To get through the holidays while continuing to eat healthy, come up with some basic guidelines as a blueprint to follow to keep you on track.  In “The Small Change Diet”  Keri Gans suggests:

• Dine out, rather than pig out.
• Celebrate the event, not the food.
• Treat”the holidays” as one day, not one month.
• Take a vacation from work, not from eating smart.

She recommends that you plan before you party and that your strategy begins before the event does:

• The day of the event, eat normally before you go.
• Snack before you go (a healthy carb and protein)

and finally

• Get back on track immediately after the celebration!

Remember to treat the holidays as one day (or two:) and not the entire month of December.  I have recovered nicely after the Maple Ice Cream with Hot Fudge Sauce!