Stuffed potato:
When you eat out at a restaurant, eat two appetizers (one should be low-calorie) instead of an entrée, allow yourself a glass of wine if you pass on the bread basket, and always order sauces and dressings on the side.
Freeze leftovers in an ice cube tray; when frozen, store individual cubes in a freezer bags. Defrost one or two when making English muffin or pita pizzas.
Yay, you! You were good through the holidays and came out relatively unscathed. But now you've realized since you gave away all your leftovers, you're still craving turkey and all the goodies that go with it. No problem! You can have a pretty good turkey dinner for a mere 7-8 points, 350 calories.
Many habitual dieters think that it's a good thing to feel hungry because it means we're eating less. And that's true to a certain extent. But when we allow ourselves to get too hungry, our bodies think we're starving. When we finally allow ourselves to eat, the cues that tell us we've eaten enough are drowned out by our body's "panic" at the prospect of starvation, and all of our good intentions about portion control fly out the window.
Instead of using your leftover turkey for turkey salad made with mayonnaise, try using it for this healthy delicious wrap sandwich.
Recipe for Christmas Joy 
Perfect to leave for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Are you hosting a holiday meal this year? If so, plan on sending most of your leftovers home with your family and friends. Save some healthy turkey for yourself, and portions of healthy vegetables, but send the rest out the door with your company.
Frozen Pineapple Cranberry Salad
We all know hosts, friends or family, who aren't satisfied until they cajole us, beg us, guilt us, to eat more, more, more. Their entreaties are hard to resist, if only because we want to be polite.
Festive Fruit Cocktail Salad
You know the deal about the elephant ... someone tells you not to think about an elephant and that's the only thing you can think about!
This is a Weight Watchers recipe that actually has real butter and eggs in it and is still reasonable point-wise. It can be baked and frozen up to 2 weeks in advance.
Eating light before and after your last party worked so well, you're going to do it again this weekend. Here's another yummy salad that won't make you feel deprived, but will go easy on your points/calories so you have some extra to use at your party.
When attending holiday dinner parties, put your utensil down between each bite and don't pick it up until you've swallowed the previous bite. Pause at some point during the meal for 3 minutes, take a deep breath, and determine how full you are. If you're feeling satisfied, spend the rest of the meal talking more and eating less. Don't be afraid to leave food on your plate.
A healthy, gooey treat for kids of all ages.
Don't want to make a whole eggnog recipe for yourself, healthy or not? No problem. Some foods are so flavorful that a little goes a long way, and eggnog is one of them. Mix 1/4 cup of eggnog into 1 cup of fat-free milk, whirl in the blender, and dust with nutmeg. Top with 2 Tbs. fat free whipped cream, if desired. You've just cut 171 calories and 13.9 g of fat!
One holiday rule is that eggnog must be served! But a mere cup of eggnog can ruin a whole day's worth of good eating. Here are a couple of somewhat healthier versions:
One year I decided that my Christmas charity would be to give each Salvation Army bell ringer I saw standing outside a store a $5 bill. I quickly revised that to a dollar when I realized just how often I was in and out of stores during the holiday shopping period. And even then it added up. Fast.
Tomorrow night is the company Christmas party and you want a little leeway with what you eat. Fittingly, you're cutting back on your calorie intake the day before and the day after the party. But that doesn't mean you can't eat well. Here's a salad that tastes good but is only 4 WW points, around 200 calories. Serve it with a thin slice of whole grain bread or a few low fat or fat free crackers and a piece of fruit, and you'll have a satisfying dinner with points left over for your party.
South Pole S'mores
Avoid mindless, recreational eating this holiday season. You can eat almost anything if you just take a bite or two, but any food will make you gain weight if you eat enough of it. At holiday parties we tend to eat much more than we normally would because we're surrounded by food, everyone else is eating, and it's the holidays, after all!
2 For 1 Chocolate Fudge
1-1/2 cup fat-free, sugar-free vanilla ice cream
I've been seeing a lot of "How to Look 10 pounds Thinner" articles lately, probably in anticipation of the holidays. They discuss things like skirt lengths, stripes, patterns -- all of the different aspects of dressing that can make you look thinner, or downright fat if you do it the wrong way (according to them).
When attending a holiday cocktail party, carry your drink in your dominant hand so it will be harder to reach for and manipulate food; alternate sparkling water with cocktails; and eat a snack before you go.
This is a replacement for canned cranberries that I put together because the canned ones are so high in calories (because they're have so much sugar in them). There are 3 kinds of sweeteners used here because I've always heard that if you mix them, there's less of an artificial sweetener taste, and that seems to be true. One of the sweeteners is real sugar, but it isn't necessary. If you want to avoid it, just use more Splenda. 
Two Christmas cookies = Shoveling snow for 27 minutes
When you're making your holiday gift and card lists, make one more. Jot down all of your favorite holiday foods that will be tempting you in the weeks to come. Anything from your family's traditional huge batch of Chex Mix, to Aunt Jessie's pumpkin strudel pie, to your own famous pecan stuffing.
I usually try to keep the number of ingredients low in the recipes that I post, but since it's the holiday season I'm posting this slightly more complicated recipe for healthier Gingerbread People.
