My Weight Loss Holiday Downfall
I was proud of myself refraining from the cookies and candy during this holiday season. I kept it from my house and all was well….until December 24th.
It was all down hill starting Christmas Eve after the mailman, UPS man, and Fed Ex stopped and dropped of all kinds of goodies.
When my kids were growing up, they knew how much I liked peppermint patties and they would always get me some for Christmas. This year my youngest son got me Ghirardelli Peppermint bark along with another type made by Lyndon Reede. I’ve been trying to ration myself by just putting 3 pieces at a time in the freezer and telling myself that’s all I could have. But, alas, I find myself getting back in the freezer and munching down three more. I lost count on Christmas day on how many of them I ate.
My son also sent my husband 4 different orders of various kinds of sausage and cheese.
We’ve been munching on all these goodies watching tv. It’s amazing how much a person can eat while watching tv. We also got some home made walnut fudge and carrot cake from his sister. I’ve been getting into the fudge in the middle of the night. Grrrrr….where is my will power.
Christmas day, the next door neighbors brought over some of their famous home made peanut brittle. It just melts in your mouth.
I haven’t gotten on the scale since I started this downhill slide. I don’t even want to know how much I have gained.
I’m feeling lots of emotions with this eating frenzy of mine…..anger, disappointment, and sadness. I can’t believe I have such little will power. I keep asking myself, how did I lose 100 pounds before? I never knew losing weight was so hard until I read it. I know that sounds ridiculous ….but it’s true. I use to just set my mind to losing weight and did it. Now that I have a computer and I read how hard losing weight really is, I’ve made it hard on myself.
When I read about the statistics of successful weight loss, I wonder if I can really achieve my goal. It’s time for me to get ready to go to work. I volunteer in the gift shop at our local hospital and am filling in for someone today. The good thing about that is I’m not home to get into any of the goodies. Yippee!!!
December 30th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
This time of the year has to the be all time hardest time for those of us who (at least i am) addicted to sugar!! Not only that i have definitely been drinking too much wine
I truly dread getting on the scale this week, but i will and will go on from there.
Consistency and discipline will be my words of 2009
December 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
It might be a good idea to ask these people not to do the same thing to you next year.
That is an amazing amount of food to get for Christmas. And oh yes, I know how hard it can be to resist when it’s right in front of your face. That’s why it would be good to prevent it in the first place.
If you have any left, you may want to create a goodie basket for someone else and give the rest of it away. (To someone you wont be sharing with!)
December 31st, 2008 at 2:38 am
I think christmas is always a hard time, don’t be too hard on yourself. I always struggle at this time of year and although I don’t actually buy anything naughty for the house we end up with endless boxes of chocolate, biscuits and cakes. I find it really difficult to avoid it and everyone else gets bored of it after christmas day so the only way it will get eaten is if I finish off. I have no willpower and won’t lose weight now until well into January.
December 31st, 2008 at 8:55 am
The best diet for you is the one that will fit your current lifestyle. Besides the diet program, an exercise program has to fit your lifestyle as well. Go to the gym after work or on the weekends. Take a friend and join an exercise class, look for ways to exercise that will fit into your lifestyle.
December 31st, 2008 at 9:46 am
when we got home from the relatives with all the goodies, they went into the trash. I know it’s wasteful but rather that then in my mouth. I will lie to myself that I won’t eat it, but I know eventually I will. My husband could take some to work to share and the rest in the trash. It only hurts for a little while.
December 31st, 2008 at 10:04 am
You’re human. The holidays get to all of us.
Here’s to a Happy 2009!
December 31st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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January 1st, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Sugar is really a bad guy on diets, i invented a diet after i read the book sugar blues and it worked very well
I removed the sugar ( even fruits that have many sugar), aspartame and glutamate. Didn’t have any cravings since then and lost 22 pds. Good luck!
January 1st, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Stay away from Peppermint Bark, it’s the devil!
January 1st, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Christmas time is the hardest time for us folks trying to lose weight. Personally I enjoyed some foods I probably shouldn’t have but christmas time is once a month. January is a great month to get back on track.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
You are not alone! I fell into a vat of 7 layer dip on Christmas Eve and had to eat my way out!
This time of the year is so hard for those of us trying to lose weight. The important thing is to not let it get you down even if you have gained! Just get back on track (I know, sounds easier than it is). I too struggle with this and am trying my hardest to conquer the chub. Congrats on the weight you have lost. I am sending butt reduction vibes your way. 
