December - the most difficult period for training

I always have trouble with the temptations of the holidays. Beer with my dad, cookies, food. mmmmm...

Try to keep working out daily, despite the other holiday festivities. Your damage mitigation will be that despite eating poorly and drinking a bit, you will still be in shape. Your body will consume more of the calories that way. You might gain a bit or slow down, but it won't be as bad as if you stopped training all together.

 

cant even get to the gym here in scotland just now due to the snow!

 

Then a long, brisk hike is in order.

 

When are you expecting to fight again?

 

It is very hard during the christmas period but if you pull through it youll be mentally very strong becuase you know you put in the work

 

First off, the Irish and drinking thing is a cop out. I'm Italian, but it doesn't mean I can't avoid eating pasta and pizza all the time lol. But I guess it's really going to come down to will-power. I think it's tough for most people around the holidays, so you're not alone. Especially when you're sitting around a table of family members giving you awkward looks and asking why you're barely eating (since it's not the healthiest of food).

Basically what I'm doing this month is being super disciplined with my diet, that way when the few days surrounding christmas hits, I won't feel as bad when I'm eating like crap because I'll feel like I've earned some room for error in my diet.

 

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Agreed.

I'd just train really hard a few days before and a few days after xmas, and just enjoy the period inbetween mate.

 

I don't see why people make a big deal about what they eat at christmas. A few days of eating more food isn't going to put on a huge amount of weight. I bet the most you'd put on in fat is about 5 pounds, but I doubt anyone here would put on anywhere near that much. Even if they did, 5 pounds is not difficult to get rid of.

 

My advice for xmas, as well as in general, is to avoid mediocre things. Take chocolate for example. If you're going to eat something bad for you, why waste that on a shitty kit kat?

Just pick the foods you really like and eat those, and pass on the stuff that's just filler, like bread rolls or whatever.

My coworkers give me **** all the time, we have a monthly party where we have pizza and cheesecake. I'll take the topping off the pizza and leave the bread, yet I'll eat a bunch of cheesecake.

When they asked me why, they were expecting some kind of scientific answer, and all I told them was that crust is boring and that cheesecake is awesome.

 

I got a fight in Jan so I have to keep training hard, dont need to worry about my weight though so I can eat as much as I like! Eat hard, train hard.

 

My boxing sessions have finished for the holidays but the gym is still open, I've travelled 20 miles every day this week just to get there.