Christmas weigh-in

ginandtonicsky · 30-12-2018 06:49PM #1

Anyone been brave enough to step on the scales the last few days following all the delicious festivities?

I’m avoiding it like the plague but reckon I’ve gained about 5 pounds, easily lost in the new year when I get back to the old routine. Munching on USA biscuits as I type this ðŸ€ª

So AH, how fat have you gotten this Christmas?

30-12-2018 07:03PM

ginandtonicsky wrote: »

Anyone been brave enough to step on the scales the last few days following all the delicious festivities?

I’m avoiding it like the plague but reckon I’ve gained about 5 pounds, easily lost in the new year when I get back to the old routine. Munching on USA biscuits as I type this &#55356;&#56362;

So AH, how fat have you gotten this Christmas?

Somewhere between the Michelin Man and the Goodyear blimp.

OldMrBrennan83 · 30-12-2018 07:03PM

Already had a good starting point so you can't notice.

Stheno · 30-12-2018 07:05PM

I lost a kilo

jam_mac_jam · 30-12-2018 07:07PM

Gained five pounds but lost two yesterday by eating properly again. So up three pounds. Will probably drop it again in the next few days.

kneemos · 30-12-2018 07:12PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Gained five pounds but lost two yesterday by eating properly again. So up three pounds. Will probably drop it again in the next few days.

I'd shoite two pounds.

30-12-2018 07:15PM

I haven't weighed myself in years. I know I would obsess about the number. In the past three years though I have gained probably two stone. This past week I'd say I've added another half. Sure look. It won't cause me to lose sleep. Vanity went out the window a while back.

hairyslug · 30-12-2018 07:16PM

Stepped on last night, its a new record for me. I'll be one of thoese ejjits in the gym on jan 1st

LollipopJimmy · 30-12-2018 07:16PM

Stheno wrote: »

I lost a kilo

Me too, ate clean and still trained

La.de.da · 30-12-2018 07:20PM

I'll just say, I'm a bit harder to kidnap after the last two weeks.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 30-12-2018 07:23PM

I can’t stand when people self-flagellate over eating bad things and Christmastime heightens this nonsense. My mother-in-law and my father are really bad for this: “Oh, this is so bad for me, I shouldn’t”, “this is full of calories” scoff scoff scoff. Eat it or don’t eat, just don’t eat it whilst going on about how unhealthy it is! Nobody is forcing you to eat it.

They’ve both been driving me a bit mad with that craic this Christmas. My MIL was going around forlornly with the trifle bowl the other day, trying to get someone to eat the last portion but we were all stuffed. She wanted to eat it and had a big puss on her because nobody else wanted it so that she wouldn’t be tempted. Just eat the damn trifle if you want it, FFS! Why the dance?

Ariadne · 30-12-2018 07:47PM

I'm going to step on the scales again in the New Year. I lost 6kg recently but I'm expecting to have put back on at least 2. Hopefully will come off again when I return to normal eating.

Galwayguy35 · 30-12-2018 08:03PM

I never weigh myself but i always put on a bit of weight over the winter, it doesn't bother me though because it's easy to work it off again in the new year.

Larbre34 · 30-12-2018 08:04PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Me too, ate clean and still trained

That sounds not a bit enjoyable.

Anyway, its still Christmas till 7th Jan, then me and the scales and the adidas can reacquainted.

Agricola · 30-12-2018 08:05PM

Trick is to lose a bit through October and November, then the blowout in December wont be as bad.
Never do it though!

Dalomanakora · 30-12-2018 08:07PM

Got weighed on the 27th, I gained 2lbs. No big deal, I'll lose that and more in January

Bowlardo · 30-12-2018 08:11PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I can’t stand when people self-flagellate over eating bad things and Christmastime heightens this nonsense. My mother-in-law and my father are really bad for this: “Oh, this is so bad for me, I shouldn’t”, “this is full of calories” scoff scoff scoff. Eat it or don’t eat, just don’t eat it whilst going on about how unhealthy it is! Nobody is forcing you to eat it[\QUOTE]

Thank you for this post. Drives me absolutely crazy. These people are generally bores that suck the ****ing Fun out of everything

meeeeh · 30-12-2018 08:23PM

About the same, maybe half a kilo more but that's same every weekend. I don't watch what I eat but since I'm not a big fan of Roses and similar stuff it's much of a muchness. BBQ season is way more deadly for me.

mvl · 30-12-2018 09:38PM

seems to be ok - but have some vague memories that my extra weight had a delay - was not showing up until the days I had to be back in work

- so maybe I should stop planning lovely foods for NYE dinner, and add a fasting day tomorrow to keep it slim

LollipopJimmy · 30-12-2018 10:06PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

That sounds not a bit enjoyable.

Anyway, its still Christmas till 7th Jan, then me and the scales and the adidas can reacquainted.

