Christmas Day - how much damage???

WobblyPickle
WobblyPickle Posts: 16 Member
in Motivation and Support
🐷🐷🐷best intentions and did well all day until the big turkey dinner tonight... then Xmas pud with too much wine and then chocolates... scales will not be good tomorrow! How did everyone else get on?
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  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,078 Member
    Did good last night at dinner then over 1000 calories for dessert. Today's probably the same. Tomorrow is all day at the movies, pizza, cake, and ice cream for my nephews birthday. Today's the only day I'm not working out, I'll probably be up two lbs from all of this but don't mind going off maintenance to lose a few pounds. If there weren't chocolate and cookies I'd be under calories!
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    my belly hurts to much yummy food
  • sugarcakes38
    sugarcakes38 Posts: 80 Member
    Tamales, beans, my moms famous potato salad, sugar cookie & chocolate fudges, couple of deviled eggs and Mexican wedding cookies.... ate to my hearts content. Today, grazed. There’s without a doubt SOME damage, but nothing that won’t come off with my normal routine. Lastly, I’ve known since I started this weight loss journey that I was going to enjoy Christmas as I always have, food included. Hope it was a great Christmas for everyone.
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
    Nah. Didn't even try. We cut a lil bit of the turkey for dinner and carve the rest after.

    Which means I ate a whole meal then carved a turkey during which time I ate most of the skin and nibbled on dark meat and bits of crispy fat. I'm now way overfull and ate waaaaay more calories than I recorded lol.

    And of course I've been eating chocolates all day, drinking wine, and there's pie.

    But that's ok! It's just one day. I maybe gained back just one pound. No biggie. I'll lose it again. :)
  • durhammfp
    durhammfp Posts: 494 Member
    1200 calories, mostly in the form of my own homemade chocolate chip cookies... I mean I did have to taste-test some, and then the broken ones could not be wasted, and then I had to have a few performative ones when I shared the others, and then...
  • maureenkhilde
    maureenkhilde Posts: 849 Member
    I knew today Christmas I would be going way over. And I did. I had some full fat, real sugar chocolate candy, the one I cannot resist. But is done and over now. Had dessert too! Enjoyed every last bit of everything. Tomorrow back to being good. And I recorded it all.
  • moonangel12
    moonangel12 Posts: 971 Member
    I actually don’t think I did too bad. I loosely logged and am just barely in the red. Breakfast was heaviest hitting with breakfast pizza and casserole and gluten free cinnamon rolls that were really really good! Lunch I opted for a huge salad with chicken and a small potato (fully loaded) versus fried fish, hush puppies, etc. Hubby even went for a leisurely 1.25 mile walk mid morning with me! The kicker for me for the last two days were these gluten free lemon bar things my mother in law made. Lemon desserts are a fave for me, and a rare occurrence. Drank unsweetened tea and water, a little OJ with bfast this morning.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I had a good workout, but then had coffee with whip cream and a powder sugar donut for breakfast. Had a couple of homemade cookies from the neighbor, and 2 more of same coffees. Lunch was vegetables with chicken. Dinner was fajita chicken and onions with quac and pico, too many chips. I felt like the biggest thing was I was mostly sedentary on the couch being lazy for most of the day. But it's a holiday so🤷‍♀️
  • guil0095
    guil0095 Posts: 327 Member
    My day started off well, with good intentions. Dinner killed me. & the hubby filled my stocking with a bunch of chocolate from a local shop. Ughhh, lets say major damage was done!
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,352 Member
    Family came to my house—3 people and a dog, so didn’t really get a chance to sit down and eat. Grabbed some crudités and some tastes while cooking. Did enjoy a bit of cake and bubbly before I kicked them all out ☺️
  • sweetbe44
    sweetbe44 Posts: 195 Member
    All my good intentions went to hell and I ate like a complete *kitten* today. I thought I had this kind of out of control eating in check. Not beating myself up, I know this will just be a blip in my overall trend but I have some things to reflect on.
  • Chris_J99
    Chris_J99 Posts: 175 Member
    Yesterday and today will be write offs.
    We have almost finished the cheese and biscuits that we treat ourselves with in December.
    Some lbs have found me again this morning but I am not surprised 😮
    Tomorrow is a new day to start again.
    Roll on 2020
    😁🎄💪🏼
  • EmilyEnough
    EmilyEnough Posts: 67 Member
    Today was bad enough to inspire a MFP reboot.

    FR me y'all. 😲😂🙃💓
  • aries68mc
    aries68mc Posts: 173 Member
    I did over do it last night, but I am going to say in regards to sodium intake. I hosted and did the ham so was eating it while carving! Scale was up this morning just less than 2 pounds.
  • loseitwithbee
    loseitwithbee Posts: 28 Member
    I couldn't eat anything except the chicken because I'm on Whole 30. So I made broccoli salad, and some guac to bring over to family's house. My husband and I had the chicken and the sides I made.
  • TrueGrit732
    TrueGrit732 Posts: 52 Member
    WobblyPickle wrote: »
    🐷🐷🐷best intentions and did well all day until the big turkey dinner tonight... then Xmas pud with too much wine and then chocolates... scales will not be good tomorrow! How did everyone else get on?

