I absolutely love Christmas!! I love the carols the presents the parties ect!!
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where is the rule book that says you have to eat to enjoy the things you just said you love?
carols ..... well you can't sing with your mouth full! and its probably a bit hard to open pressies and eat at the same time, and parties are all about laughter, dancing, and spending time with people you like/love.
ok so I have simplified it a bit, but really I have come to realise that attatching food to every celebration is one of the things that brought me to a place where I was over 4 stone overweight!
There are a few threads further down about how some of us are feeling re christmas and coping strategies, have a look and it may help you.
The big thing for me is health, I was destined for diabetes (after having it through pregnancy) as well as all the traditionally known risks of obesity. I am imagining my health in a gift wrapped box as my gift for christmas. At the end of the day I could choose to eat, but it may undo some of the work I have done and if nothing else it will delay my triumph when I eventually get down to my target.
The other thing to remember is, almost everyone GAINS weight over christmas, I want this to be the first christmas I LOSE weight over christmas. Our LLC said after all the festivities were over she had lost 9 pounds! at the end of the day she could have gained that, and in theory set herself back 6 weeks in total. I don't want that to happen to me.
Lots and lots of people on here have said the regretted it when they did eat as it is much harder than anyone thinks to get back on the wagon.
Best of luck whatever you choose, but for me I think it would be a mistake.
mags
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