Please help me not to put on a stupid amount of weight this Christmas

[Spicychickentenders]

I need tips please.

I seem to lose all control as it approaches Christmas. I struggle with cravings/temptations anyway, and it's a constant battle trying to stay a healthy weight for most of the year. However, as Christmas approaches..all self-control flies out the window!

The combination of massively increased levels of temptation...every single place you go(worst culprit is the staff room!) is filled with delicious Christmas themed goodies/increased amounts of social events and dark, cold nights/sprinkling of seasonal affective disorder....

I always, always put on a silly amount of weight at this time of the year. I then get increasingly sadder as my clothes get tighter(whilst still feeling powerless against the lure of lebuckchen), and my self confidence plummets, then I spend a good proportion of the year trying to lose the weight I put on in those few weeks...

Does anyone manage to avoid the seasonal weight gain? How? Tips please. Thanks in advance.

I completely sympathise. Once I start I can't stop and it gets out of control and causes misery.

On the staff room, my rule is never to have one single thing there. I can't have just one, I'm incapable. I actually find it easier to avoid completely as I don't get the taste for it and start telling myself one more won't hurt etc. A total ban. Why not try it this year? You're surely going to be having treats elsewhere so you won't miss out on fun festive stuff - but this one area you can control.