QUESTION OF THE SEASON: What Strategies do YOU Use?

[Guest guest]

What strategies do you guys use for keeping to your weightloss regimen over

holiday

seasons when too much yummy-but-fattening food is on offer??

 

Do you eat before you go somewhere? Skip meals other than the celebratory one in

a given

day? Pick your way through the lettuce leaves at your own table and others' and

ignore the

rest? Refuse invitations? Mix only with slimmers? Take your own

lettuce-leaf-or-whatever

sandwich? Eat along with the rest cuz it's only once or twice a year? Have your

jaws wired

shut? Something else?

 

Hey, you've gotta have a system, right? Tell us what YOU do! (And, if you like,

tell us what

you wish you COULD do! (Keep it General Audience/Family Entertainment please

folks! LOL

Although I do know it's tempting!)

 

Love and hugs, Pat

[Guest guest]

Plan as much as possible and accept that if we are not cooking then I cannot

know what the kcals are for a given meal! but play it safe the rest of the time

 

 

The Dragon (aka High Priestess Enchanting Evenweave)

WIPs/UFOs = Teresa Wentzler, Celtic Summer, exchange 6/10ths done, RRs in

progress

 

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http://tempewytch.diaryland.com/

 

 

[Guest guest]

It has been easier for me this year because we recently moved to a different

part of the state, so since we don't know anyone here we don't have all of the

parties, open houses, etc. that we have had in the past. When I did have to do

the party thing, eating something beforehand and just putting one thing on my

plate that I carried around with me all evening (so no one noticed or made an

issue out of me not eating much) both worked well for me.

 

We do visit family on Christmas Eve and there is a " snack buffet " for lunch and

then a big dinner. At Thanksgiving I drank a lot of water, limited my portion

sizes on the high cal./high fat items, and took small portions at dinner. I

plan to do the same things for Christmas Eve. It's actually a little easier for

me since I don't eat the main course anyway--since it is some kind of meat. I

still recorded a loss at my weigh-in the week after Thanksgiving, so I guess I

did pretty well.

 

On Christmas Day I am at home with just my dh and kids, and I always make a big

lunch--whatever the kids want, but it is always veg'n and something I don't make

a lot because it is very rich or time consuming or whatever, and it has to be

something that everyone in the family likes. I don't know what I am making yet

this year, but in the past I've made calzones (dough from scratch and everyone

filled their own to their liking), lasagna (half cheese/half tofu, of course),

bean & tofu green enchiladas (cheese over half of it), etc.

 

I don't think there is anything wrong with having a few feast days every year

(Thanksgiving, Christmas, & Easter for me, but whatever your religious and/or

cultural background you have some, too), the problem with the holiday season is

that with all the parties and such we end up with multiple feast days and

there-in lies the problem. And, the birthday of everyone you know should not be

a feast day. It would be nice (in a perfect world) if every party didn't have

to center around unhealthy food, but that doesn't seem likely to change anytime

soon.

 

I'm looking forward to hearing tips from others!

 

Kristin

 

Pat <drpatsant wrote:

What strategies do you guys use for keeping to your weightloss regimen over

holiday

seasons when too much yummy-but-fattening food is on offer??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I don't deny myself, but I do limit the amount I eat. One piece of candy. One

small slice of pie. Then it's right back to watching the fat and calories.

 

 

 

Pat <drpatsant

 

Monday, December 17, 2007 1:51:07 PM

QUESTION OF THE SEASON: What Strategies do YOU

Use?

 

 

What strategies do you guys use for keeping to your weightloss regimen over

holiday

seasons when too much yummy-but-fattening food is on offer??

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I¹m a big fan of eating before you go. I never expect that anyone else will

have vegan dishes available for me, especially when it¹s a big get-together

with lots of people attending. The hostess has enough to do getting ready

for that so I don¹t want them to have to worry about having something

special for me, too. So I eat before I go, and if I do find a couple of

healthy nibblies there, then I¹ll grab a few of those.

 

Tonight, we¹re invited to a friend¹s home for a Christmas dinner with just

them and their 2 kids, and my husband and I. So since it¹s just us, they

called ahead to clarify what vegans will and won¹t eat, so I am sure she¹ll

have something I can eat. Still, I did have a small bowl of veggie soup

before we go just in case. The last party we went to my sister-in-law got

pizzas for everyone. She proudly exclaimed she had gotten a vegetarian

pizza so I could eat. But it had cheeses. I just socialized and had a good

time and didn¹t eat, but they soon asked why I wasn¹t eating it. I

explained I always eat before so they didn¹t have to go out of their way for

me. She said, ³bur we did! We got vegetarian pizza!² I reminded her again

that vegans don¹t eat cheese. They seemed a bit put out, but I wasn¹t

willing to compromise on that, and I¹ve told her many times what I won¹t

eat.

 

I will allow myself a little leeway on Christmas Day at the in-laws. Still

vegan, of course, but I won¹t be focusing on fat-free so much on that day.

I will make my own dish to bring so that I know there is something vegan to

eat ‹ and I always find the others digging in and enjoying it as well, so I

bring plenty! For this year, I¹m making jambalaya using a vegan chicken

replacement for the meat.

 

Anna

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http://eatbreathemove.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

On 18/12/07 9:51 AM, " Pat " <drpatsant wrote:

 

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> What strategies do you guys use for keeping to your weightloss regimen over

> holiday

> seasons when too much yummy-but-fattening food is on offer??

>

> Do you eat before you go somewhere? Skip meals other than the celebratory one

> in a given

> day? Pick your way through the lettuce leaves at your own table and others'

> and ignore the

> rest? Refuse invitations? Mix only with slimmers? Take your own

> lettuce-leaf-or-whatever

> sandwich? Eat along with the rest cuz it's only once or twice a year? Have

> your jaws wired

> shut? Something else?

>

> Hey, you've gotta have a system, right? Tell us what YOU do! (And, if you

> like, tell us what

> you wish you COULD do! (Keep it General Audience/Family Entertainment please

> folks! LOL

> Although I do know it's tempting!)

>

> Love and hugs, Pat

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