No think this whole grorge yourself stupid then diet in January is stupid

[Soamiasnob]

Maybe its where I work, but people seem to delight in gorging on crap and as they eat it they say diet starts in Jan. Seems idiotic to me

[Bakeoffcakes]

You need to get a more interesting job, if you are so bored that you are keeping a tab on others' calorie intake.

[Santassleighisreversing]

A tub of Roses between 6 people over Xmas is gorging?!

[Soamiasnob]

Per day! lol

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Misspelling gorge is the height of intelligence, of course...

[TheChandler]

I still don't think scoffing a whole tin of roses between 6 people is fun or cultural

Christmas offerings must be sparse in your world OP! Those whole 10 or 12 individual Roses each - wow, you would need to have the metabolic rate of a sparrow to put on weight!

Or is this thread written by Scrooge's sister?

[arlagirl]

I don't buy "Xmas food"...mince pies, cake, chocolates etc. Don't like them. Don't do traditional Xmas lunch and dislike heavy food in general.
But I enjoy having nice lunches out and cheeky glasses of champagne. I get a month off so have lots of trips to London to indulge myself.
But will be at the gym a lot too.

[angelos02]

I don't eat or drink any more at Christmas than at any other time of year. I don't get why pubs etc are busier either. Where are all of these people the rest of the year?

[squoosh]

I've had a Roman style vomitorium installed in my house just for the Christmas period. Come January it will be transformed into a DIY colonic irrigation salon.

YABU.

[arlagirl]

squoosh always fancied colonic irrigation.

[ILovedYouYesterday]

Much worse was fil turning up at ours for Christmas and declaring himself to be on a diet and spending the week munching his way through rivitas and oranges and looking pained every time the chocolates were offered round!

He did eat Christmas dinner minus the roast spuds

I don't go berserk with the treats but I am not going to worry about it for a few days. And certainly not going to worry what anyone else eats!

although a friend who managed to put on a whole stone over Christmad/New Year perhaps did overdo it a little!

[Soamiasnob]

Misspelling gorge is the height of intelligence, of course...

Well I'm not good at spelling, but I am a size 8

[Mmolly2013]

I find it easier to diet around this time of year, because of the cold weather you are in the house more therefore have more time to prepare healthy meals and in advance also ( I don't keep bad food in the house that I could be tempted by). I go out to the gym and back. I heard a saying that 'summer bodies are made on the winter'. I had my baby in September and put on two stone so I started gym and clean eating in November. I've near a stone off and I won't let Christmas get in my way in fact I'm doing a 13 day countdown of eating as healthy and possible and working out more because of Christmas. I want to look my best on the day not feel like a slob.

Why indulge for weeks over the sake of one day then in January seriously regret it. On Christmas Eve I will have few glasses of wine and on Christmas Day I will enjoy myself within reason but then it's back to healthy eating.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

You're right, Soamiasnob - you are amazing!

[Mintyy]

I think you sound stupid op. And boring - another word you seem over-fond of. And limited in the vocabulary department.

But, hey, at least you're a size 8 right?

Congratulations

[TooHasty]

I would have thought that emulates the primitive conditions the the human body is designed for.
To eat more than you need in the rare times of plenty so you have reserves to see you through the lean times.

[Honeydragon]

I eat shit loads over Xmas, it's great. I don't diet though.

I'm devastated you think I'm stupid. So so devastated. If only I had some way to cheer myself up ......

[DameP]

Of all the ridiculous things that happen at Christmas, the eating is what bothers you?

[Honeydragon]

I'm a size 8 too and I've just eaten three bags of monster munch and a lemon Danish.

(Two spicy hot and one roa?t beef in case anyone's interested)

[Honeydragon]

Dragons live in caves pass the Quality please.

[Bakeoffcakes]

I'm a size eight too. I've just eaten a huge chunk of cheese with crackers, Christmas pickle and I'm eyeing up the mince pies (M and S mini ones today, I'm doing a tasting test all the way through Dec, so we get the nicest ones for Xmas)

Lighten up Op and have a mince pie

[schokolade]

Well, hearing people continuously talk about their diets and food is very boring. Especially if they try to cajole you into eating/not eating too.

As far as I'm concerned everyone should do what they want and stop going on about it. Why not just eat the treat without bringing up the Jan diet as if you have to justify yourself?

[bananaramadramallama]

MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS OP !!!!!!!!!!!!

Wishing you a Happy New Year, too.

Hoping that 2015 is the year that you are able to loosen up a wee bit and not look for the bad in everyone/thing.

I have attached a cute Xmas piggy, to encourage you to see the good in us festive troughers!

[fragola]

I'm a super healthy eater but I actually have no willpower, so I don't allow things that I will gorge on (which is most things) in the house and try to avoid it elsewhere.

At Christmas there's loads of crap around so I eat it all. I pretty much go on a mission to eat it all so that it won't be there to stress me. Then I diet it off after Christmas. It's not ideal, but the alternative for me is to go and live in a cave or something for a month.

Er, if it's relevant, I'm a size 8, although not after Christmas.