Enjoyment is subsective, I had a really enjoyable Christmas

30-12-2018 10:15PM

Had not just one but two After Eights on Christmas Day and still wracked with the guilt, and not just because it wasn't even after eight.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 30-12-2018 11:50PM

Bowlardo wrote: »

Thank you for this post. Drives me absolutely crazy. These people are generally bores that suck the ****ing Fun out of everything

Well, my husband made the point that maybe they vocalise this stuff as a kind of way to stop themselves going really mad on the bad food, sort of checking themselves. Good point, but that doesn’t stop it being really boring to listen to. My MIL doesn’t guilt anyone else but my father does a bit - “Oh, that’ll take a lot of exercise for you to work off!” and “I’m the only one who didn’t have seconds at Xmas dinner this year!”. And then when nobody is looking, you’ll see him out in the kitchen, picking at things.

There’s still calories in the food you’re eating on the sly, pops!

Plus, many people have earned the right to eat whatever they want Xmas week because they eat well the rest of the year.

It’s just obsessing about food, which is not a healthy mindset and IMO makes recidivism more likely. My dad lost two stone this year. He’s done really well but I fear that he’s doomed to failure because of the self-flagellation.

Junkyard Tom · 31-12-2018 12:13AM

I kinda have a natural cruising weight and don't stray much from it unless I'm on the drink.

Assetbacked · 31-12-2018 12:30AM

I am at a point where I can't see the difference with a few more kilos. I too will be a red faced sweatbox in a gym over the coming weeks.

CIP4 · 31-12-2018 01:03AM

Weighed myself 26th and had put on 5 pounds between the run up to Christmas and the day itself. So have eased off on the crap food and went running everyday since and basically have it off. Nice not to be facing into January up a load of weight.

AllForIt · 31-12-2018 01:16AM

One of the things about xmas which would be in my top 3 things to hate about xmas is this idea that it is expected that one totally pigs out over the xmas season. There is noting wrong with having a dessert or a few chocolates but it seems to be one of the things xmas is all about, to pig out as far as possible. You can have nice treats sure but why the hell do we have to OTT on it. And then as a result go into panic mode after the season is over, joining gyms etc which is often short lived.

I had my xmas dinner which is a relatively healthy meal followed by my mons trifle. Later in the evening over a game of cards I had 3 chocolates - and thats it as far as unhealthy sweet food is concerned. No need to panic, no need to take out the weighing scales etc. I didn't have any xmas cake, xmas pudding with brandy butter and whatever other highly calorific fare most have at xmas. The idea of eating all that junk over a few days makes me feel ill at the thought of it.

ginandtonicsky · 31-12-2018 02:48AM

AllForIt wrote: »

One of the things about xmas which would be in my top 3 things to hate about xmas is this idea that it is expected that one totally pigs out over the xmas season. There is noting wrong with having a dessert or a few chocolates but it seems to be one of the things xmas is all about, to pig out as far as possible. You can have nice treats sure but why the hell do we have to OTT on it. And then as a result go into panic mode after the season is over, joining gyms etc which is often short lived.

I had my xmas dinner which is a relatively healthy meal followed by my mons trifle. Later in the evening over a game of cards I had 3 chocolates - and thats it as far as unhealthy sweet food is concerned. No need to panic, no need to take out the weighing scales etc. I didn't have any xmas cake, xmas pudding with brandy butter and whatever other highly calorific fare most have at xmas. The idea of eating all that junk over a few days makes me feel ill at the thought of it.

Fair play. I on the other hand, have eaten all the pies (and sweets and cake and stuffing and biscuits and pringles etc etc) this Christmas and that's OK too. I'm freakishly clean in my eating habits 11 and a half months of the year and I quite look forward to the indulgence.

Of course the healthy approach is always the moderate one, and I'm all about not thinking in a black and white "good" and "bad" way about food, and am indeed quite looking forward to reverting to my usual healthy lifestyle next week. I'll spend tomorrow planning my gym schedule and classes and Tuesday will be the grocery shopping and meal planning.

But it's perfectly OK to eat lots (too much:o) of what you fancy or stick to your usual food schedule over the Christmas break, as long as you're enjoying yourself!

Robocop Corcoran · 31-12-2018 02:51AM

12st 4 up to 12st 11. Not too bad at all really. Ill be 12 stone by the 10th of January.

Raheem Euro · 31-12-2018 04:11AM

Be more active now in 2019.

*move the biscuits further away.
*get a heavier kettle.

carrollsno1 · 31-12-2018 05:21AM

Up 6kg since we finished work before christmas, and were not back for another week. Plain and simple no work no gym and an awful long piss up that i hope stops after the 1st, only problem is its hitting near 40'C here and its too hot to do much only drink.

eviltwin · 31-12-2018 06:45AM

Don't know, don't care. My clothes still fit so I'm happy with that.

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