Well the damage from the holiday was worst than I hoped but not as bad as it could have been. I weighed in at 2.6lbs more than I weighed 2 weeks ago - still 4lbs below my goal weight and still within my 'buffer'. I've moved my tickers up and hope to get back to where I was before Christmas by the end of January.

Anyone else feel in need of 'confession'.

Kitty

Just me then

Kitty

Kitty, wow, I think you did fantastically well over the holidays! Having a little leeway for special occasions is exactly what that buffer zone is for. And you stayed in yours, so ! You'll knock those 2.4 pounds off before you know it.

I managed to keep my weight steady through Thanksgiving and Christmas but wouldn't mind being about five pounds less than I am now, in order to give me that same kind of buffer zone. I hit my lowest weight last spring, when my pants were all too big, but five pounds slipped back on since then. My weight is always a rollercoaster but I'd like to be down at the low end again. So I'll join you in kicking those pounds to the curb!

Kitty, sorry I missed your post! I only added 0.5 for the holidays this year (a record low for me), but there are a lot of us working on getting off some pounds both from the holidays and from last year's holidays. Join us on the Operation 5-10 in 2010 thread if you need some motivation getting it off! http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/livi...10-2010-a.html

I definitely did not avoid scale rollercoastering this holiday season. All I know to do is just get right back on track, and that's exactly what you're going to do as well.

No scale damage - well within the typical +/- 0.5 that my scale measures going into the New Year. One run-in just after Christmas with the artificial color - apparently there's enough of whatever it is in the 5 mini marshmallows that were in ONE "chocolate church window" cookie to cause 4lbs of water. Literally, 15 seconds to eat it ... and 3 days to cool the inflammation. Live 'n' learn.

I gained 2 lbs over Christmas and suffered all last week to get it back off!



We can do it! Next is Valentine's Day, and who wants that crappy old candy anyway?

I was very very good up until I went Up North to visit my family and then I was very very bad. But, I stayed under my red-line which I think is terrifically fantastic. I'm back in the normal routine and hope to drift back to the lower end of my maintenance range within the next week or two. Yes, I'm up several pounds from where I was, but that's why I have that 5 pound range ....

I'm up four pounds, and what's most annoying is that I did it simply through lack of portion control.

What I mean is, I didn't eat chocolate, any kind of candy, any cookies, any pie or cake or cupcakes, or anything of the sort. Nothing Christmas-sy passed my lips at all. I gained weight without really splurging or enjoying myself. I did it through nervous nibbling on my healthy & supposedly "safe" foods, encouraged by the permissive atmosphere around me & my succumbing to all the signals that we're supposed to celebate by eating & eating. I was not vigilant. I did not pay attention to hunger signals.

And I did this in spite of not missing a single day of exercise for two months -- not even on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year's Day, since my gym is open 365 days a year.

I feel really down about this almost subliminal weight gain. And also somewhat pissed because I don't even have the memory of eating something splurg-y as recompense.

Well, I hit my low point (high scale alarm bells ringing!) on Christmas Eve and then tied a knot and just hung on the best I could.

Pre-holiday damage, maybe?

Back to basics. Again.

I think this is what has really annoyed me as well. I've not splurged on any Christmas goodies (well a small piece of christmas pudding and a tablespoon of cream on Christmas day) just an extra nibble here and a little more there has me putting on the weight. If I'd splurged then I'd think I 'deserved it'. A colleague at work asked me if I'd 'just eaten what I wanted' over Christmas. And I was like 'h@ll no, if I did I'd have put on 7-8lbs'. As a skinny girl I don't think she understood what we go through.

Well onwards and downwards.

Kitty