What are you guys going to do over the Christmas holidays?

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It's just over 11 weeks until Christmas and I've been worrying lately about what I'm going to do about my diet over the holidays.

I like to spend Christmas at my boyfriend's family's house, and they don't hold back on the festives. During the holidays their house is filled with all sorts of amazing grub.. cakes, sweets, biscuits, savoury snacks, chocolates, crackers, pies, countless types of alcoholic drinks, every cheese you can think of and every seasonal delight you could ever imagine.

Don't even get me started on the actual Christmas dinner - it's incredible, but the amount my boyfriend's mother makes for the five of us could feed fifteen easily. Last year, whilst I was over there for just two weeks during the Christmas period, I gained 6lbs!

I think this year, I'm going to try and watch what I'm eating a bit more than last year, but not to the extent that I don't enjoy myself. I'll try and exercise throughout the holidays as well, so that even if I do go a bit overboard on the food I hopefully won't gain more than a couple of pounds.

What is Christmas normally like for you guys food-wise? Do you normally gain or manage to maintain? Will you try to battle temptation and stick to your calorie plan this year, or completely forget about calorie counting and go the whole hog, dealing with the consequences in the new year?