This is, without a doubt, my biggest challenge month of the year. We have officially entered the eating season in my family. There will be events, occasions and celebrations from now until New Years that will tempt me to stray from keto. Of course, I’m posting this on the biggest eating day of the year, Thanksgiving Day.

So, I won’t be setting any unrealistic goals for December. I will be in keto survival mode to finish out 2019. I hope to hang out at or below my present scale reading while holding onto the non-scale victories keto has given me in 2019. Looking forward to hearing how all of you handle the eating season.

Hi. I'm jumping aboard to keep recording this month. This will be my 3rd month of Keto (or any form of 'diet').

So far I have managed to lose 9.4kg since I began in early October. My goal this month is pretty simple: keep up with the diet as close as I can, and not be overly concerned with the scales.

I'd like to see my weight drop below 90kg before the end of the month and keep it off, which seems an easy enough task, given I'm 90.2kg as of today, but as we know, Christmas is only 23 days away..

I'm going away for the week of Christmas, but it should be easy enough to keep it up as I'll be at my parents place and have access to the kitchen and able to cook for myself. (Likely my dad will still cook for me, and be happy enough to cook different stuff for me if I asked him to, especially when I can prove it's working for me)

I've decided I'm going to allow myself 2 days this month where I will relax my carb restrictions. Christmas day (obviously, Dad will be cooking and he's the best; I'm biased there lol), and the 27th Dec as it's my daughters 18th birthday. I will still try to keep minimal even on those days, but not going to beat myself up if I go over.

12/01-209
12/08
12/15
12/22
12/29

DECEMBER

12/01- 168.75
12/08
12/15
12/22
12/29

Well, I lost a few pounds last month, but I've been holding steady at the same weight for like 4 weeks. At this time of year, I'm going to go ahead and call that a win!

SW January 2018: 215
CW: 188
GW: 175

I'm 5'11", 46 years old, and I've been trying to get to the gym a few times a week and log my food daily. (for the most part, anyway) I welcome friend requests, although I'm not incredibly active here on MFP.

NSV TODAY: Totally killed it at the gym today. It was a circuit training class, and I pushed it to the max at every station, until I had no choice but to skip a station. Feels nice to be noticing that my fitness is improving. I might not ever look like I did in a bikini 20 years ago, but I still have a chance of being even more fit and healthy than I was back then! Score!

12/1: 188
12/8: 188
12/15:
12/22:
12/29:

Are we supposed to post weight here? I posted on the Simpson thread??

TheMerryMermaid wrote: »

I got my 6-month (free) assessment with my trainer at my gym. She instructed me to bump up my calories significantly and stick to the workout routine she laid out for me. I did just that and boom!!! I'm down this week!
So now, I'm not stressing about calories and carbs- just being diligent about carbs, staying around 30-40g which usually is around 20-26g net carbs. I feel fantastic working out 4-5x a week. I'm doing so much more than only swimming!
I hate to jinx this by stating that my December goal is to be under 160, but that's what I'm working towards and this early in the month- it seems attainable. I've been hovering in the mid to high 160's for the past 2 months. The scale doesn't fluctuate much, but I do see a difference in my body, the way my clothing fits and how I feel in general. So that kept me sticking to my eating plan. I'm actually looking forward to next week's weigh in!

12/01- 168.75
12/08 -165.25
12/15
12/22
12/29

Wow, this is so inspiring, AND insightful!!! I'm right there with you on weight and goals. Can you talk about your workout routine a bit? Congratulations!!

HW: 250
CW: 202.5
GW: 175

December GW: 199

12/01: 202.5
12/08: 201.0 (-1.5)
12/15:
12/22:
12/29:

chinatowninchina wrote: »

greetings once more from Argentina but heading home soon..........not excited about getting on the scales AHHHHHHHH!!!

Hello everyone I totally new in keto deit I want to loos weight so hope you can help me

December 2019 was not my best effort. I seemed to give in to every temptation I faced. As of today my net results for 2019 is a gain of 4.5 pounds, so I guess I should revise my statement and just say all of 2019 was not my best effort. That said, I’m looking forward to 2020. There are several significant milestones in my life in 2020 to look forward to. I will turn 70, reach 50 years of marriage to my high school sweetheart and attend a 10 year group (60-69 grads) high school reunion. All of those should be enough incentive to make put in a better effort in 2020.

No excuses, complaints or regrets for 2019. I can’t imagine how much I would have gained without all of your support to hold me accountable on this thread. I hope to see you all back here in 2020.

Okay, so I did not make my goal to be under 160, BUT, I did have a small loss.
AND I did not gain.YAY! I'm okay with that, for a couple of reasons. First, Christmas stress, food, parties. Second, I had a cold (for the first time in 3 years!!!) and I didn't make it to the gym as often as I would've liked. Birthday cake for me and then more birthday cake. Please don't judge.
Oh and by the way- I try to be as holistic as possible, but I ended up taking NyQuil to sleep with the cold. I just found out that one dose of NyQuil is 19 grams of carbs!!!!!!!!! 19 carbs for a dose-two tablespoons. WOW! That may have played some part in the scale not budging.
The last 12 weeks or so, I've pretty much hovered in the mid 160's to 168ish. But my body has changed in those 12 wks. Inches lost around my belly and pants fit looser.
Again, I'm okay with where I am right now. Tomorrow is a new day and a new year. This year I've shed 26 pounds total. Almost all of that 26 lbs was after July.
So glad to be here on MFP and read your successes and heartaches.

12/01- 168.75
12/08 -165.25
12/15- 166
12/22 -166
12/29-169.8
12/31 - 165.75