took a diet break (10 days) at Thanksgiving and 3 days of maintenance calories at Christmas and then again at New Year's. In between Christmas and NY I gave myself an extra 200ish calories per day for an additional treat.

    I have learned I am happier and I feel better eating what is now normal for me. By normal I mean in a deficit and the foods I rely on to maintain it. However, I have been eating this way for 11 months now. I am betting I would struggle if the holidays had hit within 2 months or so of me starting.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I just moved to maintenance for the week of Christmas/NYE and lost 2 pounds. I guess I wasn't at maintenance :D
  • garystrickland357
    garystrickland357 Posts: 598 Member
    CSARdiver wrote: »
    Smooth as silk.

    It's just following a budget. I eat all the rich luxurious foods around the holidays in the same way I spend a bit more around the holidays on gifts. I simply don't keep doing this throughout the year.

    I plan my bulking phases during the holidays and work on developing muscle and schedule in fat loss once this is over.

    That's a great way to look at things.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    shaf238 wrote: »
    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.

    :|:D
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    I wasn't ever really off track for more than a day or so.
  • SaritaJack
    SaritaJack Posts: 48 Member
    I did okay over the holidays, until the very end when I suddenly gained 5lbs! Getting home and back on track has taken 4.6 off without trying, but the sugar cravings have been rough. After about 3 days I was feeling great and not caring at all that I can’t eat candy at the moment. Then the cravings swung back around and it’s been rough for a few days now! I realized that I wasn’t drinking enough water, though, and that’s helped. I was also eating fruit to try to satiate my sweet tooth, but I’ve found that crunching carrots is way more effective.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    Back to my original weight before holidays/ vacation.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    garystrickland357 wrote: »
    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.

    I did eat more, as there were more goodies around, but they are gone now, and I am no longer in #BakeAllTheThings mode.

    I missed one day of exercise.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    vanityy99 wrote: »
    Back to my original weight before holidays/ vacation.

    Since yesterday?
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    Sharon_C wrote: »
    I just moved to maintenance for the week of Christmas/NYE and lost 2 pounds. I guess I wasn't at maintenance :D

    Lucky girl.

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