what you guys doing about xmas?

I'm gonna eat! Going off plan once in awhile isn't going to derail your weight loss. Sure, you might not lose that week but this isn't a race. I'm going to eat small portions of any rich, sweet, tasty thing around that I rarely get a chance to eat. I'm going to eat it slowly so I can savor it. But I'm not going to bother with anything that I can get anytime.

Chips? No way. Mashed potatoes? No way. I can have those anytime. But yes to Danny's yummy salmon spread on crackers, Vicki's to-die-for crab cakes, Aunt Virginia's excellent carrot cake, Susie's molten-chocolate decadence, and any other little goodie that someone brings that I might never get to enjoy again until next Christmas.

Thin people usually splurge, too, so why shouldn't I? The trick is to limit it and balance it out with good eating habits most of the time.

I heard an excellent saying the other day that about sums it up: "It's not what you eat from Christmas to New Years that matters, it's what you eat from New Years to Christmas." So, enjoy!

I think part of making life-style changes means learning how to have a reasonable amount of "treats" from time-to-time. I have set my loss to 1 pd per week instead of 1.5 and that will give me some extra calories that I can safely consume. I think it would be fine to set your calories to maintenance ( 0 loss) for a couple of days, that way you will not feel like you are injuring your efforts. Yesterday, one side of my family had our Christmas gathering and I ended up about 60 calories over for the 1 pound loss, but that still would not put me into the gain range. I'm learning to change the focus from the food to the family or the activity. When less emphasis is on the food---especially consuming large quantities, then I have more energy for the many varieties of enjoyment.

I'm doing what I did last year - relaxing a bit but still sticking within my allowance as far as I can, no alcohol or anything so that will save a lot of cals and playing on the wii will help
I managed to lose 3lbs over xmas last year

3 days of uncontrolled food sources. It's going to be a tough ride. but I plan to stop by every day.

I still plan on hitting the gym, it's a 24hr gym so I have no excuse :flowerforyou:

I am going to enjoy family time, be aware of what I am eating, and get in some dance, walk or other exercise. I don't believe in totally giving something up, just make wiser choices. As a previous poster said, 2 instead of 6. I can do this! A little cheat day never hurt me occasionally!

Enjoy yourselves!

I'll be careful with what I eat and I am planning on going on lots of walks, but other than that? No - I will enjoy christmas

My mum's making my favourite lasagne, and I plan on eating it and enjoying it.

I've rough estimated what I usually eat for christmas lunch, and it totals around 700 calories all up for the meal. Which, realistically isn't too bad, and leaves me with 700 more for the rest of the day. We don't usually have many sweets, for dessert my mother usually chops up a nice fruit salad (bless her) and serves it with ice cream. Only this time, we'll have low fat ice cream that's only 70 calories a scoop

So approximately 700 + 140 = 840 and I still have room for 600 more calories for maintenance. AND if I go for a run in the morning I'll have around 900 left over, that means I can fill in a nice breakfast and have some left overs for dinner! (Or maybe two slices of lasagne, since it's become so rare in our household as of late).

To answer your question, I've already over-thought christmas and may as well log it from now X)

No, x-mas day will be a total food orgy.
If I can keep things under 10,000 calories, I consider it a good effort.....lol

What's hard to when to stop, and I do this 4 times every year in addition to a weekly free day.

I've lost 64 lbs, and all people see are me on free day or binge at holidays, so they think I am some kind of super human.
They don't see what my food dairy and exercise logs reflect. I just keep those cards close unless I know somebody is serious.

They all think I must have found the right pill or powder - not a 2 hour workout each day.

Nobody wants to hear that...lol

everything in moderation for me this year... previous years have involved being so full i havent enjoyed the day and felt guilty, so im actually looking forward to saying no and feeling proud of myself... i will be having a few baileys however and a pick at the cheese board tho, and as someone already said, it would be anti-social to log just xmas day tho, the rest as normal!

have a good one xxx