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jaeclecticPondering the balance between relaxing and enjoying a holiday that's fundamentally all about the food (not that *most* holidays aren't substantially about food and/or drink, from my comestible-centric POV), and trying to remain reasonable enough that I don't end up taking a *huge* step backwards in terms of weight loss... which is quite possible, in an amazingly short span of time, trust me.
As usual, after reaching a certain low point, my weight has bounced back up a bit already. Disappointing, even though not at all surprising. But it means that I am now above the weight that I'd hoped to maintain through the holidays, so I feel like I'm starting at a disadvantage. All self-induced stress, of course, but I'd hate to back off from that goal already...
And I didn't at all manage the correct WW holiday preparation, which would have been to be careful all week and "save up" for today. My pattern since I've been working again is that weekdays (M-H) are relatively easy to control, F-S-S are when I tend to eat out or consume alcohol or all of the above, and since my WW week starts on Friday, I just blow through most of my extra "points" over the weekend and then proceed with caution until the next Friday. Which works out fine, except when there's a major holiday on Thursday and I've already blown the week...
So, basically, I thought about all this on Monday or so, having had an incautiously enjoyable weekend -- and I just figured that today would be a lost day and I shouldn't even count it. And I'm not (repeat *not*) going to go to the fabulous feast at L&N's and hold back from tasting absolutely everything, or from having just as much stuffing as I want. (Stuffing in particular is significant because I love it and generally only get it once a year.)
Why am I fussing now, then? I started worrying about the left-over factor. Because one lost day is OK, but a lost 4-day weekend could really set me back. So I'm just working on the right self-talk to let me enjoy today fully but be set to get back on the stick tomorrow.
OK, enough of that, time to start chopping :)
As usual, after reaching a certain low point, my weight has bounced back up a bit already. Disappointing, even though not at all surprising. But it means that I am now above the weight that I'd hoped to maintain through the holidays, so I feel like I'm starting at a disadvantage. All self-induced stress, of course, but I'd hate to back off from that goal already...
And I didn't at all manage the correct WW holiday preparation, which would have been to be careful all week and "save up" for today. My pattern since I've been working again is that weekdays (M-H) are relatively easy to control, F-S-S are when I tend to eat out or consume alcohol or all of the above, and since my WW week starts on Friday, I just blow through most of my extra "points" over the weekend and then proceed with caution until the next Friday. Which works out fine, except when there's a major holiday on Thursday and I've already blown the week...
So, basically, I thought about all this on Monday or so, having had an incautiously enjoyable weekend -- and I just figured that today would be a lost day and I shouldn't even count it. And I'm not (repeat *not*) going to go to the fabulous feast at L&N's and hold back from tasting absolutely everything, or from having just as much stuffing as I want. (Stuffing in particular is significant because I love it and generally only get it once a year.)
Why am I fussing now, then? I started worrying about the left-over factor. Because one lost day is OK, but a lost 4-day weekend could really set me back. So I'm just working on the right self-talk to let me enjoy today fully but be set to get back on the stick tomorrow.
OK, enough of that, time to start chopping :)