Woe is Me! Thanksgiving Ruined Everything!

springlering62
springlering62 Posts: 8,649 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hahaha! I'm going to beat everyone to the punch.

I'm up 5.4 pounds this morning after Thanksgiving.

The world has not ended. I can still fit my clothes. All is not lost. I have not sabotaged my diet fuhr-evah and evah. No gnashing of teeth or rending of hair.

I was 1974 calories above goal. I had a hella good time eating lots of yummy stuff yesterday, particularly the mac and cheese, the Nurnberger lebkuchen, and some nice chocolates.

I'm going out for a nice long walk, and then going to the gym, and then doing a Zoom class or two.

How about you? And be sure to follow up in a few days that you're right back down again.
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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,879 Member
    I knew the title was messing with us :wink: Congratulations on 5.4lbs, that's quite an accomplishment, I've never had an uptick of more than 2,5lbs :mrgreen:
  • SeanD2407
    SeanD2407 Posts: 139 Member
    I losted. 3lbs. Time for leftovers.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    LOL! Thanks for the preemptive post.

    I predicted 3 lbs up. I was 2 lbs up this AM.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    I'm down 1 lb... I saved calories all week and had a workout yesterday. Time for leftovers!
  • slimtastesbetter
    slimtastesbetter Posts: 8,428 Member
    I was up 3.1 lbs from yesterday morning. Told DH the leftovers are all his. Going to set my sights on losing this temporary gain by Monday. :blush:
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I'm down three pounds and it's also due to where I am in my cycle and he fact that I dislike most foods served for Thanksgiving.
  • sarah12277
    sarah12277 Posts: 212 Member
    I'm down 2 lbs from last week. I was shocked; but yet I didn't go overboard yesterday so should be on par.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    That's my only problem -- I got gifted a bakery apple pie and have 3/4s of it. Will have to fit it in my goal over the next few days.
  • JintheSouth
    JintheSouth Posts: 44 Member
    I didn’t gain or lose. But I exercised yesterday so that probably helped.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    No TG day meal (already ate over 15# of turkey b4 TG) here but I've gained 7# over the past 8 months wc I attribute to higher alcohol consumption while "socially isolating."

    Just resolved to lose at least 5# in next 3 months. Did it b4 and can do it again.
  • patrickaa5
    patrickaa5 Posts: 70 Member
    1,974 calories over? That's terrible! You must not have tried hard enough. I didn't weigh this morning, but I was a good 2,500 calories over goal. It had something to do with having firsts (and seconds) of all three pies.
  • starrjulia8
    starrjulia8 Posts: 552 Member
    So normally I have apple pie on Wednesday, and of plenty on Thanksgiving. I am up 2 and half lbs... I did not pig out either. So many carbs
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Down one pound from yesterday, but still up one from the day before. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I weighed exactly the same today as yesterday, which is up from last week, but only 1.5lb. I also got in a good workout this morning and more steps overall today. Maybe the scale will be down tomorrow 🤷‍♀️
  • LiftandSkate
    LiftandSkate Posts: 148 Member
    patrickaa5 wrote: »
    1,974 calories over? That's terrible! You must not have tried hard enough. I didn't weigh this morning, but I was a good 2,500 calories over goal. It had something to do with having firsts (and seconds) of all three pies.

    Lol..I was telling my husband this morning that perhaps the 3rd piece of pie yesterday was excessive.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    I was stunned that I was only up 1.8 pounds this morning. I don't even think about calorie goal on Thanksgiving. This year was my first-ever solo holiday (usually go the SIL/BIL's house on the other side of the state), so I decided I was going to eat whatever foods I like, traditional or no, and whatever quantity I wanted. Certainly, this was more carbs and sodium than usual, so I was expecting more like up to 3-4 pounds just from water weight plus the transitory digestive contents.

    I haven't logged it yet (may not - soooo many recipes!) though I have the notes so I can if I decide to. Having logged "all I can/want to eat" days in the past, they usually top out at around 2-2.5 times my TDEE, so perhaps enough calories to gain a pound of fat. I don't really expect quite that big a result, based on past experience.

    I'm going to have to log some of the recipes, though: A side effect of solo Thanksgiving dinner, eating all I care to eat of whatever I care to cook, is So. Many. Leftovers. (I made a whole batch of buttermilk biscuits from scratch, half a dozen individual pumpkin custards, and more . . . didn't eat them all. 😆) Some are already portioned out in the freezer, others will be. I need the calorie numbers for those for routine calorie logging.

    On the other side of the balance sheet, Thanksgiving day starts the annual Concept 2 Holiday Challenge (200k rowing machine meters between that day and Christmas Eve). Going to try it again this year, see how the aging (now 65 y/o) body holds up to that volume of the same exercise. Even funnier: We're still on-water rowing. I rowed 7k this morning on water, plan 8k machine later in the day. That'll wipe out a few hundred Thanksgiving calories . . . or allow more munching on leftovers. 😉

    Same weight today vs last week. Aunt granny, I've been doing some rowing. You ma'am are tough. My lats were sore for.. well still are!
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    I have a couple more days of Thanksgiving eats ahead of me. Maybe if I keep at it eating this way, I'll get big enough to donate blood some time next week. 110 pounds almost makes me cringe, though, but it'll come back off pretty easy.
  • Beautyofdreams
    Beautyofdreams Posts: 1,009 Member
    Walked twice on Thanksgiving and only up 0.5 lbs Friday. Had a leftovers and people over Friday night and was up a pound on Saturday. Walked four miles Saturday then had people over for more Thanksgiving leftovers and overate. Am concerned this might be a trend. Definitely need to work on social skills to avoid overeating(mouth full/can't talk). Looking forward to getting back to gym tomorrow. Now, need to wear masks and only limited amount of people allowed inside at a time, so hope I can get in.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Overate a little Thursday, so wasn’t as hungry Friday. I didn’t eat enough protein Friday, so I was hungry all day today. Hope I won’t be up too much tomorrow!

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