Holiday Regrets

Anyone, have 'em? Wanna share 'em? What would you like to have done differently? Eating? Exercise? Allowing others to deflate your accomplishments? Any putting down your own accomplishments thinking you haven't done well enough? Remember, no judgements here! This is an awesome group of folks. Kathy

As for me.... hmmm... I cannot say that I have any regrets. Probably would have been better for me to have eaten less of the carby foods. I did end up getting pretty sluggish a few times - can you say "nap time" right after carbs. My body isn't use to that anymore. And I'm sure the reason I ate more carbs was because I was doing some craving. Luckily did no sugar so none of that craving going on. And might not have been a bad idea for me to have tried to have gotten some exercise. Several years ago, I was running and I did go out and run even in the cold over the holidays. Felt good. Something to strive for next year. Luckily, no familial or friend issues with my weight loss. I'm grateful for that. Kathy

Hmm, what would I have done differently?? I would have stayed away from my mother-in-law's house because she is a little crazy . I won't even go into that but basically: hubby is openly adopted to wonderful parents but he never broke ties with his biological parents who split and both remarried; hence, I have 3 mother-in-laws...that's 2 too many for me! But if we're talking about eating and exercising, well that's just different ain't it? I have not gotten a lot of exercise in but I think I did pretty well with the food issue. I would have gladly eaten something with lots of sugar and fat and fried instead of going to m-i-l's place for Christmas eve . Note to self: they do have fried ice cream at the Tex Mex Place down the road....(just kiddin' of course)! Ana

Hey, pretty lady! Wow, 3 MILs. Yikes! Fried ice cream.... (getting that image out of my head quickly!!!!) Yumm.... (uh oh, didn't work!!!!) LOL! Kathy

Hi Kathy, I have no regrets at all. This was one of the best Holidays in a long time for me. I got all the kids presents wrapped BEFORE Christmas Eve so I wasn't up all night. I had no desire at all to eat the foods that make me sick. Well, except for the stuffing. Man I love stuffing. But I ate 2 tablespoons full and that was it. I had a little mashed potatoes with some fat free butter, and I had some green beans with fat free butter. I actually sat in silent disgus****ching everyone else eat the beans with butter, bacon & almonds. I could feel my stomach clench at the thought of eating that much fat. I also made a Sugar Free Fat Free Banana Cream Pie (it has a tiny bit of sugar from the milk & the crust). I also used Fat Free Whipped Cream. It was really good. My brother's girlfriend had WLS a year and 1/2 ago. I watched her pass over my fat free stuff and pile on the real butter and I was amazed at the amount of food she ate, including 2 huge pieces of real pecan pie. I was trying so hard not to judge her, but I just felt so disgusted by her eating and her abuse of her tool and this surgery. It made me feel good to know that I have succeeded, that I have infact changed my eating behaviors and I feel good about myself. Food no longer rules my life and that is a very good thing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not eating 100% perfect, I did have 1/2 glass of wine, I did have the mashed potatoes, I did have some stuffing. But I feel comfortable with my choices and I have no regrets at all. I hope you have a good New Years. Deanna

Regrets? You bet! I vowed to pay off my credit cards so I can buy a house next year (I have ALOT of debt - it would be embarassing to admit exactly how much ) and I had my Mastercard paid down to about $500 down from $6300. I used it frequently over the past couple of months for gifts, holiday dinner supplies and groceries (I hosted Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas dinner), and other things now the mastercard balance is back over $2000. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Trying to get out of credit card debt is like trying free yourself from quicksand. Anyway, that's my regret.

Hi. Regrets? Well, nothing major. I was just amazed at all the energy I had this year. I make so many trips to load up the car with gifts and food on both the Eve and the Day - there's no way I could have done that in the past without knee and back pain. Yipee. My only regret was that I didn't bring all the remaining Christmas cookies I baked into work right away. I was really good until Monday night and all of a sudden at 9:45 p.m., I got off the sofa, open the container I had the cookies in, grabbed 4 and ate them before you could blink an eye. I was so mad at my self. Tuesday night my willpower was strong again and I packaged up the remaining 12 dozen cookies and brought them into work yesterday. They were gone by the end of the day without me having a single one. Other than that, I loved the holidays this year. Have a Happy New Year's. Cindee 310/223/???

Regrets.......... If I had it to do over again, I would not have eaten all the stuff I did. Not that I ate huge amounts of course, but I allowed myself to sample quite a few things. Luckily, I have not gained any, but I also have not lost any since before Thanksgiving. I have vowed to myself to get back on track! I also slacked on the exercise - the treadmill and I weren't so familiar with each other during the holidays. But it was a great holiday season otherwise. Seeing family and friends that I hadn't seen in a while.......loving the look on their faces!. Saw my ex-husband who I haven't seen in about 5 years......the look was priceless I tell ya! I'm very proud of my accouplishments so far in this weight loss journey. It's just amazin' ain't it?! Caren

Yes I have a huge regret. I have a terrible problem with not being able to keep the presents I buy for my family a surprise. If I don't just give it to them nearly as soon as I've gotten them home, I give them hints and make them guess until they know everything they are getting. I know that this ruins Christmas for everybody but I can't stop. I think its a mental illness but I just get so excited and then I get carried away and I ruin Christmas, birthdays, Father's day, etc.. So, I vow that this will be the last Christmas that I ruin. My new Year's resolution is to work at keeping my mouth shut!!! Oh yeah, and to quit smoking again. Andrea