What's your plan to stay on track through the holidays?

Like others have said - I'll just eat what I want on the respective days

I LOOOVE pumpkin. So on Thanksgiving, you can bet your *kitten* I'm gonna have a slice of pumpkin cheesecake. And get right back to logging for Black Friday (I'm working at 8 am, eek!)

I plan on LOADING up on a huge green salad + a ton of collards though - because left unchecked I can make a lot of baked mac & cheese disappear in a fairly short amount of time - no bueno.

For christmas, same thing - only I'll probably have a red velvet cheesecake rather than pumpkin (maybe a pumpkin loaf instead? )

oooh, I know what you mean.
However, I did spend $600 to save on an enormous amount of Calories. I'm sending the kids out of town for Thanksgiving!
(ok, the real reason is their grandfather -ex's dad, his health is rapidly declining along with his eyesight and haven't seen the girls in 2 years. )
One meal down that won't be out of control.
Pie, steak, roasted potatoes, rolls and some veggies + salad is what is on the meal. PLUS! 4 other days of eating for me!!
Then let the sabotage begin.

1st weekend in Dec is my daughter's birthday (cake)

2nd weekend is a 4 day party weekend in Bloomington in which I get to see friends one time a year. free flowing booze til last call 3 days in a row. Plus birthday cake.

3rd weekend, Neighborhood Christmas party with really really good food. I'm making a 2nd key lime pie. Then there is the Husband's birthday celebration. Include lots of shots.
Then it's my birthday party..and I'm hosting a Christmas party that day which I find awesomely fitting.

4th weekend yet ANOTHER Christmas party... thankfully there is some boring chicken and as much salad as I want to contend with the free-flowing booze.
THEN... NYE.
I feel sorry for anyone who has a busier schedule, I truly do. This is my life every December. 3 birthdays & 4 Christmas parties plus Christmas. Thankfully I'm not one into cookies.

This is how I contend with it;
Roasted chicken breast ceasar salads during the week and other similar healthy meals. Lots and Lots of water. Extra time at the gym. Then follow that up with 6 weeks of no drinking. No reason to skimp and miss the fun if you can at least maintain your weight. 5 pounds isn't a huge deal! Most of that will be water weight, anyway.
If you take your daily calorie goal, multiply that by 7 have bigger deficits through the week, then the weekend is more tolerable and you have more wiggle room. Just be sure to eat low-cal filling foods that are healthy through the week along with a lot of water.

The only changes I'm making this year are not drinking my calories (no wine, eggnog, champagne, ect) and not stuffing myself silly just because it's Thanksgiving or Christmas. I will enjoy the food, have a little of everything, and stop when I'm full.

Oh, and I will not be accepting any leftovers from my mom to take home.

I wanna run a 5K turkey trot to discourage myself from over indulgence!

Wouldn't that give you room to indulge a bit more??

For Thanksgiving I have some lower calorie ideas so I won't blow my calories on just one meal because I fully intend on staying within my calorie allowance! Going to mash butternut squash instead of high calorie sweet potato casserole and use a scant amount of butter in the mashed potatoes. Doing fresh green beans sauteed in a tiny bit of olive oil and garlic. Most of all I will do my best to be diligent about my portion sizes. Now how I will get past all this holiday cookie baking...well I haven't yet formed a plan.

I am in the UK so at least don't have Thanksgiving to cope with! But I know that December will be hectic - I am a nursery teacher plus am on on the PTA at my children's school, so it will be one long whirlwind of nativities and parties with less time to exercise and less opportunity to make healthy food choices. Christmans Day will be at my inlaws, then my family is coming to us on Boxing Day. Then we are going on holiday for New Year.

So, my plan to get through it is this: By the end of November I will have reached a round number of 42lbs (3 stone) lost. I am then going to eat at maintenance throughout December, exercising as and when I can. Then when I get back from the holiday over New Year I will start back trying to lose in order to shift the last stone (14lbs).

Hopefully it will work!