Holiday Goals!

So I am starting a thread about your holiday goals! I figure if I write on CC what I will be aiming for (during recovery from ED) during the holidays then I will be holding myself accountable to accomplish these successes!

What are your goals for holiday eating in your recovery?

My goal is to ALLOW myself to INDULGE for a change. And I also plan on not counting my calories during Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas day brunch. I am not going to go near a scale. I also want to have control over ED once and for all and to make him go away with a 'Christmas Miracle'!

Your turn....????

Similar to you, I did not count yesterday (BIG family dinner), I am not counting Christmas Eve or Christmas day. I am still working out since that's part of my regular schedule and I am being sane with it.

I'll be making pumpkin bread at my husband's request :-)

Great post! I was just thinking the same thing today of making goals for the holiday season. My main goals are to just enjoy all the holiday dinners and not worry about how many calories I'm eating. I want to go to dinner with my family and enjoy their company, not be worrying over food! It's hard to allow ourselves to indulge since eating disorders tell us that we are bad if we do. I'm also hoping for a Christmas miracle that I will have control over my ED once and for all!

 My goals are to strike a balance: not restricting and making myself miserable thinking about everything I could have, and not bingeing to uncomfortable fullness and making myself miserable over everything I ate. I'm going to eat to satiation and not over, but I'm not going to count on those special days either. I'm baking and cooking just the way I always have, and loving it! 

 

And as far as Christmas miracles go, I'm so thankful my body has finally recovered. Now I wish my head would follow suit and I could automatically (without having to talk and bully myself into it) see myself as the beautiful, healthy, strong individual that I am!

 

Happy holidays everyone!  

I have a similar goal. I want to enjoy all the Christmas food and not worry about the calories. I am eating low, but not too little up until Christmas, or at least trying to, so that I feel I can really let loose on Christmas day. But that doesn't mean I won't allow myself Christmas treats I see, cos I figure they won't be around for much longer and then it will be another year! On Christmas day I am hoping to totally let loose and even if I eat 5000 calories (not that I plan to lol) I will NOT purge! I want to just relax and enjoy the day. And even if I eat far too much, I can tell myself that everyone will be doing that today and therefore it is fine. Plus I can get back to eating healthily as soon as Boxing Day comes around. Although I may have to let loose again then as I know we are having family friends round and will probably having Christmas leftovers!

I really like this thread!! I love all of your goals. Mine is to eat without feeling guilty and to worry about my calories and while baking tomarow..allow myself to enjoy some of the treat that i made. I want to be able to enjoy my family at christmas dinner, not tune them out, while in imy own little worrisom world of ED thoughts. I want to stay out of the hospital this year and I want to feel incontrol of my life.

 

Quick update -- I did make the pumpkin bread and had two--TWO!!--slices. It was yummy ;-)

My update, so much for the low calorie days before Christmas. I ended up having a massive purging session and now I am sad. Bugger. AH well Christmas Eve will go well! I hope...

My goal is not to eat a certain amount of calories, overeat, or undereat.

My goal is to not let food prevent me from enjoying time with my family. There have been so many times during my ED when I feel like I've made my family unhappy or I've distanced myself (not having cake at birthdays, picking at family dinners, refusing to go out to eat, etc.).

It's not the actual food that brings people together, but having everyone sit at the table with eachother and letting ourselves relax let you and your family bond. I really miss that.

Christmas Eve Goal #1: Allow myself any and everything I wish....whether it is veggies with spinach dip, or my grandmas amazing pie!

Goal #2: To cherish every moment with my family and the people that I love. (Not to sure how long my grandfather will be here!)

Goal #3: To not let my thoughts run wild...my present to myself will be too forget about ED and to try and eat normally.

Goal #4: Hoping that everyone on this site is not restricting or suffering.....I will be praying and thinking of you all!