Christmas isn't really a problem - I mean, what are a few days off a diet? A drop in the ocean. Nothing in the grand scheme of things...
But the REAL issue is battling the carb cravings.
I've been hanging around the forum for 3? 4? years now, and every Xmas we get the same thing happening.
- before the day, there is a lot of totally understandable speculation about going off the wagon, impact, enjoyment...
- just after Xmas we get posts on cravings, high bg and a lot of new diagnoses
- then people struggle to get back on the wagon, beat the cravings, desperately trying to get fasting levels down and reduce their poundage. Some people just stop posting altogether and disappear
- then, for
months we get people returning after high carbing since Xmas, starting again, after raised hba1cs and out of control eating for all that time
And all because the cravings got them.
Personally, I think it is more important to have a Craving Killing Strategy than it is to consider an Xmas Binge Strategy