Christmas/Holiday season/month of december!

Anybody getting a bit nervous???

I gained around 5-8 lbs last year around from all the delicious food!

I go to my friend's house so I don't know if I can control my portions. I would feel rude I rejected something and they knew me before I lost weight so they know how much i enjoy food. I just eat alot less now because I can control myself now.

I don't want them thinking I'm on a diet or anorexic (I'm not I enjoy sweets TOO MUCHHH) just because they know my older eating habits and I just eat significantly less than I did then.

Anybody else nervous about the holiday season?

Totally nervous! Except I used to have an ED so everyone watches what I eat.... so now I find myself eating even more just to stop all suspicion.... it's killing me!

well I survived Thanksgiving! But Christmas is only around the corner. Your mind plays games on you. But if you've been dieting long enough, you'll discover your "favorite" treats from the year before really aren't as amazing as you remember them. Sad, but I've been sighing at every taste of pumpkin pie and cookie i've come across. Just not as good as it sounded.

I think working in an office is the hardest part. Candy? Catered lunches? Make the food stop! :)

I'm pretty nervous, but I just told myself I'd eat what we usually do for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve and leave it at that. Should be better than eating it all month long. Just two days, not a big deal, I hope. Those dinners are a killer, though. We eat so much stuff together... ;)

I've been pretty good for about a month with dieting. I can't do calorie counting, so I just cut back on all sweets and bread, pasta, etc. I went to a little reunion on Wednesday and I had eaten my lunch and I didn't snack on anything there. And my mom currently has cake in the house, I'm still not having any and not really any desire to. Not sure if I should feel proud of myself or wonder if I'm depressed, lol. So, I'm just hoping this attitude sticks with me through Christmas, as well.

Agh don't worry I'm scared to death! I was recently looking at picture of myself from last Christmas and I'm so ashamed. I refuse to let that happen again this year. A good friend told me that a great way to make sure you don't eat too much bad stuff, is to put a lot of color on your plate. Lots of greens and reds and orange. Try to stay away from or eat smaller portions of the brown stuff!

I WISH I had a picture from last year Xmas.  I'd like the comparison.    I just played a sexy elf for my mom/her craft show and had a BLAST.  Got paid and everything.   It was fun to get (LOL)  honked at and hear lewd comments out the window IF they went to the show and spent money.   : P  

I am scared of Xmas.   BUT it is only one day with family, one day at work/school, AND I can bring something healthy so no worries.   

For me, this entire journay has been about finding a better way of doing waht I have always done.   NO???  I need and deserve better.   150 vs. 270 is an eye-opener.      How much I need to be happy, how little I can do with,   how I feel about ME>   all different.  

This Thanksgiving gave me a lot of confidance heading into the season of cookies. I was finally able to eat for myself instead of eating to please.

Anyone want to share tactics?

A few I've thought of are:

No cookie exchanges, no matter how much pressure I get. I don't want to spend the time/money on baking 12 dozen cookies & I certainly don't want 12 dozen cookies.

Eat to please my self, not others. I'm skipping the "traditional" fare I don't really care for instead of eating it to please those who made it.

Eat what makes me feel good, whether it's a second helping of turkey or a sip of egg nog.

Eat when I'm hungry, not starve in anticipation for a gorge fest. I don't feel good after gorging myself. I will eat normally, whether at home or at a party.

Not eat foods just because they are there. The holidays are NOT the only opportunity I'll have to eat certain "holiday" foods, so I do NOT need to get my years worth in. I can have exactly what I want when I want it. If I want pecan pie in August I'll make some.

I like to eat what I enjoy - usually savoury stuff and raw veggies - and don't want to blow my calories on stuff that is merely "meh" - baked goods and alcoholic drinks.  If there are food-pushers around I sometimes remind them that diabetes runs in my family and I have to be very careful with sugar.

I'm totally backwards, I eat alot of sweets these days and not enough real food. o_O I just baked alot of stuff (cakes) so I have to get rid of them somehow @_@

I lost some weight last Christmas because my boyfriend's dad was really ill, he died just before Christmas. Everyone was too traumatised to shop or anything, and we had to go down there and stay with his mum for a month, we were sleeping in a tiny attic, and my poor boyfriend put on a couple of stone from eating takeaway every night because there was never any food in the house and we were too sort of shellshocked to cook or eat normally, and I did the opposite and didn't eat anything. It was grim.

