I ' m okay with this statement <| sep |> Well , it worked . X 3 <| sep |> Winter so it ' s cold tends to make me , and I assume others , less motivated to work out . Also , it isn ' t poolbeach weather so you are missing the motivation of seeing a muffin top in the reflection of the water . Family visits and gatherings etc around the holidays means many more than just one or two unusual meals and typically involves heavier meals or eating out than you might normally do . Travel around the holidays also cuts into your available workout time . Not to say it ' s impossible by any means . But disruptions in your overall routine can cause disruptions in your workout routine . People insist on bringing sweets and such to the office around the holidays there to tempt those of us with weaker willpower . Not to make excuses . Ultimately , you need to make healthy decisions year round if you want to be physically fit . And if you do then a bad couple weeks won ' t completely derail you . Also , when people say this they don ' t mean all their fat was caused by the holidays . Just that the holidays contributed to increasing their fat or delaying losing their fat .