The 12 Ways to Trimness
 The holiday season is fraught with tasty temptation from egg nogs to
Yule logs (especially those made of chocolate and cherries). Here are 12
ways to make it to the new year without looking as though you're hiding
a partridge in a pear tree under your shirt.
- Have a plan. Think about your personal food weaknesses. Jot
down solutions you can follow.
- Don't go on a diet. Be realistic: forget about trying to
lose weight now. Just maintaining your weight over the holiday period
is challenge enough.
- A bit will suffice. Enjoy traditional treats in moderation so
you don't feel deprived.
- Increase exercise. Additional workouts remind you to keep you
focused on your long-term goal of weight control. It also gives you an
energy boost.
- Set priorities. Accept invitations to events you truly want
to attend; decline the others.
- Create new traditions. Take away food as the main attraction.
Organize a tag football game; cut your own tree at a farm; go caroling
or light up your neighborhood with luminaria.
- Bring food. Going to a party? Take a guilt-free platter of
cut vegetables with a low-fat dip.
- Host a party. Make healthy appetizers: fruit kabobs, sliced
bagels with smoked salmon, grilled shrimp with spicy cocktail sauce,
and fat-free bean dip with baked tortilla chips.
- Avoid stress. If you seek solace in food when times get
tough, stay away from situations that might make you dash for the
fridge.
- Watch what you drink. Stick with flavored sparkling water,
tea, coffee or diet soda. Even punch packs calories.
- Average your calories. Balance food intake by eating lightly
before and a after a big meal.
- Reward yourself. Buy a great new outfit for New Year's Eve.
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