We all have them.  We all wish we didn’t.  I personally gain between 3 – 5 lbs this time of year due to a combination of increased food intake and lack of calorie burning exercise.  My particular weakness is sweets – of all kinds.  It’s a vicious cycle, really.  I am tired and sluggish because I’ve consumed too much sugar…I crave sugary sweets because I am tired, sluggish and stressed.  All will power simply escapes me.  I take solace in the fact that it happens to most everyone.  It does, right? (Please say yes, please say yes!)

To add insult to injury, I actually allow myself to indulge this time of year.  To my credit, I am really good the rest of the year.  I am a healthy eater, and after a 40 pound weight loss over the last couple of years, have managed to keep off 33 lbs of the total.  I love veggies, don’t drink sodas or sweet drinks, and eat small portions.  I allow myself one day a week to have whatever I want, otherwise, I eat items only from my “approved” list.  So why do I blow it around the Holidays?  Because I say these words to myself, “It’s ok – it’s Christmas!”  I’m not exactly sure how the birth of the sweet baby Jesus gives me permission to indulge in not one, but two Reece’s Peanut Butter Trees in one sitting, but somehow, the two are related.  I’m gifting myself, I suppose.  “Here Jeannine, have a chocolately good, wonderful peanut delicacy.  Merry Christmas to ME!”

Sweets of all kinds, I love.  Pastries, pies, cookies, fudge, candy, etc.  I just keep packing it in even though I was full about halfway through the traditional Kennedy family beef tenderloin and twice baked potatoes.  And I do the same thing the very next day, and the next, until every last morsel is gone. {*sigh!*}

I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!

Alright, Ladies, LET’S HEAR IT!  What is your Holiday Food weakness?  Give it up on twitter to @Stylish Planner.  Let the salivating begin!