A week ago I came back from a two and a half weeks holiday in Germany. Going back to my home country I was visiting family and friends and enjoying the good life despite some still fairly cold and rainy weather. It is so nice to meet up with old friends that I still keep contact with and of course my family was thrilled to have little Susi Lou, my three year old daughter, around.

I was certainly enjoying the good food!

And everybody turned our meeting into a feast, cooking for us special food, having a BBQ regardless the weather or backing a cake when we just would drop in to have a chat and a coffee. Also, you must understand that having grown up in Germany I still remember all the special sweets, nice yogurts, bakery products etc. that they have and which I do not get here in South Africa. Not that I really need them, but as they only were available to me during this time, I had to have them all or I gonna miss out for at least another year!

And I did! And not even with a bad conscious!

Oops, 3 pounds gained!

Even though I did do a few runs through the woods and fields, my guess was that that would not compensate for all the extra calories. A disaster weight-wise? Well, my first regular weighting after the holidays (mornings just before I step into the shower) revealed that I gained 3 extra pounds! Admittedly, now a bit of a bad conscious crept up on me!

…and 3 pounds off within a week!

But already one day later I had lost one pound and after a week I was back to my old weight. Easy? What did I do?

Actually nothing really special, just going back to the lifestyle I was used to and trying to avoid any extra calories. However, I don’t think that all the 3 pounds were fat, probably even mostly water and fully filled bowels

Also, it might take another week for that weight to stabilize, but never mind.

Surely we shouldn’t pig out during the holidays with their all-you-can-eat buffets, but who can help their cave man genes that make us to just stock up for as long as the good times last?

It’s neither the 2 weeks holiday nor the 2 week crash diet that determines our weight!

Anyway, it’s not the 2 weeks holidays that make us fat, it’s what lifestyle we are lading during those other 50 weeks of the year! Vice versa it is also not that 2 week crash diet that slims you down, it’s how you eat and exercise the other 50 weeks of the year! So if you want to lose weight permanently, work on those!

And YOU?

How about you, can you keep your cave man genes in check?

Or do you also overeat at buffets and during holiday (or Christmas) season?

What are your tricks to bounce right back weight-wise?

Let me know and drop a comment, I’d love to hear from you!

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