So's how's everybody doing with the holiday onslaught?
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's.
Yikes!
The never ending opportunities to enjoy party food (read: rich, sugary, buttery, fatty, etc) test even the strongest of wills.
I was doing pretty well. Thanksgiving I was able to maintain. Then came Christmas Eve. We visited both families, two formal dinners.
Lots of handmade goodies later, I'm almost sick. 
The good news is in about a six week period, I've only gain about 2.5 pounds. I can wipe that out if I get back on my healthy eating habits after New Years. I plan to start juicing again next week and starting a round of HIIT. That course should take me to the middle of February.
Just wanted to check in and vent. So how are you doing? 
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to maintain whatever eating plan we have when visiting other people's homes. Mine has completely gone out the window the past couple of days.
I won't get back on it today because I'm fixing a birthday dinner for my SO. I hope to get back at it by the end of the week. Yours sounds like a good plan too.
And congrats on keeping it off.
I also survived thanksgiving just fine. The last couple weeks were rough with house guests though, probably due to irregular sleep schedules, a little stress and not enough water in addition to the holiday eating. I'm back on my game as of this morning now that the last house guest is gone, and planning to take it back off in the next week or so. Overall I'm still down 15 pounds since Aug ... but a week ago that number was 20. 
overall is the key word... and "back on my game" is good news!! stop crying and do some jumping jacks 
and remember, we all need some words of encouragement at some point or other
