Your Christmas weight loss plans

My gym never closes I have an access card for the non-staffed hours.

Your gym ROCKS! I live in a small town with 1 okay gym and a Curves center. The gym is just okay, but they have no classes after 6pm nor on the weekend. I don't even get home until 6:30. Still I plan on joining after I make Lifetime on Weight Watchers (and no londer have to pay) them monthly fee is less than WW so even if I can only make it there for the weights and machines and an occasional class when I'm off (doesn't happen often) I'll be getting my money's worth!

I plan to eat the healthy parts and limit dessert. Of course portioning is always involved! Although I have more motivation for this since I am finind out that either dairy or wheat is making me sick..

I'm not worried about it... It only comes around a few times a year. What ever happens.. happens.

I'm also sure that you will gain weight. and prob. water weight at that. So if the scale does jump, don't freak because it will def. be gone with in the next few days.

LMFBO about it coming a few times a year!!! I'm really jk, but really Christmas comes once a year where I'm from! BTW your ticker and mine are almost identical!!!!

I think I was lumping like thanksgiving, christmas and the days before and after into that mix.. since we had an influx of these threads before thanksgiving too.

It is funny that our tickers are almost the same.. and that our starting/ending weights are too!

I have a metabolic condition, so "taking a few days off" isn't really an option unless I want to spend the holidays in a sugar coma. And my family's not *that* bad... :laugh: Actually, I have a wonderful family and I am going to focus on spending quality time with them, rather than on spending quality time with the dessert table. If my lap is full of squirming baby nephew, there will be no room there for a cookie or a piece of pie. I have recently rediscovered my lap, but it still isn't *that* big. :laugh:

For me, the holidays are all about planning ahead & being prepared. I have already made a list (and checked it twice ) of foods I'm allowed to eat. Lots of things I enjoy, on that list, like ham & turkey & deviled eggs. If I fill up on those things, I won't feel deprived at not eating the bad-for-me stuff.

I'm also volunteering to do a larger share of the cooking, myself. That way I know there will be mashed cauliflower instead of just mashed potatoes, and there will be low-carb flaxmeal pumpkin rolls made with Splenda, as an alternative to pumpkin pie. This has the double benefit of getting on Mom's good side by being helpful and handling so many of the side dishes for her.

Good luck and happy holidays to everyone!

I am going to log, but with the mind set that I might go over. It's not so much that I will allow myself to go hog wild Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but I don't want to miss out on traditions. I want my Christmas morning cinnamon roll while watching the Disney Christmas Parade! With dinner I will watch my portion size (half a baked potato for example) and, since I do the cooking, change a few things here and there to lower the calories (regular potatoes instead of twice baked or roasted green beans with garlic instead of green bean casserole). I will also allow myself a small bite of dessert.

My thinking is this. I would be really upset if I was forced to change things like one cinnamon roll on Christmas morning. That is not a way to keep up with this whole new eating plan. Such limits would end up with me quitting again because it is just NOT realistic for me.

I think the sensible thing to do is to eat as close to maintenance cals as possible. Mine is 1750. I have the entire 2 weeks off at Christmas so I'll be able to go to the gym most days so that will make up for it as well!

My plan is to lose at least one more lb before the holiday, then maintain my weight over Christmas and start again losing in the new year. I'll keep an eye on what I'm eating and drinking, enjoy myself but not go mad. Also, I'll be avoiding the boxes of chocolates as one chocolate is never enough!

ill maybe eat back all my exercise calories but other than that its a regular day for me

I'm going to move more and eat less, thats the plan!

My bf and I are doing a sort of Primal WOE lately and leaning out wonderfully. My parents eat this way so staying with them will be easy as they have very few sweets. Christmas Eve/Day I eat what I want! Then we are heading to his parents' place where we don't eat quite as healthfully, but eating Primal I crave very few sweets. We are going on a cruise Jan 7th and I plan on weighing 130lbs or less!