Is anyone else here planning on cheating on Easter Day?

[glo]

no cheat here...or atleast not planning on it...Good luck everyone

 

[NancyK]

Originally posted by airhead
It's not cheating,its enjoying life!!!!!!! Hey, Life is too short! I look at it this way,I'm not on some schedule where I have to lose a certain amount of weight by some magic date.
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Have to agree with this. My problem in previous weight-loss attempts was trying to stick to the diet 100%. As soon as I "cheated" I decided that I was a failure and kept right on eating. Now I decide ahead of time when I'm going to indulge. Our family get-together was yesterday. I got up and did the WATP 2 mile walk before we left. I had my regular breakfast and a banana around lunchtime. We ate dinner around 4 pm. I had so much food - ham, turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, roll, butter, chocolate milk plus lots of dessert. Did I overeat - you bet! But, I drank gallons of water yesterday. I didn't eat any more later that evening. And today I feel like I'm back in control. Tomorrow, it's just the three of us, so I can control what I eat. If I don't lose weight this week, I'll know why, but I'm not going to get upset about it. I had a great time yesterday and for me it was worth it. Just my humble opinion.
I wish everyone good luck in their efforts this weekend. I'm so proud of the people who can stick to their eating plan on special occasions. It just doesn't work for me. Happy Easter!

 

[bicker]

It's not cheating,its enjoying life!!!!!!!

I don't feel that it would be healthy for me to associate eating unhealthy foods with "enjoying life." Rather, I associate "enjoying life" with cycyling up a hill and not getting winded, watching my nephew play with a new toy, enjoying intimate time with my wife. While I don't view food solely as energy, making unhealthy food a focus of celebration -- of life itself -- is counter-productive to my objective to live a healthy, happy life.

 

[blanq]

I decided to respond to this thread because if I write it down I think I am more likely to do what I say. So, I am here to say that I am staying on my healthy eating plan tomorrow. I am going to focus on spending time with my wonderful extended family, and am going to focus on the reason for the season: Jesus dying on the cross, and rising, so I can have eternal life...I think that is so cool! Anyway, to all the rest of you, it's just food and it's just one day. I hope each of you has a wonderful Easter!

Linda

 

[Lynn CC]

I just thought I'd let you know I passed up cheescake, carrot cake, eclair cake, and every other dessert you could possibly imagine. At the buffet I had about 10 shrimp, 2 pieces of salmon,a pepper and onion ommlette, grilled asparagus, zucchni, and summer squash, and a salad. I passed up all the desserts, ham, lamb, prime rib, clams and oysters on a half shell the pancake and waffle station(they put anything you want in them) and everything else that wasn't allowed. There was so much food, but I have WILLPOWER! LOL

This is the first time in my life I have had willpower. I'm feeling pretty good this Easter night!

How did you all do?

 

[Beanie]

I did very good...although I passed on Apple Pie and Choc Chip Brownies, even though they looked heavenly! LOL...I was very good today!

 

[anniet]

Okay I wasn't "planning" on cheating, but what can I say? There was a professional chef among us and he cooked the best lamb roast, you Atkins people would have been in heaven.

I will say I didn't eat as much as I have at past holidays, but I did overindulge.

Thank goodness I have a "No Weigh-In Pass" from Weight Watchers so I'll be going to the meeting tomorrow, but I'll be skipping the scale.

 

[Alice Sr.]

Well, I didn't stick to my 23pnts. but I didn't gorge myself repeatedly like I would have in the past. I'm going to try to go with 18 pnts. until weigh in and work out during lunch to compensate. To those of you who weren't happy with yourself, don't worry about it, just pick up were you left off before Easter.

Alice

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Sure wish I had read this thread before this weekend. I think I need to spend more time on this board. Back on track this morning tho.

 

[disneyfan551]

Oh...I was soooo bad!!!! But, it was soooo good! Now, I'm back to my diet. Except, I do need to finish off the Oreo Delight that I made and had to bring back home! It's a good thing that I made it with low/no fat items!

In all seriousness, I am really tired of giving in a few times over the weekend, and then struggling all week trying to get it back off. It's a terrible cycle. Why can't I get serious???