Christmas Hiatus Weight Gain

Gained about 12 at my peak, and have lost about 8 of it so far.

MAde sure to lose this year instead of gain.  Lost about 8.

wow, nice job.

Gained 5.  Lost 5.

I gained 3 or 4.  I've already lost it, and am actually 2-3 pounds under what I've raced at the last few years.  I'm going to try losing another 5-10, because I think that will be a better race weight for me.

Gained about 4, already gone...my downfall?  Those darn Brach's Christmas Nougats. I ate a ton of them.

Gained about 8 pounds. I can't decide if I should care that much or not. On the one hand, I had an incredible year athletically and achieved more than any time since college. On the other that six-pack that took all year to obtain is gone, and my swim coach laughed at me on Monday.

I turn 50 end of February, that weight will be gone by then!

Not an ounce more. I'm especially surprised because I just got off of being very ill for several months and started eating like a chowhound.

I will say other people still don't think I eat very much, though. Maybe it just seemed like I was eating like a chowhound in comparison to before, and eating lots of different things.

I had a different attitude about it this year (in contrast to years past). I basically looked at every food as evil and not beneficial towards my goals. Instead of snacking on christmas/holiday treats I basically went all out on Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas Day. I would run/bike for 2 hours the morning of, skip all of my meals and have a feast on that day.

Probably not the most healthy way to go about it but I got to enjoy the meal and not regret it as much. I probably lost about 3 lbs or so over the holidays...