I've been having this thought nearly daily for about a week and a half now... too many celebrations. I am obviously not mentally prepared enough to tough it out. At least I know that next December I will not accept so many party invitations... 8 holiday parties plus two birthdays are killing me this month.

Oh well, December 26th is not far off now and I'm happily surprised to not have gained anything since Thanksgiving. And I'm always amazed at how "on plan" so many of you are able to be... Congratulations and keep up the good work!!

I am doing okay with eating. I am not going over my calorie limit - but I am having a few cookies here and there, so I am not giving myself points for the food.
I have enlisted my husband's help to keep me on plan over the weekend, so that I don't have too much damage on Christmas Eve (our big dinner).

I'm not counting calories on Christmas Day, and I think the only reason I've managed to stay on plan is to try to minimize the damage. Actually, I'm surprised it's been going this well. I expected lots of calorie screw-ups.

This time of year is so challenging. I work on Mondays and Fridays (in a peds clinic), so those days have been hard since there is so much junk in the office. Yesterday was horrible...the closer it is to Christmas the more it piles up! There's this Mom who makes us brownies that are to die for each Christmas. I had to use all my self control to only eat one-I cut it into 4 pieces so it felt like more! Plus last night was girls night out at a really cool Tapas bar. Which went ok...although I didn't get food points yesterday...and it would sound like food porn if I went into detail about the amazing selection of tapas I tasted. I like ordering this way...and then only take a bite or two of each selection. It's probably 50-80 calories a bite - that's how I averaged it at least - probably high, but I'd rather figure over than under when I don't know.
I think actual Christmas is going to be Ok. I'm 1 of 7 kids and my family is celebrating tonight (big dinner) with many of my siblings, and basically having Christmas morning tomorrow. We cannot travel over until tomorrow night since Dh is on call, so we'll miss the big meal - and also 2 of my sisters who always brings tons of good homemade goodies. I'm sorry to miss them, but not their food!

IMO, you should get bonus points for that!

Well, I might have made allowances for the food, except that I give blood regularly (I'm o negative, so someone always needs it) and I don't think I've ever come home and eaten that much afterwards. Normally I allow an extra snack, and that's fine. I don't know what happened yesterday. Christmas leftovers? Chips and salsa? Spice cookies? Bring them on! It would have been funny if it wasn't so awful.

well, you all seem to be doing pretty fabo in my opinion . Looking at all of our points I have to say that we all did pretty well. This has been my best december in years (not to say though that I don't wish I could have done better, but you all know what I mean). Anyways, congratulations and happy new years to everyone!

I would say we all did very well for December, or any month, truthfully!

Hooray for us!!!!!!!

Yeah, for sure! This was the best December yet when it come to weight loss. I lost 12 pounds!! And I didn't kill myself doing it. There were mess ups, but overall I'm very happy with how this holiday season went. We have no plans tonight involving food, so I'm done with this holiday season!