For those of us who need this today...

ReenieHJ · December 2019

Thanks, I did need this today!!
Tomorrow...right back at it.

Katmary71 · December 2019

I purposely didn't do my daily cardio when I got home last night as I knew I'd be considering going longer to burn off everything I ate. I agree that it's once a year, balance is important.

corinasue1143 · December 2019

So true!

Ami_B_Jess · December 2019

Really needed to hear this! Thank you. So true

debtay123 · December 2019

I definitely needed to hear this- becuase i was "considering" getting on the scale today to see the "damage" then I decided not too- I just enjoyed- NOw i will go back to eating in a blanced way and i will geton the scale when it is my usual day to weigh myself- I KNOW that i would have beat myself up aboout any weight gain- thanks for posting

lgfrie · December 2019

I got on the scale to survey the damage this morning and was up 16.2 lbs LOL It's my all time record; my previous was 13.4 pounds. Someone pulled out a giant brie log *after* we were already filled to neck level with food. Then came the chocolate ...

I'm long past the freak-out stage from scale readings. I already know where this is going -- 5 days of diligent dieting to get the scale back to where it was on Christmas Eve, and in the end, a month from now, I'll be 0.8 - 1.2 lbs heavier than if I hadn't indulged.

I don't regret a single calorie of it. Nobody can be a locked-down discipline machine every day of the year. Even Navy SEALS get time off to go unwind and hit the bars. Sometimes you just have to embrace the madness; it's part of life, in fact one of the better parts imho.

AnnPT77 · December 2019

To the OP: YupYupYupYupYUP.

My SIL's cheesy potatoes (real potato chunks, cream cheese, sour cream, green olives (plus bacon for the omnivores, but a special dish without, for me

)) had calories visibly crawling all over them, I swear. And that wasn't all I ate/drank. So rich & delicious: That yumminess and the baked-in love made me happy.

Scale up a couple pounds today, be back down in a few days . . . or so 4+ years of maintenance suggests.

designerdiscounts · December 2019

Yes, love this! I didn't even log yesterday, just let the day happen and enjoyed every minute of it.

lgfrie · December 2019

I see my Disagree troll has decided not to take the holidays off. Must be exhausting.

gwinhart17 · December 2019

I agree w/ deb. I skipped my weekly weigh in for the first time since August. My plan is to avoid the scale until next time, that way I've already been back on track for a week, then it cant even phase me. The damage is done and I enjoyed it. Moving on

MelanieCN77 · December 2019

I went in to Christmas at my lowest weight, today I am maybe a half pound up, still low in my maintenance range, and there's STILL a voice in my head. Half a freakin' pound, give me a break, brain.