This year we are going away on holiday with my brothers for Christmas and food is the least of my worries! I will probably eat healthy-ish except for christmas eve and christmas day, and I will do all the cooking because my brothers love my cooking, so I will cook healthy tasty wonderful stuff and eat normal amounts of it. I don't have a sweet tooth anyway, but I do love my cheese, oh dear, might have to watch the cheese if nothing else! And if my little eternally skinny brother wants to eat 13 roast potatoes in one go as he normally does and then lie around moaning about it in pain afterwards that's all his own doing! And I'll go for loads of lovely wintery walks with my niece! And have too much wine and sex and be very happy :)

Original Post by freshbakedpi:

This Thanksgiving gave me a lot of confidance heading into the season of cookies. I was finally able to eat for myself instead of eating to please.

Anyone want to share tactics?

A few I've thought of are:

No cookie exchanges, no matter how much pressure I get. I don't want to spend the time/money on baking 12 dozen cookies & I certainly don't want 12 dozen cookies.

Eat to please my self, not others. I'm skipping the "traditional" fare I don't really care for instead of eating it to please those who made it.

Eat what makes me feel good, whether it's a second helping of turkey or a sip of egg nog.

Eat when I'm hungry, not starve in anticipation for a gorge fest. I don't feel good after gorging myself. I will eat normally, whether at home or at a party.

Not eat foods just because they are there. The holidays are NOT the only opportunity I'll have to eat certain "holiday" foods, so I do NOT need to get my years worth in. I can have exactly what I want when I want it. If I want pecan pie in August I'll make some.

 

 I think your tips are great! I also feel crap after gorging, so why do it? I will eat and lots and lots of very little amounts of very lovely things...

I think what you say about only eating what you want is a very good idea.  The hard thing for me about the holidays is that the food is ALWAYS there.  Snack before meal, snack after meal, dessert, and snack again.  I think if I can contain my appetite to eating only at the meal times, it should be all right.  That, and not getting depressed and EATING again because I blew my diet!

Just talk to them before you arive, in whatever way works best for you! Email or by phone, it doesnt matter as long as you get the point (your feelings) across.

Explain that you are worried they might think differently of you, based on eating habbits and you just want to get it all out in the open before you even show up! Tell them that you know they remember you from (insert time here) when you loved food so much, it controlled you. Well, now you still love the food but you also are now the one in control! haha

I have a funny feeling they will understand.

best of luck :)

<3 e

Luckily, it's going to be a smaller crowd of people at our house this year, so that means less unhealthy food will be brought, plus I'll have more control over what kind of food is made, and feel less pressure about eating more (my immediate family understands a little better). But I am still a bit worried.

This is the time to know that you can eat under pressure and survive!  Look around you and notice the slim people are eating whatever they like.........BUT they are usually eating small portions.  If someone give you a huge piece of pie........it is their problem.  Eat a small amount, enjoy it, and leave the rest.  I have finally gotten to the point that I am not eating because it tastes good.  I don't want to go back to the beginning two weeks when I had that awful headache that for me says "you are missing those carbs".  Don't let people who love you tempt you with "this little won't matter".  We know differently.  I have worked too hard to slip back.

AND FIRST AND FOREMOST.............I WILL NEVER again eat something that I don't really like!  I have been at restaurants and while socializing find myself eating food that to me is not good.  I can use those calories in a better way. Not to worry if you paid for it, just leave it

Barbara

I'm a little bit nervous about the eating right aspect, but I'm more excited about going home to see my family part.  I think I'm less nervous too since I've graduated college and my new job(s) aren't going to let me have as much time off.  In college we had like 2-3 weeks off so that gave me plenty of time to stuff my face with as much christmas cookies and egg nog as possible.  I think this year I'll be going home for around 4 days so I probably won't have a lot of lounge time like last year.  I'll probably be pretty busy doing late-christmas shopping with my family, working out with my brothers, messing around, and helping my mom around the house with cleaning and cooking.

I love christmas time! so I want this year to be the one that I stop dreading it because of all the darn temptations!! it's a time to be celebrated/enjoyed!!

Original Post by x17star17x:

I think working in an office is the hardest part. Candy? Catered lunches? Make the food stop! :)

I totally argree...Everyone wants to bring in homeade treats or leftovers, not to mention our vendors send food gifts.  Of course it all gets spread out right in the open with nowhere to hide.