Watching your calorie intake around the holidays can be difficult.  Homes filled with tempting seasonal goodies and exciting holiday parties all contribute to overindulgence.  Here are a few tactics that you can use to survive the holidays with your waistline intact.
WATCH YOUR ALCOHOL CALORIES
Remember that each glass of wine, each beer, each mixed drink adds calories. And the more you drink, the less inhibited you may become about controlling what you eat.
CURB YOUR APPETITE BEFORE PARTIES
Eat a small, filling meal within an hour of going to dinner parties. Some good choices: a cup of hot soup (broth-based rather than cream-based) or a half-sandwich made with whole-grain bread.
BEWARE OF THE BUFFET
Decide before going to the party what you plan to eat. For example, you might decide you'll have only raw veggies for appetizers, and no fried ones; good-sized piece of broiled fish but just a little lasagna from the dinner entrees; a roll but no butter; an inviting dessert but no standard-issue cookies. And whatever you do, don't linger near the food tables; you'll be more likely to eat absent-mindedly.

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