A pre-Christmas diet (well, sort of)

I have been low carb for three years now, dropped all my menopause weight, got rid of all my painful inflammatory problems and sleep well. So no crap and healthy fats are my diet...!

Bravo GL. I'm curious as to your motivation. Was it an irritation thing with yourself or has your sweet tooth abated? I'm hoping the latter.

Yes, I'm on a keto diet - cut out sugar and all carbs. Haven't missed them either. The pounds are melting off and I've never felt hungry. Only 5 more pounds to my goal weight!

I'm on the famous seafood diet, see food and eat it!

I too started this last week and then foolishly on a particularly cold day which required comfort food i found two small individual syrup sponge puds in the cupboard that needed using up so DH and i had one each with custard.....mmmmh. Yesterday i had a pot of cream that required using before it ran out of date so i made a victoria sponge and used the cream as the filling. Now it is going to take us several days to eat it!!!!! I will hopefully restart by the end of the week and try to stick to healthly eating until Xmas.

I’m impressed by anyone who can just eat one quarter of a mince pie and save the rest!

I’m impressed by anyone who can resist finishing the box

Thanks Urmstongran

I’m impressed by anyone who can just eat one quarter of a mince pie and save the rest!

I’ve stopped drinking alcohol. Day 15 now and I’m totally surprised that I’m not missing it ... although I have become addicted to my mug of Horlick around 9pm. I’m sleeping so much better. I’ve lost 3lbs but I think my liver is the biggest beneficiary!

Nansnet exactly my experience! Only it was a bit longer ago than last month - more like 3. I have no idea what flipped my eating switch, you couldn’t even call it a social event but somehow I had “found” all the weight I had lost.
Wondering if I can actually psych myself up to do it again or just slide beneath the duvet

Yes! I went low carb last month, cutting out starchy/sugary foods, and I felt great. I ate lots of anti-inflammatory foods ... my aches and pains all but disappeared, I slept better, had more energy, and I lost 11lbs!

Then, a week ago, I had the first of my pre-Christmas social events, pigged out, and I've not stopped eating rubbish since! Why do I do this to myself?! Consequently, this morning, the scales have revealed that I've re-gained several pounds ... not in the least bit surprising! I'm back on my healthy eating plan as of this morning!

I’d made 4 dozen (trad little shallow ones, thin pastry) on 30th November, and they were virtually all gone by about the evening of the 3rd December. ?

In mitigation of sheer piggery, half a dozen had gone to a dd, and another half dozen to elderly neighbours, but still....

I’ve still made another big batch though. ??

I will make our first batch of mince pies tomorrow. DD is going to do a zoom chat and make hers at the same time.

We'll then have a glass of sherry and drink a toast to DD1 who used to love our family 'first mince pie of Christmas' ritual.

I started Fast 800 mid August and have almost reached my target weight. I did a trial run of mince pies for the family and ate just a quarter of one. Put the other three quarters back in the tin. My previous self would have eaten......... several

I haven't had a mince pie yet.

Does that count as a diet?

I am trying. Very trying DH would say!

No, but it's a good idea.