This community has been very helpful to me since I started my own weight loss/now maintenance journey a few years ago, and I like to give back when I feel like I can be helpful. I wrote an article about how to approach the holidays in regards to weight loss and wanted to share with you all my tips for how to stay on track or start with your goals during a season that many find challenging to their relationship with food.
I also welcome discussion around your personal experiences with food during the holidays and sharing what you have found works (or maybe even what doesn't work) for you. Here are my tips, and here's a link to the article in case anyone wants to read more:
1) Start small - Commit to making one or two small changes at the beginning. Maybe this is reducing snacking or alcohol consumption, or increasing movement. Adding one small change over time can snowball into big progress later and keeps us from feeling too overwhelmed or deprived.
2) Slow weight loss is successful weight loss - I'm sure you've heard the saying "slow and steady wins the race", and this applies here too. Slower weight loss has other perks as well, like less likelihood of loose skin and fewer cravings to binge (which can happen from being in a large caloric deficit). You also won't be as likely to burn out and give up. Make your goals long term, as well as the strategies you will use to obtain them
3) Commit to making permanent changes you can sustain - Temporary diets are also temporary fixes. You probably don't want to live the rest of your life never eating pumpkin pie or the occasional treat again, whatever that looks like for you (I know pumpkin pie isn't for everyone), so your diet plan should incorporate these as well
4) Setbacks are normal, don't let them send you off track - The binge you had last night, or the 3 pieces of pie you ate at Thanksgiving will not significantly affect your weight in the long run (can you tell I'm looking forward to that pie?). One slip up will not make a difference, just make sure you're not making frequent exceptions to this and you'll be fine
5) Make room for occasional indulgences - The holidays bring up a lot of opportunities for indulgence. You don't always have to give in, but you don't always have to say "no" either
6) If weight loss feels impossible right now, aim for a period of maintenance instead - Let's not forget that we're all under a lot of stress right now on top of our normal stressful lives, especially going into the holidays. So sometimes simply not gaining extra weight can be our definition of "success". Be kind to yourselves.
Best of luck and happy holidays!
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