Everybody always talks about getting "back on track" after the holidays. But..what if we just... don't fall off track? You may be thinking I'm crazy but listen...

For 3 years of my life while I struggled with my eating disorder, I HATED the holidays and family/friend gatherings. I thought that everyone was judging me for not eating certain things and I truly thought that not hitting my calorie goal for the day or having one piece of pie was going to make me fat. I missed out on my FAVORITE HOMEMADE CHEX MIX two years in a row. Sad, I know. 

For 2 years following that, I took the opposite approach. I treated these events as an all or nothing type of thing and way overdid it, leaving myself feeling like crap right after. Instead of not eating the Chex mix, I ate it until I felt sick. Instead of having 1 piece of my favorite pie, I'd have three. This all came from some made up guilt that enjoying some holiday foods was "wrong". 

There has to be an in-between though. And this...