yes, its a hard time of year. On one hand, its nice to celebrate with family friends. On the other, you don't want to gain and get out of control with the food. You also can't spend the rest of your life avoiding holidays, because that wouldn't be much fun. I think we have to remember it's one meal. You know you have the discipline to lose. My plan is to workout in the morning. Eat a high protein, low calorie breakfast. Then I will eat till i'm satisfied (not full). I'm going for a walk after the meal. I'm going to have one small slice of chocolate pie. The hardest part for me is that i'm a picker. I go in and nibble on this and that. So I try and use up everything as quickly as possible.