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By Kelly Rathburn

It’s no secret that the holidays can turn your dietary lifestyle into a feeding frenzy. Somewhere between the gravy and the pecan pie, you lose your will power and gain 10 pounds. Usually, I’ll start at Halloween and eat my way through my New Year’s kiss. I then have like 3 months to hide beneath bulky coats and fashionably oversized sweaters before the sun comes out again. But not this year…

As a recent bride-to-be and an already high-fat food lover (Cream cheese? Yes please!), the holidays were about to spell a serious disaster for any hope that I had of being an adorable, stylish, effortless fiancé for the next eight months. Damn you, eggnog!

I began brainstorming ways to cheat the system. Surely modern medicine had come up with a way to let me stay thin and eat a plate of stuffing at every meal! I made my list: