It's holiday time and if you're following a weight-loss plan, there are three different approaches you can take for those festive mealtimes. Whichever decision you make, I hope you'll savor every minute of it without guilt. Here are a few tips to help you sail through this holiday season.

The infamous holiday five pounds do not have to be inevitable, and what a wonderful gift you will be giving yourself to enter the New Year without the extra weight of the past.

Many dieters and exercisers view the holidays as a time for throwing in the towel. Facing 72 straight days of a never-ending food, the mentality becomes: We know we can't win, so we let ourselves go.

Unfortunately, too-few experts offer the following advice: People can -- and should -- simply reduce the number of medications they need.

It is a way bigger challenge to stay the course, and lose weight when you are feeling unhappy, depressed or sad; isn't it? Weight loss is about a lot more than just food and exercise.

It's all about choices. Make the right choices so you don't fall behind and have to play catch-up in January.

It's eight days until Christmas and if, like me, your trousers are feeling tight and waistline panic is setting in, it might be wise to take stock. If...