Great advice here! I can't wait for the holidays to be over!
My plan is to be full wherever I show up. Eating a big dinner or lunch (healthy of course) will help me avoid picking at the appetizers and empty calorie choices.
A blog I read said to never eat anything (regardless of holiday time of year, etc.) unless it's an absolute 9 or 10 on the best foods ever. For example, your grandma's shortbread cookies might be a 9 or a 10 that you enjoy once a year. But a store bought brownie bite that doesn't even taste that good might be ranked a 4 or a 5, so it's not worth it.
I also keep thinking to myself about NEXT Christmas. How good I am going to look. How I will be able to wear a pretty outfit rather than something in my closet now that I am in between sizes in but don't want to invest anything at this point as I plan to keep losing. I want to wear cute outfits on my bike in the early spring and stuffing my face now could jeopardize that. (I have a serious problem once I get off-track and start eating junk; I don't want to gain one pound back!)
I figure I stuffed my face the last 36 Christmases, I can do something different this year.