annmarie1987's Journal, 11 Dec 19

I'm pretty much the same plans myself. Soon get rid of any gains in January.  

I am targeting 17st then maintenance over Christmas and start all over again in January, Dry January. You look totally different with blond hair. 

Yeha thought try blonde. I will be so strict in January. Best time to lose weight fed up of food and booze by then Haha  

Blondie you have my support. 

Loving the hair colour annmarie 💕💞 I’m going to try and be good until Christmas Eve then binge on yummy deserts until new year day... ❤️ 

I've already gained, from all the cookie baking and mince pie making..hoping to keep my gain small, so I can get rid of it easier in January... 

I have a 3 course christmas meal friday and like a bottle of wine Saturday so I need to be good tho rest. oooh mince pies and cookies 

Office party? Necking the wine my you are a naughty girl! 

no office party just like a glass of wine hahs 

Red or white? 

beautiful as you are 😍 

Hopefully I manage to stick to just having a slap up Christmas dinner and the rest of the time being sensible. I’m not really into alcohol thankfully. But it’s my birthday five days after Christmas. I want to have a treat for it but I think it’s too close to the previous Christmas treat so might wait a week or two. 

I usually try and drop 7lbs before my birthday/Christmas and then I don't have to think about diet. Then I do dry January to re-set. However, this year I haven't managed the pre Christmas weight drop so I plan not to have much chocolate or crisps this year. 

White wine I'm a pain for it. I want to bulk cook meals but freezers are full with xmas food so I need to be stricter I normally gain 7 to 10lb from xmas eve to new years day from booze choc but get it off before end of January it's a bad cycle haha yeah must be hard having birthdays at christmas  

Can I be rude and ask or guess where you are from? 

Annmarie, you are a good few years younger than me but sound like we have similar Christmas issues! But I can confirm that as long as those pesky extra pounds are off before the end of January all will be well. Being aware is half the battle! 

I'm from the wirral by liverpool. Yeah January is a good month to lose I am 2 stone lighter than new years day this year I just hope to keep momentum. The cold makes me hungry and with kids now off no gym etc 

I’ve emailed the Jack Daniels distillery, warning them to work double shifts! I suppose I might leave room for a slither off turkey but I wouldn’t bet on it! Nae beer though 😊 

2 stone is lots! well done. I have a mat, 1 set of dumbells and a set of ankle weights for emergencies (not getting to the pool/gym) I use these and some body weight exercises and do an efficient wee workout in the house. It's not the same but its better than nothing! You feel the cold more the slimmer you are. One of the few drawbacks of losing weight.  

Yeah home workouts are good theres some brill ones on youtube and I have weights I will do that I already miss going. Yeah slimmer and being cold isnt fun