Xiomara
A.K.A. The chubby artist
http://thechubbyartist.blogspot.com/
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
The beauty of the holidays now, is that they are over. The beauty of a diet is that if you have a bad day, week or two, you can get back on track. Stop feeling bad for yourself, and start again. You deserve this. You just have to start now, and if you gained a few pounds over the holidays forgive yourself and move on. Life happens, holidays happen. Get rid of the remaining goods and make a preventative plan for next year. Pack it up with the decoration as a reminder of what you will do next year. Your weight loss to date is still inspiring. Keep that in mind. You are doing great, don’t feel discouraged, just start again.
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 am
hi just read your coment about the rice cookies, the funny thing when people are addiceted do sugar that rice cookies taste like cardboard, but after that is tastes completly diferent. Good luck!
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am
This is actually the biggest reason I follow the diet that I do (day off diet) because it’s impossible for me to not “go off” from time to time. But I find that if I plan to go off my diet then it actually makes it all much smoother.
Congrats on the weight you have lost thus far.
January 4th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Yes, Christmas is always difficult, fotunately I persuaded all of the chocolate givers to give them to my husband instead of me.
Of course he was leaving them around in plain sight until I gave him an earful.
After that life was easy.
The fillet of beef we had on Christmas day was pretty bad, but otherwise I did pretty well
January 5th, 2009 at 9:09 am
It is normal to be mad at yourself, but the bottom line is that you are trying and you enjoy these foods. So you splurged more than a little, get back on the wagon and remember that every day, every meal, every snack is new, so though you might have eaten an entire sausage yesterday, maybe today you will only eat half! 1 bite at a time and you can do it! And weigh yourself! Accept that it was a rough couple of weeks then lift your head! You can do this!
January 5th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I think its ok to indulge a bit around the holidays, just don’t let it continue! The key is to give yourself so much and than THROW THE REST AWAY! If it is in the house, I’m going to eat it. Give it away, throw it away, do whatever you can to get it out. Thats the only thing that works for me.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
LOL, I know what you mean. For Christmas my family always gets me those Hickory Farms meat packages and a lot of other foods. Tastes yummy, but not good for a diet. It’s a new year now, so it should be easier to focus on dieting.
January 7th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Cool blog. I sure had my share of holiday down falls. I at 15 cookies in about 45 minutes one day. That’s ok though, I will just keep on you know. I have lost 130lbs and kept it off for a year on weight watchers. I have fun reading honest posts from people on the same journey as me. I started running too and that has changed my life a lot. I even ran a 50 mile race. Anyways, cool blog.
http://run4change.wordpress.com
January 12th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Anytime someone gets me sugary goodness while I’m trying to abstain, I bring it all to work with me and give it away. It makes me feel like a nice person, and it doesn’t mess up my weight loss plans.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Be strong, throw away the junk food, and return the favor by sending your children lots of in season fruits next time their birthday comes around… Perhaps they will learn from your example, and realize how wierd it is of them to send you such things on Christmas. Family can be the worst when it comes to learning to eat healthy foods.
January 15th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Same thing happened to me over Christmas. I didn’t buy a single sugary thing but still ended up munching sweeties every day.
Sarah makes a very good point – and there’s plenty of other places you could donate stuff if you don’t work anywhere suitable. If you don’t want to eat the stuff and wouldn’t have bought it, get rid of it.
January 16th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I could eat all the sausage that is in that pic. Before I lost the 130 lbs, I did on a regular basis
These days I try and stay away from them but they are so good. Keep up the good work.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:27 am
One of the best ways to lose weight is obviosult to eat less. One of the best natural appetite suppressants is – Water.
Good old tap water will help in the fat reduction process better than any commercially available diet product
February 28th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Dieting is 3-5 times faster for losing weight than exercise. Obviously, combining them will get even better results. But if you had to pick 1, go with dieting. The best diets are the ones that are moderately high in protein and moderately low in carbs.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
The holidays are the worst but you need to mentally prepaare yourself knowing how hard it is going to be!
March 10th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I think its ok to indulge a bit around the holidays, just don’t let it continue! -_-
August 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Any short term weight loss programme or diet will fail.
Weight loss is about a life style change, there is no short cut to keeping fit and being healthy.
Do not diet, be sensible about your portions sizes, and exercise.
Good luck
Paul