    Not good
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    The 3 Days of Christmas food is now over.

    Moving on...three days of around 3000 calories each. I'm kind of glad it's over, to be honest! Back to level-headed food again.
  • HeatherLeAnn622
    HeatherLeAnn622 Posts: 45 Member
    Yep. Went over most of this week. I just remember that in the grand scheme of things, I'm STILL overall in a deficit. Any real fat gain is minimal. I have made myself not fall into the trap of "I'll start over at the New Year." Just get right back on track! (do your best anyway) I hope everyone had a great holiday!
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I ate whatever I wanted, still have another meal today. But it's one large meal per day so it's not bad.

    Plus my calorie goal is so high I probably didn't even come close to hitting actual maintenance.
  • makingup2do
    makingup2do Posts: 5 Member
    Almost hit 5000 calories yesterday, but hey, I’m bulking. The cutting comes next week.
  • Hollis100
    Hollis100 Posts: 1,408 Member
    We had Christmas dinner in a restaurant with lots of sodium-rich food. My scale was up one pound today. I believe it'll be down in a day or two. Back to real life for me.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    My Christmas Eve was pretty rough because of Chinese takeout and candy & cookies. But actually, Christmas Day wasn't bad. We're kinda weird and just have relatives over for brunch which was mainly veggie omelets, toast, and 4 types of fruit. Our dinner was a normal everyday dinner of kung pao chickpeas with cabbage. I did eat a lot of Italian nougat (yum) but really, not that overboard and no alcohol. Scale was up 2 lb from Christmas Eve (sodium) and back down this morning.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You can't really do much damage in a single day, or even in a few days.
  • astidog99
    astidog99 Posts: 20 Member
    I was surprised I was not drawn to the choccies as much as I thought I would be. Yes I have a quality dtreet tin full of just my faves, but last year I rationed them to make them last. this year I will ration them and fit them into my plan.
    Saying that...Boxing day is not a good day to be weight in day- eeeep!!! scales just showing 1lb up from last week, but seeing there has been 2 meals out, Christmas eve butties and pasties and Christmas day I can live with the figures going the wrong way.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    One meal will not make or break your year or week 🤷🏻‍♀️
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    edited December 2019
    I respect and admire all those who limited your holiday eating to 1-2 days!!
    My holiday over-eating started last Friday and ended last night when I threw out all the remaining cookies, Maple Cream Pie, and stuff I knew I'd eat. Six days of endless mindless shoveling, argh. Even though I've felt stuffed to the gills for the past week with sugar and fat laden foods, I'd still open my mouth and mindlessly shovel it in. Pathetic huh? :( I am not proud of myself. :/ And the hardest thing I'm facing this morning is the two-timing of my mindset. Part 1 says This is IT, back to it NOW, but the part 2 is saying Open the DaMn fridge and see what is there to eat.
    Speak UP part 1 so I can hear you better!!!
    Oh and did I happen to mention I'm an emotional eater, as in now all my family have left my home quiet again and I don't know when I'll get to see them again? :(
    Man, I need a 12 step program to conquer this.
    So, all this to answer a question that I could've used 2 words for.....Too Much!!
  • nuzziek
    nuzziek Posts: 69 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    I respect and admire all those who limited your holiday eating to 1-2 days!!
    My holiday over-eating started last Friday and ended last night when I threw out all the remaining cookies, Maple Cream Pie, and stuff I knew I'd eat. Six days of endless mindless shoveling, argh. Even though I've felt stuffed to the gills for the past week with sugar and fat laden foods, I'd still open my mouth and mindlessly shovel it in. Pathetic huh? :( I am not proud of myself. :/ And the hardest thing I'm facing this morning is the two-timing of my mindset. Part 1 says This is IT, back to it NOW, but the part 2 is saying Open the DaMn fridge and see what is there to eat.
    Speak UP part 1 so I can hear you better!!!
    Oh and did I happen to mention I'm an emotional eater, as in now all my family have left my home quiet again and I don't know when I'll get to see them again? :(
    Man, I need a 12 step program to conquer this.
    So, all this to answer a question that I could've used 2 words for.....Too Much!!

    Don't feel bad!! I also started feasting last Friday, through the end of Christmas day. Tons. Of. Food. (Especially sweets). I agree that it's hard to jump right back on the wagon, but just do it! I know you can. The scale was up 5 pounds yesterday morning (the day after Christmas). I ate within my allowance yesterday and had a good work out. Today, 2 of those pounds are gone. So try not to worry - even several days of feasting will not do permanent damage! The best thing you can do is move on and get right back to it today. The holidays are meant to be enjoyed. Any feelings of regret will just feed that pesky emotional eating (which I also suffer from). Try to stay busy, go for walk, take a hot bath, and occupy yourself with healthy activities the next couple days while you transition back into your pre-holiday routine. You got this!!!

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