Is Anyone Taking The Next 2 Days Off?

Its Christmas Eve tomorrow, and Christmas day after that. This means there will be tons of good food, and sweet treats. Is anyone giving themselves these two days off from dieting to just enjoy eating and being with family?

I am. :)

I have been eating relatively healthy for the past few days so there is no harm taking a break.

Not completely, but I DO plan to enjoy everything I eat!  I'm kind of "addicted" to my workouts now, so I would miss them if I didn't spend time with them!

I am off tomorrow and Thursday, then am 'on-call' (i.e. go to the clinic and see research study participants if needed) Fri-Sun, then off an entire week - I am SO excited!

i am allowing myself xmas day completely off and gonna eat wot i want! only once a year! figured as long as only took the day and not the whole festive period then i would be fine! haven't had chcocolate for soooo long! cannot wait!

hehe i am just off on a 10km run thou...damage limitation for tomorrow maybe lol!

Yes! I'm "off the clock" now. However I can't help that I eat differently these days. Me and my brothers and respective other halves have gone away to this cottage for xmas! It is so lovely. I cooked a massive paprika beef and butterbean stew last night which we had with bread and salad and had some glasses of wine... much more than I would normally eat, but then everyone else is also eating nuts and chocolate and biscuits throughout the day, and I can pass up on sweet stuff easily enough, I don't have a sweet tooth. So I'm not counting what I eat but I think I'm going to just enjoy all the meals and drinks and leave out the snacks. Sound reasonable? I don't like feeling too full these days anyway...

(Am cooking a dinner party for us all tonight! Am making chorizo popovers and baked tomatoes for a starter, pumpkin risotto and then home made petit fours for afters! Aaaaaaaaargh it's half eight in the morning and I still can't wait! Happy christmas everyone!)

Can't do it. Giving in for a day or so is my downfall. So...I will enjoy the holiday food BUT always keep portions in mind. I have to control what goes in and if possible avoid those appetizers, etc that are high calorie, high fat, high sodium. It will be tough but worth it to make through Friday.

I will not be logging my calories on Christmas Day. I will be going to a few different celebrations, and it is just too hard to get an accurate estimate with other people's cooking. However, I will not be overeating - just reasonable portions of whatever looks good! One day eating 2200 calories, or even 2500 (instead of my usual 1700) won't kill the diet.

Original Post by theholla:

I will not be logging my calories on Christmas Day. I will be going to a few different celebrations, and it is just too hard to get an accurate estimate with other people's cooking. However, I will not be overeating - just reasonable portions of whatever looks good! One day eating 2200 calories, or even 2500 (instead of my usual 1700) won't kill the diet.

 Ditto

My family does our big dinner on Christmas day, so I'll try to keep today reasonable and then I'm not even thinking about CC tomorrow!   I'm leaving for a 5 day camping trip on the 26th, so I'll at least be able to avoid the leftovers and hike off any excess holiday pounds.

Ha - I was so excited about getting work off I failed to read the entire post and notice this is about taking counting off for a few days - oops!  I'm not counting today or tomorrow or Saturday (my extended familiy Christmas party).  I would be thrilled to maintain, but I'm ok with gaining a few pounds - I know it will come off :)

I had a HUGE dinner during Christmas Eve yesterday. I stopped eating at 6:55pm and despite it being 2:56am (Christmas Day) now, I still feel stuffed! I cannot do it. I think I am going back to the usual diet. I sort of gave in during the dinner and now I regret a little. Ha!

Original Post by miket53:

Can't do it. Giving in for a day or so is my downfall. So...I will enjoy the holiday food BUT always keep portions in mind. I have to control what goes in and if possible avoid those appetizers, etc that are high calorie, high fat, high sodium. It will be tough but worth it to make through Friday.

 Same, just because it's christmas doesn't mean I need to gorge on everything in sight.   I'm just going to avoid appys, eat a reasonable portion at dinner and eat a small dessert. It's not cheating for me b/c I need to include chocolate in my diet anyway or it doesn't work.

Everyone I know called me silly for dieting over the holidays but it's going great so far.

I'm just going to control my portions like those above said. Also, I know how I am with desserts...so I will probably look up on here the lowest calorie pies/cakes/candies to try to decide which to do. I also will try to avoid the carb loaded rolls and mashed potatoes stacked with butter. Just not worth it.

nope no free days in my diet :)

I thought I would, but honestly, my new eating habits are deeply ingrained at this point. I looked at various splurgy holiday foods while I was shopping and still ended up with low fat eggnog, nonfat chocolate meringues, and carefully gauged cheesecake bites that I can have one or two of without feeling bad.

It's not even a matter of guilt. It's indicative of how focused I have been for the past five months and how I am still focused for the next year as I work toward my goal.

I love food and I continue to eat things I enjoy, but I lost weight after Halloween, I lost weight after Thanksgiving, and I will lose weight after Christmas.

I am, and I am going to enjoy it.

This time last year I stuck to my diet 100% because I was at the stage where if I gave myself an inch I would take a mile -- this year healthy eating is second nature to me and I know I can have a naughty few days then get right back to being good as gold.

Like others though, that doesn't mean i am going to go crazy and eat every thing is sight...but I am going to ease off the restraints considerably :)

I will eat reasonably, log my calories and do pretty much as I did at Thanksgiving--ate slowly and quit when I was satisfied.  Merry Christmas!

hahahaa I am still thinking about this...I ate normally on x-mas eve last night, but told myself that I could eat whatever, whenever I wanted today...

but now that the oppurtunity is here I'm just like blah what's the point...this is SOOO different from the past where I would have jumped at this oppurtunity, I guess because I have been eating and exercising so healthily and incorporate treats into my daily diet anyway while I am maintaining now....I keep asking myself why do I have to eat them all at once? Who knows though we'll see...I might splurge? strange lol

After 16 weeks of calorie counting, I think I almost do it automatically in my head, whether I log it or not.  But I do know that although I eat what I want on "special days" I do not eat as much as I used to want!  I have finally reached the stage where the brain kicks in and says "remember the rewards".  I also have a new resolution that might sound really weird.  In the past if we were out and someone served something that I didn't find really good, not horrible but not really good, I would eat it while socializing.  Now I refuse to eat anything that is not good to me, and I have discovered there are ways not to insult your host or hostess and carry that off.  There is a lot to be said for "tasting" and savoring the taste!

I only take this day off (25) but just in my work out  and Not in my diet but that's not a big deal because I have to work and this year I miss X-mas!!!!