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Holiday Weight!

Newgate — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:02:29 GMT

Did you gain weight over the holidays? I gained 5 lbs and I know it is from too much See's candy!! It seems everywhere I went someone was tempting me with it! I am not a overweight person but it still bothers me to see that number on the scale!! I am walking a lot to get it off!!

My dh has gained some also!! He told me yesterday that his pants must have shrunk!! I don't think so!!!

Re: Holiday Weight!

Pook — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:06:45 GMT

I lost weight from baking a lot of cookies and not taking the time to eat and not really feeling likr eating but now I probably will since I got my apetite back.

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gidgetgh — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:10:17 GMT

I came through the holidays just fine. I weigh myself every morning and write the weight down. I want to be accountable to the number I see on the paper. That number dictates my eating for the day.

The food at the holidays is out of control though. We were given so much. I gave some away, froze some, my husband is plowing his way through some and some was, regrettably, thrown away.

I've already decided that we won't be giving food gifts to anyone this Christmas. It's just too much.

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mima — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:12:30 GMT

I've always had a weight problem. I have been on WW for a year. I sailed through Christmas and actually lost a little over a pound that week. New Years wasn't pretty. LOL I gained nearly 3 pounds over that weekend. I already have it back off though!

Yay for me! It is such a struggle.

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elated — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:13:27 GMT

I ate a little when I went to my son's for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I did not eat anything after these events that would cause me to gain weight. I have struggled to lose weight and keep it off. It is more important to me to be healthy than eat all these unhealthy foods. I have been eating healthy since last April and have lost 57 lbs. I still need to lose 13 more lbs. Once I get down to my ideal weight, I will maintain it. It is to hard to lose and then gain it back. I have been on this cycle for a long time and decided no more. I look at these foods and say it may taste good at the time but I have to pay a penalty.

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jaxs mom — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:16:13 GMT

Nope, I lost a couple pounds.

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happycat — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:17:13 GMT

I gained 5 lbs, too. And I haven't gotten it off yet.

Thank God I wasn't around any See's candy....the gain would have been much worse. I love that stuff!

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mima — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:44:03 GMT

@elated We sound lot alike. I too have lost then gained many times. The most I lost was 60 pounds. I am not going to aim for quite as low of a goal this time around since I'm 60.

My friend and I decided this is our last time at losing. We aren't ever quiting WW again and we are not regaining the weight again. We can do it!

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elated — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 05:04:02 GMT

@mima wrote:
@elated We sound lot alike. I too have lost then gained many times. The most I lost was 60 pounds. I am not going to aim for quite as low of a goal this time around since I'm 60.

My friend and I decided this is our last time at losing. We aren't ever quiting WW again and we are not regaining the weight again. We can do it!

I am 70 years old. When I can get out and walk, I walk/run at least 5-6 miles. I live in CO and it has been cold and snowing. The temperatures have ranged from 22 to -10. We have an exercise room with all the equipment in our apartment complex where I live but I don't like using it. I much prefer to walk.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 00:54:00 GMT

I do not eat more just because of a holiday. I do not eat sugar EVER....so nothing tempts me.

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Catty2 — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 01:29:07 GMT

I haven't weighed myself since Thanksgiving. On Tuesday I had a dr. appt. and weighed the same as I did back then. This was shocking because I have enjoyed the holidays and eaten whatever I wanted. The real truth comes when I get back on my home scale to see for myself.

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mima — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 01:32:23 GMT

@elated My long time friend that goes to WW with me is 69. We are your neighbors. We live in KS and it is very cold here too! I also prefer walking outside, but not in this weather!

Too bad we don't live closer!!!

Re: Holiday Weight!

conlt — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:46:38 GMT

For me it was 3 pounds and I blame the See's Candy. I love See's.

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qualitygal — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:49:29 GMT

@elated, an old rhyme said, "a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips".

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Shanus — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 17:14:18 GMT

I always make my yearly physical for March. That gives me time to lose a few lbs. I may have put on lingering over the punch bowl & more importantly improve my lab tests (especially my A1C...always tested for Type 2 diabetes since runs both sides of family).